The Future?

As a general observation, this is such a fast changing and developing field, and really needs to be, so there is going to be very fast obsolescence.

Consequently with that will come massive depreciation on the earlier "attempts" so we will not be investing in anything till the picture becomes a great deal clearer; unless we are held to ransom that is. 

The lack of profitability of the Tesla car company is causing much concern. They were the leaders in high quality Electric cars and the infrastructure to support them. Perhaps the Electric car revolution will not be quite as soon as predicted.

K

To counter that people are buying such cars on PCP where the trade in price is quaranteed. You know exactly what it will cost.

Still not sure how these folk will charge their electric cars 

Talking about massive depreciation I think it applies to most cars, especially diesels. We part xd to get our pre-reg EV, wouldn't even consider pcp as we wanted the residual value to be ours. We now have six hybrid/Ev cars in our small village. I don't think our car has lost much value as there aren't enough around just now. When production costs go down and volume goes up there will probably be more interest and lower pricing.

The technology to install charge points is there, just as it was for cable TV, I expect a lot of terraced houses have fibre cable so a few more cables won't hurt. 

Tesla have had production issues in the past and have lagged behind although they had the potential wherewithal to be a big producer. Other companies are now developing products at a faster rate.

The technology to install charge points is there, just as it was for cable TV, I expect a lot of terraced houses have fibre cable so a few more cables won't hurt. wink

One of the problems with many terraced streets is that you can't always park adjacent to your property. Maybe EV cars need a 25m EHU cable 

I did see comments about putting charge points on street lamps. That would help those living in terraced housing.

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I think the idea is that in the future we're not too dependent on other countries supplying us with fuel and I'm glad to see new developments. We can't stand still with present finite resources in the UK.

So I agree with you Hitchglitch. 

I know history shows us that the combustion engine was thought never to be any good by some. This might include the famous quote from a banker to Henry Ford that "the horse was here to stay."

Yes, there is a plan that any new street lamp installed should be fitted with a charging point.

I used to visit Norway on business and noticed that all car parks at offices had electric points at each space. This was to plug in the sump heaters to keep the engine oil warm but it’s not much of a stretch of the imagination to envisage charging points for EVs at all car parks.

Once a government decides to embrace and subsidise a new technology you can be assured it’s going to happen. When, not if.