outrun
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UK new car sales are normally in excess of 2m/year so the National Grid has just 9 years left to accommodate an increased load of that magnitude, and the SMMT figures suggest that a new Nio at c£60k is not going be affordable for the average buyer. Yes I know that increased volumes will (or at least should) bring the price down, but I doubt that will be sufficient for everyone to jump in.
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I think that’s a much more fundamental problem than most people realise that you’ve hit there. When a “cheap” EV is still £30k, what is actually happening is that this righteous movement is pricing out those on lower incomes that really do rely on their car for work, parenting etc etc. It’s always the lower income families that are hit hardest when some government decides to make a significant change that renders existing machines and tech redundant. Most of us are lucky, we will be able to pick up an EV on lease or whatever and keep our classics for Sunday drives. But someone who relies on a £149 a month Corsa to get to work, will they be so lucky?