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Quote: Originally posted by richardandjo2010 on 24/9/2018

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Whatever happened to being a country of choice and freedom the government will bully us into electric by taxing out fosil fuel, electric will work for some and fosil will work for others why not just have both if say 50% of drivers go electric the pollution from diesel and petrol choices will be down by 50% also

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Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 24/9/2018

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The UK government is complying with the EU emission reduction agreement it isn't it's own policy they have agreed to meet the EU target for emission reduction by 2030.
saxo1

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Quote: Originally posted by navver on 24/9/2018

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You all seem to be assuming that everything will stay the same and then suddenly change overnight one day in 2040. That simply won't be the case. Electric cars are being used now and their use is increasing all the time. As more are used, charging facilities will also increase.

Then technology will further evolve. Now they are plugged in to charge. They might be charged by induction charging located in every parking place.

Then smart charging may come in to stagger the charging periods. With the increasing use of solar PV etc there will be surplus power available at different times. How about setting your car to urgent, medium or non urgent need for charging with varying levels of cost per kw. Then the system can charge the urgent ones first then the medium then the non urgent. Bear in mid most cars will only need a sip of electric to top them up rather than a full charge so might only be given 30 minutes charge but be parked there for 6 hours.

Then our usage will change. Some will tow a heavy caravan 300 miles each way to Cornwall for a holiday but only because they can. If roads and cars are not suitable for this, maybe they will go somewhere closer or use a fixed caravan or cabin or yurt or whatever.

For all those who have not driven an electric car, I would say go and have a test drive. You will be very pleasantly surprised at just how good they are to drive.

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Quote: Originally posted by richardandjo2010 on 24/9/2018

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Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 24/9/2018

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The queues at the likes of Trago Mills are only because the fuel is cheaper,I expect that between where you live and Trago Mills you will have driven past many filling stations with nobody there.Your assumption that huge queues will form at filling stations ignores the fact that with an ICE powered caryou can only fill up at a filling station whereas a large proportion of motorists will be able to recharge at home their workplace or some other facility.
People talk as though they are doing hundreds of miles every week whereas according to gov figures 6% of all trips are less than 1 mile,50% are less than 5 miles and 38% are less than 25 miles,only 6% of all trips are in excess of 25 miles.

saxo1

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First of all shame on those who 6% who drive less than a mile disabled and elderly excluded, next 6% drive over 25 miles just how many miles over 25 miles are we talking personaly I drive around 500 per week I have suppliers to me who drive around 60k per year. So a delivery driver doing lots of miles will take longer to complete their work therefore being hourly paid the cost to deliver will rise this rise will affect every single person. You said in another post people drive about 21 miles per day I don't know anyone who does this, last week a guy on the radio said he lives 75 miles from a supermarket he will have to recharge his Nissan leaf during shopping just to get home. Finally once the government has tucked you all up into going electric the cost to charge will be way higher than diesel or petrol will ever be

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Quote: Originally posted by ficklejade on 24/9/2018

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Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 24/9/2018

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The UK government is complying with the EU emission reduction agreement it isn't it's own policy they have agreed to meet the EU target for emission reduction by 2030.
saxo1

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I believe that the majority voted to be out of the EU? You have ignored all my other arguments about the current issues for people who are genuinely going to be seriously disadvantaged over current policies.

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