Electromobility
Stiftung Warentest gives e-cars a “highly recommended”
The Stiftung Warentest has published a easily understandable book about electric cars. It cleans up with many prejudices, but also addresses possible disadvantages.
There are probably only a few things in everyday life, about which there are as many myths as about electric cars. The opinion span is maximum wide: one step battery car as a world saver, the other as a phenomenal flop of engineering. It’s good that there is the “Stiftung Warentest”. The use of electric cars has now taken a close look at the use of electric cars and brought out a book: “Change to the electric car. Rang, facilities, cost at an overview.”
Stiftung Warentest clears prejudices
Almost no question remains unanswered on 255 pages. All facts can be consumed as much as the films on the “broadcast with the mouse”. Many showed images and graphics help. You can find out which electric techniques there are, what matters when buying, how to finance and assure the Stromer how to load it at home or on the go, how to drive it efficiently. “Test” also deals with the criticism that battery cars are not environmentally friendly and clears up a lot of old prejudices.
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You quickly notice that the testers have long since classified the e-car as an equivalent replacement for a burner. Because the book begins with arguments why you should buy an electric car: because of the environmental friendliness (especially for short-haul), the lower operating costs (tax-free by 2030), the simple handling (no oil or toothed belt change, free parking), comfort (comfort ( Automatic, pre -climatization in heat and cold).
E-cars burn much less frequently than combustion engines
You can also feel that the testers want to take potential customers the fear of the (no longer so) new drive technology. So it is also about the fairy tale, an electric car quickly caught fire: “Around 15,000 fires per year occur in combustion vehicles in Germany, about 41 cases a day.” Depending on the survey, the risk of fire for electricity is ten to 60 times lower.
In the ecological assessment, the testers remind that no car is really environmentally friendly. But the electric vehicle is the most environmentally friendly among all. A current truck out an average of 93 grams of CO2, a diesel 228 grams, a petrol engine, 261 grams over its lifetime.
Stromers are also suitable for tenants
The chapter “Going together e-car and apartment together?” Often it says that the technology is only something for homeowners with their own wall box. The goods testers put a day scenario, on the other hand, with which tenants can easily get through the week with a simple charging plan: “You can treat the charging of electric vehicles such as a tank process.” However, they also clear that it is not consistently easy, for example when a charging station is on strike: “This can occasionally lead to the limits of the comfort zone, and not every charging process is just as good, as well as petrol station visits to choice can be unpleasant experiences that can be made In any case, there are learning effects through which you get to know your own mobility needs better. “
For the private calculation of the purchase, the book delivers realistic mileage costs and a loss table. It is quite sobering, no matter which type of drive. A car that costs 45,000 euros today is worth 14,700 euros after five years. So he then lost around two thirds of his purchase price – 510 euros a month. This knowledge can make “leases instead of buying” very attractive. There are big differences in insurance companies, the book provides an insurance comparison.
Highest efficiency with photovoltaics and wallbox
The chapter “Integration in House Technology” takes up a wide space. There it is explained in great detail how to optimally network your photovoltaic system with the wall box and the car battery. The topic of “bidirectional shop” is also explained in an understandable way, because the battery in the car can also deliver cheap house current, for example at night.
The book of the “Stiftung Warentest”, put on paper by the electrical engineer Martin Guss, is recommended. It should make all of them who are curious about more sustainable mobility, and also clear out many reservations that, above all, express people who have never been in an electric car. What is the name of the work? “Trying goes through studying -most people face the Stromer much more positively after a test drive. No wonder, with so much driving pleasure. Even die -hard petrol sisters and brothers can be convinced.”
Source: Stern
