Pro's and con's for buying an electric vehicle

I would discount any reasonably priced EV in North West Scotland Brue until ranges improve which I am sure they will.

For me as a main car and if  were fit and working then their range would not be viable until they can reach at least 300 miles and have good recharge times. 

it took years for cars and fuel pumps to match up, didn't early cars have to get fuel from the chemist

Indeed we did!  Motor Spirit it was called.  But I can't find anywhere, chemist or otherwise, selling cans of electrons.

The whole idea of no new diesel or petrol powered cars for everyone does seem so silly when it is only city dwellers or workers who need the restriction, and who are the only people who can actually make it work.

Smarts are for town dwellers, I think? Although we've both said if our driving was only local, doing the 16 mile round trip to town once a week and just short trips it would be fine.

It would be fine, but only as a second car, as a second car for us if it had a true range of 100 miles in all weathers and including high speeds etc. No doubt that it soon might. But also the cost of purchase would have to drop to have a lower premium over the comparative petrol vehicle. Until then our 18 year old Yaris is fine

I guess it took years for cars and fuel pumps to match up, didn't early cars have to get fuel from the chemist or similar? So it's early days all round but the technology is now there

Of course in those days, car ownership was restricted to the well off and was very limited. Now we are able to grid lock the West Country every school summer holidays.😉

It'll be even an more regular event when all the EV's in the future are parked up at Exeter services and back up the M5 waiting for a charging point! 

Unless technology changes significantly in the next 20 years I don't think long journeys, 300/ 400 miles will be an option without great difficulty. Perhaps it will be a case of doing the long haul by rail and hire a car to tour an area once there.

Hope it doesn't come to this.

Programme last night on Radio 4 In Business about electric cars if anyone is interested.

That would not be a very popular option currently. Just had a check and for two adults and two children to Nottingham - Penzance, the cheapest return fare is £497.10. All while the expensive family car stays sat on the drive at home.

More likely to result in just driving the shorter distance to the airport and flying somewhere hot. Cornwall could well loose out.

If it does ,the speed will depend on the choice of footwear