Battery Technology.

[Chewbacka]

 

 

And you seem pretty good at estimating too, to me. Here's a challenge for you to estimate though.

 

What is your estimate of how long it will take the politicians pushing this headlong rush to electric vehicles to come to realise it isn't going to happen (for the reasons we've been discussing)?

 

And do you think this will happen before of after they've made the vehicle manufacturers ramp down production of IC engines?

 

Once there are more electric cars out there than charging capacity (pretty soon) then demand for petrol and diesel cars will return and if production is being reduced, working second hand vehicle values are gonna rocket!

They have tried for years to get city people to move away from cars and nothing works, I think the planners will see this a a golden opportunity as they will initially ban diesel cars from city centres followed by petrol. Electric cars will be expensive, and when you include the charging infrastructure, including the power stations required will become expensive to recharge as well. For ordinary people, there will be more and better public transport with rental cars for when public transport doesn't do.

 

But it will take 30 years to change over.

[Detling]

The planners also need to remember that in our beautiful historic cities most people have to park their cars on the street sometimes a few hundred yards from their door. How do they plug in to charge? and are we really going to fit plugs in the pavement in conservation areas. A prime example of this problem can be seen is where many of our great and good live in Kensington and Chelsea .

[pearley]

The planners also need to remember that in our beautiful historic cities most people have to park their cars on the street sometimes a few hundred yards from their door. How do they plug in to charge? and are we really going to fit plugs in the pavement in conservation areas. A prime example of this problem can be seen is where many of our great and good live in Kensington and Chelsea .

A friend of mine lives in Stone. His electricity supplier offered to install a EV charge point in his garage free. Although he doesn't have an electric car he took advantage of the offer just in case.

[Detling]

A friend of mine lives in Stone. His electricity supplier offered to install a EV charge point in his garage free. Although he doesn't have an electric car he took advantage of the offer just in case.

Yes he has a garage millions of us don't

Edited December 5, 2016 by Detling