Großbritannien verspricht, Elektroautos billiger zum Kauf zu machen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5z4nlned0o
Von topotaul
Großbritannien verspricht, Elektroautos billiger zum Kauf zu machen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5z4nlned0o
Von topotaul
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>It was announced on Sunday that people without driveways will be able to have charge points fitted using „cross-pavement gullies“ paid for with £25m allocated to councils.
Not really sure how well that’ll work out but it’s a start. Not having somewhere to charge is a huge barrier.
Does it still cost thousands of pounds just to replace the battery and does the battery still lose a significant percentage of it’s capacity in a mere one year of usage?
so the year they make EVs pay the tax again, they claim they’re going to make it cheaper.
Think we need to start making more basic necessities and utilities cheaper first.
The problem is not the car’s price. The problem is where to charge them. Commercial charging is daylight robbery.
Couple years ago I was sure that my next car would be electric, now I’m not sure … and I don’t think this has to do with charging infrastructure (which is still very welcome):
A) as of 2 years ago the price of insurance for electric cars suddenly became crazy expensive… which I still don’t get… these things are safer and break a lot less, it is harder to steal them too, and they record everything around them
B) they all seem to be losing value lot faster then petrol cars. This doesn’t really deter me buying electric car in principle (buying secondhand becomes very attractive) , but pushes to delay it for as long as possible.
Think about it on a practical level until the infrastructure catches up and people can realistically home charge in numbers that’s the bigger issue. It’s like building more homes, without building schools, doctors, shops and supermarkets. Also has anyone asked the electricity companies if their cables in the roads currently can meet the demand?
> The average price of a new EV in the UK is nearly double the cost of a typical petrol car at £22,000.
Even this is an understatement.
If you want me to buy an EV you need to cut their price by 2/3. The government has allowed ICE cars to rise well above inflation and that needs reversed *before you consider the price of ICE vs EV*
Governments order of priorities
– cut the price of ICE cars by 1/3
– reduce price of EVs to match, or be below, the price of ICE cars
My sister in law was recently a cancer respite nurse. She wasn’t paid for time travelling between people’s homes, and barely made £50 a day. As she has to provide her own car – how do you expect someone like that, providing an essential service, to be able to afford a car at the price of new, or 2nd hand , cars. It wasn’t that long ago you could get a lease a new c1/107 or similar for £60 a month but those days are gone.
Just like the exemption from congestion charge…… oh hang on, what was that?
I’m pro electric. Have had one for 5 years and it’s offset its higher cost significantly with the saving from no petrol.
That said, two things
– I would never get one unless I could charge at home.
– The grid in the uk is not ready for everyone having EVs, it could barely handle the kettle spike at the Corrie ad break.
Stop taffaring Chinese EVs, then. Lol. That’s all it would take
This brand new EV car, made from crap plastic materials that creak is now 38k, normally they’re 42k.
You’ll lose 50% value in the first year and it’ll be worth around 10k in 3yrs.
But we made them cheaper!
Grants don’t make things cheaper. Grants are paid from taxation and taxes will rise to fund it. This is yet another stupid idea from a stupid, useless government.