I understand the reason people choose EV’s for their cheap motoring miles per Kw/h, but with the ever increasing electricity prices is it even cheaper at the moment when you take into account the cost or AP of an EV.
Another thing I don’t get with eco warriors/EV preachers is not once have I heard them say about the carbon foot print it produced before it got to the showroom. In fact for many on the scheme an EV would be more polluting than a standard ICE, when taking into consideration an EV needs to be driven about 30,000 miles before its offset agaisnt the equivulent ICE. Nor is there any though about the extra mining and the pollution it causes in those countries affected, or how many people have lost their homes and towns because they are buried with all the extra rubel or the pollution is that high they have to move away. Its like stop oil protesters turning up in an old fossil fuel banger!
But I get it we all see whats best for the individual and in the case of an EV possibly cheaper motoring.
When I was working some months I could do stupid miles travelling the length and bredth of the UK. If I had a Vauxhall Vivaro electric I still wouldn’t be home now (exaggerating a bit, but, you get my point) Infact I would do more miles in a week than @Ian does in 3 weeks.
ICE cars will remain on our roads well into the 2040’s, hybrids longer. Its worth remembering there is a ban on new car sales, not a ban on those cars already on the roads.
Not to mention Police forces already complaining they are running out of battery power before the end of the shift.
@Dumfiesdik you have let your side down saying “And assuming car manufacturers still make antiquated engines and there is oil for them!” A. even if aniquated engines are not made, they will still wildly be seen in cars on our roads and as for oil it will be here long after we have gone.
Who know’s EV’s may well be the dirty word in the near future, with the uptake of another fuel source coming along. You never know cars may become the transport for the rich, MB may become a thing of the past leaving s all to use public transport or even walk if we can.
There is too many variables currently of what could or could not happen., but untill then I will not be forced or preached to having something that currently doesn’t suit my lifestyle. Who knows one day I may be seen driving an EV or H car, when and if my circumstances change. Thank you.
A wise man many years ago once said to me: it is better to see both sides of the argument and understand the opposing points of view , than be stuck up your own ar$e thinking only your point matters 🙂