Re: The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread
Reply #295 –
I made the decision to buy a new ICE vehicle last year and took delivery in November - a 2 litre turbo.
No doubt owning an EV would give me a feeling of keeping up to date with technology but I see far too many problems with every day motoring.
Just to mention a few: how long will it be before the infrastructure is in place which will enable millions of cars to be re-charged at home at night, and how will it be financed? What will be the infrastructure and its cost which will enable cars parked in units and on every suburban road in our cities to be charged every night?
Today it took me under five minutes to fill my tank, pay the attendant, and drive away. How many thousands of charging units will be required, and at what cost, to allow motorists to charge their batteries during the day to 80 percent charge in a time remotely close to filling a petrol engine car?
The overseas experience seems to be that approximately 50 percent of charging units are out of order at any one time and can take several days to be brought online again.
I believe that by the time these problems are solved I will be too old to worry about driving.
If we think the price of the EV is high, wait till you start getting gouged for all the infrastructure you mention above.