Fastned's 10th anniversary was in last February. How did they succeed in creating freedom for electric drivers in those 10 years.
The central observation was that people bought a car for the freedom it offers, but a car that is unable to drive around freely because it must return to base to charge does not offer a lot of freedom. For electric driving to become a success, charging should become as easy as filling a tank at a gas station. They envisioned that charging stations should be as easy to find and as recognizable as gas stations.
It was on the 3rd of November 2013 that the first car could charge at the first operational Fastned highway station. That is a year and a half after receiving the permit. For a completely new type of building and installation, that’s very fast. What was expected was some electric cars like the Tesla Model S, each very expensive and with a big battery, and far more electric cars like the Nissan LEAF or Mitsubishi i-MiEV with small batteries and a price a green enthusiast could afford. Most people would not be able to charge in their own driveway, would have a small battery, and would use a fast-charger for €10 per week.
The people who could get a car with a lavish incentive from their employer got free gasoline but had to pay for their electric charging with their own money. Dutch roads saw a booming PHEV cohort driving around. Most were the “fake-PHEV” kind that were not good at driving electric and consequently were never plugged in.
The actual start of the Dutch BEV rollout was delayed from 2012 to 2016 by the trolling of the “fake-PHEV.” Meanwhile, the most popular cars — like the Nissan LEAF, Renault ZOE, BMW i3, and Hyundai Ioniq — did get bigger batteries and more range. Bigger batteries lowered the need to charge often, and enticed the drivers to explore the freedom that guilt-free electric driving can provide.
These last years of the decade were the time of the “Tesla stretch.” People who had never bought a first-hand car, or anything in the price class of Tesla, decided that it was Tesla or nothing. In many cases, it became a Tesla. In other cases, for drivers who could meet their driving needs with a non-Tesla, it became a ZOE, i3, or LEAF, or one of the models based on a conventional fossil-fueled model like the Golf, Niro, or Smart.
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