If you were changing your "2nd" car now what would you buy?

[Mottie]

As you londoners will all be ulez'd out of your cars anyway, I shouldn't worry about it

Trouble is, all the places that would benefit EV's use (inner cities) are the hardest to electrify for homeowner charging. No problem when you move out as most people can park off-street so charging is not a problem.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Not that I'd drive into London nowadays!

Agree. It's not safe any more.

 

[Mottie]

Our second car, a dirty diesel Golf averages 55+ mpg even with me driving it - Mrs Mottie regularly exceeds 60mpg. Should come under ULEZ charging but there’s ways and means. It will remain our second car for as long as it’s working. If we were to change our 1st car, I’d probably go for something hybrid though.

 

[Brigadier]

Trouble is, all the places that would benefit EV's use (inner cities) are the hardest to electrify for homeowner charging. No problem when you move out as most people can park off-street so charging is not a problem.

Inner cities already have average travel speeds of little beyond walking pace and, in the case of London, buses and tube trains every few minutes.
Inner cities don't need EVs, they need fewer cars.

 

[securespark]

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

And in the rest of the world?

 

[gas112]

And in the rest of the world?

i have gave you a list of 5 major manufacturers .
The hertz link was to show you that even the major rental companies in the states which is possibly the worlds biggest market is dropping them like a hot potato

 

[IT Minion]

EV sales are slumping, only 21% more so far this year.

Electric Vehicle Sales Review Q2-2024

Strategy& and PwC Autofacts® have analyzed electric vehicle sales worldwide in the second quarter of 2024.

www.strategyand.pwc.com

 

[Mottie]

Inner cities already have average travel speeds of little beyond walking pace and, in the case of London, buses and tube trains every few minutes.

There’s one thing wrong with public transport though. The public.

 

[gas112]

Belgium Flood With Unsold Electric Vehicles In The Ports

The electric vehicle industry will expand in 2024. The market expectations and reality of the electric vehicle differ from each other. The demand for electric cars is getting higher due to the transit

www.marketresearchfuture.com

 

[Brigadier]

There’s one thing wrong with public transport though. The public.

Living in an area with row-upon-row of terraced housing, with parking on a first-come-first-lucky basis, and stuck cheek-by-jowl with any knobheads who happen to live there as well.............

....then making any journey even more painful than it has to be, by not taking advantage of "the easy way"?



There must be a logic in there. Somewhere................

 

[Mottie]

Don't knock it until you've tried it. It’s anything but easy. Or convenient. Or safe.

 

[Diver Fred]

Presently our 1st car is Patrol Hybrid ("half' electric). Second car is Petrol automatic and bigger than the first - I need an estate car for my hobbies and our travel adventures. I aim to keep that for the foreseeable future.
If or when we have to change the 1st car I'm likely to replace like with like. Today, if I didn't need the estate car then I'd seriously look at the Dacia Spring (Romanian Renault).

 

[Brigadier]

Don't knock it until you've tried it. It’s anything but easy. Or convenient. Or safe.

So why live there then?

If you need a car to get somewhere (because you won't use the public transport)?

 

[ajohn]

I have no direct need for a 2nd car.

 

[Mottie]

So why live there then?

I don’t. I moved out 34 years ago. I’m not speaking for myself. Even so, it’s a pretty stupid thing to say - lots of people have absolutely no choice where they live whether it be for work, family or financial reasons. Both my sister and I would like to move further out from where we live. We can both afford to do so but as long as our 87 year old mother is only 5 minutes away from both of our houses, we can’t and won’t.