Let's hope the Recovery Trucks are DieselAll of the above is highlighting that the EV big switch over has a number of flaws the biggest being the distribution network, be it multi car home charging, availability of public chargers and medium to long term battery life. There will be a lot of EVs stuck on the side of the road and recovery trucks will just carry quick charge units to get you home.
The multi-car home charging worry is theoretical, not real, with the most popular EV cars (Tesla) already having ranges of over 300 miles. How many multi-car households have several drivers all of whom drive over 300 miles everyday and need to fully recharge from flat every night? None, I suspect. Charging once a week is more than enough for the average UK driver.
I see in the news that UK car production (where we make virtually no EV cars) has hit a 65 year low, while Tesla (building cars in the US, China and soon Germany) has made record sales and profits. And oil hit a 7 year high yesterday, at 90 Dollars a barrel. The writing is on the wall (as well as in the legislation), so we all might as well get used to it.
But my real point is that EV cars are actually really rather good (already), and will only get better (quickly). Yes, they are more expensive than their ICE equivalents, but that will change.
Spot on Mr Capes!The thing is, the average man in the street simply cannot afford a Tesla, with or without subsidies.
And will they buy a second hand EV with the fall in performance of existing batteries? Probably not as it will still be unaffordable for the 'average man in the street'.
The multi-car home charging worry is theoretical, not real, with the most popular EV cars (Tesla) already having ranges of over 300 miles. How many multi-car households have several drivers all of whom drive over 300 miles everyday and need to fully recharge from flat every night? None, I suspect. Charging once a week is more than enough for the average UK driver.
I see in the news that UK car production (where we make virtually no EV cars) has hit a 65 year low, while Tesla (building cars in the US, China and soon Germany) has made record sales and profits. And oil hit a 7 year high yesterday, at 90 Dollars a barrel. The writing is on the wall (as well as in the legislation), so we all might as well get used to it.
But my real point is that EV cars are actually really rather good (already), and will only get better (quickly). Yes, they are more expensive than their ICE equivalents, but that will change.
The thing is, the average man in the street simply cannot afford a Tesla, with or without subsidies.
And will they buy a second hand EV with the fall in performance of existing batteries? Probably not as it will still be unaffordable for the 'average man in the street'.
The price point for high range cars like Teslas is well out of most peoples reach, the cheaper EVs seem to have useable ranges closer to 120 miles which would be more of a challenge to families using them daily. Also due to range anxiety most people will want to top up daily (just looked what happened when there were rumours of petrol shortages last year)
Another option.
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CLASSMaybe Mercedes should actually release their AA class car, probably cheaper to replace the ~9500 batteries it uses with rechargeable ones than the £15k in the hybrid pack
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