If you were changing your "2nd" car now what would you buy?
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What kind of percentage - 60%? 80%? Terraced streets are rammed full of vehicles every day. If the government seriously expects the transition to EVs by 2035 then they'd better start thinking how people are going to cope with the changes.You don't need "everyone", just a percentage.
Besides, if the "everyone" test had to applied for everything, nothing would ever change (which would suit many people)
our council big carpark serving some shops and housing that could hold possibly hundred cars
At most IT usually has about ten in it.
so what does the council do put 4 electric charging bays in a side street directly opposite 5o yards away with restrictions that only electric cars can use them up till 6pm at night ...Still to see a car use them in the 2 months they have been in
At most IT usually has about ten in it.
so what does the council do put 4 electric charging bays in a side street directly opposite 5o yards away with restrictions that only electric cars can use them up till 6pm at night ...Still to see a car use them in the 2 months they have been in
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Not "everyone" then.
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Who?
Well, no, not everyone drives a car, but for those who then a wider network of convenient chargers needs to be integrated into towns and city networks sooner rather than later. And making allowances for an increase in the network over 50 years, plus the roadspace required and the added burden on power stations to provide the electricity, more wind turbines. The costs will be mindboggling.
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A lot of companies are installing them in their car parks.
Some people will be able to charge at work.
Some people will be able to charge at work.
Quite possibly. But I'd imagine each charger install is only a fraction of the cost of building a petrol station.
The costs for anything and everything - including "maintaining" the status quo - over the next 50 yrs-plus will be similarly mindboggling.
Public chargers are being installed frequently and, as private EV ownership increases, home chargers will also be so.
Obviously, some housing will not be readily-suitable for home chargers, but many already are.
Why are they mind boggling ? in comparison to what, say for example the impact of climate change on the economy which will be a 7.5% reduction in GDP by 2050, or in real money 258 billion per year every year, currently its a 1.4% impact or 51 billion- flooding, higher food prices, loss of retail sales and infrastructure damage etc etc
ford, mercedes Audi , vw even tesla , look at toyota latest engine
This is what hertz in US think of them now
Hertz is ditching even more electric cars
The rental car company has been selling off EVs in droves after saying it would order 100,000 Teslas in 2021
qz.com
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It would do if every house had one. My mate has one like that in his street, just one, about 5 houses up from him in a typical East London terraced street. Only one for about 20 houses either side of him. The bay is not even reserved for EV charging so the chances of getting on it are practically zero. He asked the local council if they could guarantee him a parking place for an EV outside his house if he paid for the installation. The answer was 'No'.
As you londoners will all be ulez'd out of your cars anyway, I shouldn't worry about it
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