I think they’ve gone about it a bit haphazardly, the the targets would have been fine if they’d made proper provision for charging infrastructure including those with no access to off street parking. as it stands, they will have to make changes to their big ‘plan’ That said I want my EV already, stupid delivery times 🙂
Yes, even the government minister doing the news rounds today admitted that, at times, as many as half the public chargers in his constituency can be out of action. I must confess that I don’t pay a great deal of attention to them as I’d never use a public charger, but I can’t say that I’ve ever noticed a great number of them out of use. That seems to me like an excuse to blame the charger companies rather than admit that the targets are just simply unachievable!
They seem to be suggesting that they might ease up on the individual year targets as long as the final 2030/2035 targets are met. Whilst that’s a step forward, I still maintain that, based on current and projected levels of EV take up (especially amongst private buyers, who form the majority), those end dates will have to change, if not now in a few years time. Customers cannot be forced into buying EVs. They have to want to do so and it has to make financial sense for them. Tax payer funded subsidies are not the answer either, as past evidence shows that they benefit the manufacturers rather than the consumer. Interesting times ahead.