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Electric car projections by Edmunds for 2021

I added text to wp:intro of Electric Car article which talks about sales of 2020 in the U.S. and projected sales in 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electric_car&type=revision&diff=1019816619&oldid=1019815336&diffmode=source   A user reverted the changes saying crystal ball. I reverted the revert saying nothing in wp:crystal applies. I also asked for comments in talk page of crystal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not#RFC:_Electric_car_projections_by_Edmunds_for_2021   What do you think?   Daniel.Cardenas (talk) 02:45, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

As this only speaks about the U.S., this rather seems something for Electric car use by country. There's already half a paragraph about the U.S. in the intro of that article (numbers up to December 2020), so does not seem to need an addition; in the section about the U.S. of that article there is information up to April 2021, with some projections up to the next decade. Note that several sources are used in that article for U.S.-related info: basing all info regarding that country on a single source (Edmunds) is also less opportune. Try to get a better mix of sources. But, anyhow, not in the intro of this article: the body of the Plug-in electric vehicles in the United States article may be a better place to float this info before it is summarized in any lead section. --Francis Schonken (talk) 04:23, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

IF we could accurately predict car sales then many people would be out of a job and the average blood pressure in the automotive industry would be 5% lower. Hence crystal ball. Greglocock (talk) 05:19, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Predictions are not a problem as such (compare, e.g., the last paragraph of the intro of 2020 Summer Olympics); not even false predictions ("The games are planned to be held from 24 July to 9 August 2020 in Tokyo, Japan" – that didn't work out as planned). The WP:NOTCRYSTAL policy warns against unverifiable speculation or presumptions, which is not the same as a prediction referenced to a reliable source. So it boils down to whether or not edmunds is a reliable source for predictions on future sales in the U.S. Well, that is in addition to the objection I raised above: whether this is significant enough material for an intro and/or for the body of this article – for the time being I'd say rather not. --Francis Schonken (talk) 05:58, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

I agree that a US specific predication is out of place in the lead and would be better off in the 'Electric cars by country' section. I'm not so worried about it being a predication but the prediction that it will raise from a measly 1.9 % to a whopping 2.5 % over the humongous period of 1 year doesn't seem quite as momentous to me.  Stepho  talk  07:26, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Acceleration

It seems, that the "Grimsel" electric race car has current the world record for accelerating from 1 to 100 km/h with 1,513 sec. I suggest that this should be added in the acceleration section. Zukunft (talk) 19:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Would anybody else like to nominate a time to accelerate over some cherry-picked non standard speed range as world record? perhaps my car is faster between 49 kph and 52 kph than this.? Greglocock (talk) 00:56, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

I'd guess that the 1 km/h starting speed is an American thing along the same lines as the 1-foot rollout in drag races - meant to even the playing field for driver's that can't quite get consistent take-offs.

I'm not against it being in the article. But I would clearly distinguish road legal cars (with tough weight penalties) vs race cars (lightweight, streamlined, no headlights/demister/radio/wipers/roof/doors/etc).  Stepho  talk  05:54, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, it is "of course" the zero to 100 km/h standard European acceleration measure for cars. And i agree, that we should distinguish road legal cars from race cars Zukunft (talk) 21:15, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

References

Terminology section needs rewriting more clearly I thnk

Because it seems that "electric vehicle" includes plug-in hybrids whereas "electric car" does not the way it is defined in the article. Firstly we need a cite that excluding hybrids is the most common use or vice versa (e.g. IEA includes). Then section needs rewriting more clearly don't you think? Chidgk1 (talk) 17:16, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

BMW date not sorting in table

"Mid 2021" is not sorting right - I cannot see behind source paywall - maybe limit table to sales over 250,000 to swerve this problem? Chidgk1 (talk) 07:49, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Mariordo I see you have done a nice update of the table - are you able to fix this? Chidgk1 (talk) 05:55, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Fixed! --Mariordo (talk) 00:12, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Too many pics of modern cars?

Hidden comment re top pics says "the models chosen are among the world's best selling electric cars." Yet table of bestselling cars also has pics. Remove duplicates? If so where from? Chidgk1 (talk) 15:49, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

These are NOT duplicate pics. They were chosen after a long discussion, check the Talk Page history. Actually, the Jaguar I-Pace that you left is cool for you, but it is not among the all-time best selling electric cars, all the other models are. If you want to change the images, go ahead and open a new discussion, but please, consider the criteria use in the previous discussion to save time. Cheers.--Mariordo (talk) 17:45, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

OK the title I wrote above was not quite right so I have changed it - they are different pics of the same cars rather than the same pics. If you are thinking of adding the bestselling models info to Wikidata (so it could be used by other language wikipedia which can use listeriabot) it makes sense to have pics of the cars there so they are in one place. Perhaps the info is already on Wikidata but unfortunataly Listeriabot is blocked on English Wikipedia so it cannot easily be extracted to here. If you are not considering Wikidata perhaps the pics should be removed from the table as almost all of them are already pictured in the lead? At the moment I think there are too many pics of modern cars in the article and they all look similar so are not interesting. Maybe other people disagree and love having lots of pics of modern cars? Anyway it is not an important point for me so I will leave it there and let others comment if they wish. Chidgk1 (talk) 08:32, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Synchronise the terms used in the article

This article frequently uses "electric vehicles" and "electric cars" interchangeably although its about electric cars exclusively and not electric vehicles which has its own wiki page. Should "electric vehicles" be replaced with "electric cars" ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aimwin66166 (talk • contribs) 11:57, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it should correctly match the term used in the title.  Stepho  talk  14:41, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

When changing this, it would be recommended not to alter the wording in external links, references, and direct quotes. --Wtshymanski (talk) 21:11, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

New ideas in ev

What was the new more ideas in. Ev 2409:4072:6E0F:F718:AD3D:1CA6:A4DB:F79B (talk) 04:39, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Could you rephrase that in English please?  Stepho  talk  06:29, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

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Intro pics and Tesla Model Y

The Tesla Model Y is the 4th best selling vehicle in the world. https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1619012569393676288   Should it be highlighted in intro and intro pics?   Daniel.Cardenas (talk) 03:25, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, but that tweet carries almost no weight. He doesn't show where his facts came from and even within its comments it was challenged. Just some random dude (with Tesla Shares) giving an unsupported "fact". Also not clear if his figures include Model 3 and Y together or not or whether he is counting only western cars or includes Chinese cars (eg from BYD).  Stepho  talk  04:40, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

We had a debate on the lead image(s) a few years back with me being the stick in the mud. I'm used to it, so here goes. As per WP:CARPIX, the lead image doesn't have to be the latest, or the most popular, etc. Nut it does have to be representative. Most people know what an electric car looks like, so the only question is how to show the electric half of the title. Showing cars that happen to be electric but look just like any other car on the road is pointless - that's just showing "cars". Hence my fight to have images of a car charging, or a close up of the batteries, or a close up of an electric motor. Adding an image of just another car (regardless of what is under the skin) is not representative.

Adding it in the text is a possibility (with a much better reference) but this is the type of thing that changes on a yearly basis, so it becomes a constant maintenance chore. And does it really mean much?  Stepho  talk  04:40, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

The tweet references this as a source: https://www.focus2move.com/world-car-market/   Daniel.Cardenas (talk) 05:47, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Hmm, looks like I missed that reference. And it does address many of my points (BYD is mentioned). However, I still don't see a Model Y image as adding much value to the article. However, I am also not against replacing one of the other "car" images - as long as the charging image stays.  Stepho  talk  07:03, 29 January 2023 (UTC)