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

That's right, EasyT. The article ends by saying it's a good thing!

The person saying it is a good thing is in the car industry, so they would say that!

BOE is obviously worried about it , and also about  the huge overall debt consumers are running up, a lot of it unsecured as it is overdrafts and credit card debt.

Sorry if this has already been posted, but thought this article on Ford was quite interesting. They plan to introduce 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its range by 2022.

There have been a good discussion on EV,  I think the main point being that at the moment they are not viable for the minority of posters.

Do you think that caravan manufacturers will be under pressure to produce lighter caravans or Motorhomes.

Do you think it will affect the touring holiday industry?

It will be interesting if we get a reply from the club in the tow car section sticky which raised some points about the future of towing etc.

There have been a good discussion on EV, I think the main point being that at the moment they are not viable for the minority of posters.

I think that they are not viable for the majority of posters so far. They are not presently a practical vehicle as a tow car or motor caravan. 

As a second vehicle purchased new I do not see them as a sensible financial purchase for many second vehicle replacements for those doing under 5k a year. 

With the amount of money and jobs connected with the industry I think governments will tread lightly around the industry for quite a while.

The National Caravan Council (NCC) figures show that the caravan industry regularly contributes more than £6 billion per annum to the UK economy (approximately £2 billion holiday spending and £4 billion from the sale of new and used products).

Approximately 130,000 people are employed in the industry (including part time and seasonal staff).

As a second vehicle purchased new I do not see them as a sensible financial purchase for many second vehicle replacements for those doing under 5k a year.

indeed!

Just looking at the prices of Leafs. As if we were changing, we would not want anything as small as the Smart. Using my pricing app to get a trade in for our 3 year old Yaris, the extra we would have to pay would fund our petrol usage (at current prices) for 32 years. So from a purely economic point of view👎

Perhaps we might see a similar sort of decline / time scale to the industry I was in, Coal. The figures on the chart are in thousands of employees. 

If the Tesla can tow it won't be too long before less expensive versions come along, early days at present. The industry has to work out how to attach tow bars to non conventional frames etc. Not forgetting motorhomes, some campervans are being developed as EVs already.