Electric cars.

I've just been informed that all roads out are now blocked with flooding only tractors may be lorrys and if lucky 4x4's can get out!!
So i now can't go out so i'm stuck at home but that's ok because i usally stay at home anyway

 

I didn't quite get to the end of your video, @Fat Controller, but I can always come back to it :D ... I think the gist of it seemed to be that charging points are a bit hit and miss at present. I wonder if 'universal charging components' will be the norm, eventually!?

 

Poor journalism by the BBC though, Stellantis is investing in their Ellesmere port while shutting their factory in Luton.

I think the whole car market in the UK has been in decline for some years now, new registrations peaked in 2016 in the UK with nearly 2.7million new car registrations. As of the end of October, there has been just over 1.6million new car registrations in the UK this year, with private buyers showing the biggest decline.

 

Not surprising the way things have gone in the last 10yrs.
Nobody knows which way to jump and the price hike to get a comparable EV makes people think twice.
Personally I could move to an EV quite easily, I don't do long distances, but I can't afford a new one and really wary of buying second hand.
You now also have the tax changes kicking in which seem to be as complicated as possible.

 

It looks like new BEV's are going to be more expense especially for those who lease new cars. Monthly repayments are likely to increase to offset the losses in the second hand market.

Plummeting used electric vehicle prices have triggered a 'car leasing crisis'

Minister to work with leasing industry to lessen impact of used EVs

Plummeting used values could slow EV take-up further, claims new report | Auto Express

This current government keep going on, how growing the economy was essential, yet they seem to be doing everything to cause the economy to contract, not grow.

 

In the main car park at the park this morning, two charging points, two cars parked, both showing green lights, might be wrong as I assume that means both are fully charged??

Bit of a pain if you turn up and want to charge yours.

Maybe you should get an alert on your mobile phone when your car is charged and a surcharge if you dont move it with 10 minutes.

 

At our local petrol station earlier and a genuinely 54 reg car was parked in one of the charging bays. No surprise it was a BMW! It wasn't a personalise reg, the car looked knackered.

 

Our local Park & Ride has a number of charging points, but if somebody is parking an EV out of town and using the bus they aren't going to be coming back in an hour or so to move their car. That is another of the great shortcomings of EV charging.

 

That's my point, its where the whole concept falls down, until every parking space has a charger its not going to work, especially on motorways, people hogging chargers are going to be the ones everyone hates.

Admittedly the local park is not the same but its really problematic unless they get it sorted.

Again its a case of the cart before the horse, in exactly the same way as building houses before infrastructure.
All this demanding things change with no real investment is crazy, people will change if you make it easy for them, they are doing the opposite, and then just add taxes to change minds.