Electric Cars

[ZN8]

He said he doesn't understand why the government is pushing all electric when millions of people can't have a wall box and it will take them decades to unloop houses or solve the charging for houses without drives which britain is full of especially in the north.
Looks like a plug in hybrid is my next choice when a granny charger will do with a new EV rated socket installed.
One day I will put it to her and instalation if paid for by the government but very few people point this out when pushing EVs.
PS. Looked at the price of the new Cupra Born at £47k and found that 8 month old ones are going for £32k. Insane depreciation.

IMO what will eventually happen is the market will saturate when those who can accommodate an EV do end up buying one. It will be an uphill struggle from then onunless there is a shift in policy on infrastructure and/or battery technology evolves to the point where charging is needed less frequently or charge times are quicker. PHEVs will stick around for a long time I think, especially when you see the likes of Mazda, Nissan and Toyota pushing advanced thermally efficient petrol engines.

 

[Onehp]

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Looks like a plug in hybrid is my next choice when a granny charger will do with a new EV rated socket installed.
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PS. Looked at the price of the new Cupra Born at £47k and found that 8 month old ones are going for £32k. Insane depreciation.

For sure the home charging infrastructure needs to be solved, it's one of the main things holding back. Still 9 years left though, we tend to overestimate the change possible in 1 year, but underestimate the change in 10 years.... FWIW, if you can granny charge a PHEV, you can also granny charge a BEV unless you do huge mileage, it's about the same consumption.
PS: nobody actually pays 48k for a new Born

 

[Onehp]

£140k starting. I could think of a few better ways of spending that amount...

Limited production full carbon car. Hence my comment on actually using it. Equivalent of 600hp rwd on 1400kg and with standard hydraulic handbrake....
In 20 years time, when EV is widely accepted, it's cars like this than become the valued classics. E.g. AMG SLS Electric sold for 3x its new price already, much rarer but still, showing the principle already.