I don't understand the current news and the pointless debate. Germans knew this at the beginning of the year, if not even earlier. And there is no anger. None. Four out of a hundred people are angry about it while a majority wouldn't have gone for an EV anyway.<p>A lot were thinking about buying a hybrid but the general population believes that the minute enough people have EVs, parts will start to break "in series" so that the manufacturers can increase profits.<p>Yes, there are articles and bits on TV and the internet about how maintenance costs of EVs are up to a third lower than usual but it's really hard to believe politicians and manufacturers after things like cum-ex, the wirecard and the diesel scandal.<p>Now, none of this talk and checking statistics will result in anything but more distrust into authorities, the industry or the media, that is, if you dive deeper than the surface and the nonsense German economists are babbling on TV.<p>The subsidies are probably going to return, the latest with the next Bundestag, who will then be celebrated as being on the side of the people, while also being slightly or much more right wing, either more or less openly or secretly under the hood.<p>This whole debate is nothing but a preparation for the next election and to elevate the "conservative" parties.