Electric cars.

Trouble with holding off getting an EV is that by the time you get round to getting one I foresee most of the financial advantages will be gone.

There will come a point where all the taxes, road tax and fuel tax, will have to be applied in some way to EVs as well.

 

I will not be getting a EV anytime soon. Governments should pay more attention to the wealthiest, they are the ones responsible for climate change.

It was reported a few years ago from numerous organisations that 10% of the worlds population were responsible for 50% of global emissions, the wealthiest.

The World’s Richest People Emit the Most Carbon - Our World (unu.edu)

 

Probably in the big scheme of things and bearing in mind how many really poor countries there are in the world we, as in us, are the richest.
Compared to some people in India, for example, I'm as good as a millionaire.

 

I thought you were a millionaire!

 

You can throw a few quid my way, thanks in advance Pete.

 

I didn't become a millionaire by throwing my money about.
Peasants, huh.

 

My wife made me a millionaire. I started out as a billionaire.

 

Who was it that said, "I started out with nothing, ......and I've still got most of it left".

 

I've got that too @shiney and I find it dangerous, it's so loud it makes me jump. I think it's more likely to cause an accident than help avoid one. Mine isn't over sensitive but I'll see if it can be turned off. The other annoying thing that I've now got used to ignoring, is the display that tells me what gear to change into. If I don't know by now then I shouldn't be driving a car.

Sorry too @Malus Aforethought. I wasn't suggesting that, but picking up on your point about how difficult it is to run one with the lack of charging facilities. Until this improves an electric car will be a non starter (forgive the pun) for many people.

 

The steering straighter you mention @shiney, that must be a real pain as I spend most of my driving concentration on avoiding potholes especially those big ones on the edges of country roads.

 

I came across this earlier...

Tesco installs EV chargers at 500 stores

 

So 500 stores have EV charging points. The report says, they have over a thousand charging points of which only 100 are rapid chargers, then you might be pushed getting a full charge.

Councillor hit with fine after charging electric car at Lidl - Daily Record

Motorists hit with parking fines as they charge vehicles | News | The Times