Are we being forced to go electric?

[vickster]

Ah we will have loads of bike paths by then so the roads will be almost empty as everyone realises how brilliant cycling is...

Or Truss tanks the economy and nobody can afford anything more than a basic Chinese bike.

That’s ok, I’ve got 5 lovely bikes already (although I doubt I'll be able to ride any of them at 70).
She’ll be long gone by 2040 (as hopefully will Putin!)

 

[cyberknight]

Ah we will have loads of bike paths by then so the roads will be almost empty as everyone realises how brilliant cycling is...

Or Truss tanks the economy and nobody can afford anything more than a basic Chinese bike.

lol i cant afford a new bike now , as i have whinged about elsewhere .Until at least my kids are older and i have less outgoings but by then i doubt i will be working anyway .I worry given the high energy usage of the products we make will make it unviable to continue production .

 

[Sallar55]

What makes you think traffic will increase so much in 2 years?

Or was 2024 a typo?

People are living longer and are not going to give up personal transport. All the young ones want a car after passing test. . That's why

 

[cougie uk]

People are living longer and are not going to give up personal transport. All the young ones want a car after passing test. . That's why

I think things will change.

Energy costs have sky rocketed and that increases everything.
WFH has become more acceptable for office jobs.
Self driving cars aren't that long off now.
It'll be a lot cheaper to use those rather than pay for a car that you might not use for days.

 

[icowden]

All the young ones want a car after passing test. . That's why

I think that might be changing. A lot of them support extinction rebellion, and want to have a planet to grow up on.

 

[Alex321]

People are living longer and are not going to give up personal transport. All the young ones want a car after passing test. . That's why

No it isn't.

"Why" was that it was a typo. It was meant to be 2040, not 2024.

 

[MrGrumpy]

I think things will change.

Energy costs have sky rocketed and that increases everything.
WFH has become more acceptable for office jobs.
Self driving cars aren't that long off now.
It'll be a lot cheaper to use those rather than pay for a car that you might not use for days.

WFH is going to cost people a bleedin fortune due to high energy costs !!

Still waiting on the self driving buses along the M8 up my way. Built the lane but never seen a bus yet ! We are a long way off seeing that up and down the country !

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I think that might be changing. A lot of them support extinction rebellion, and want to have a planet to grow up on.

ER might find vocal support in the 18-24 age group (and lower) but none of the youngsters in this age group that we know personally have not got a car or desperately want one.

Most of them go on/want to go abroad for holidays.

They all own iPhones, they all have laptops (mainly Apple).

We don't know any who are not "on-trend" re their clothing & footwear.

There are a good number of veggies though.

The latter is an easy win for them but once they enter the realms of transport/pleasure/connectivity/image then their principles are soon compromised.

 

[MrGrumpy]

ER might find vocal support in the 18-24 age group (and lower) but none of the youngsters in this age group that we know personally have not got a car or desperately want one.

Most of them go on/want to go abroad for holidays.

They all own iPhones, they all have laptops (mainly Apple).

We don't know any who are not "on-trend" re their clothing & footwear.

There are a good number of veggies though.

The latter is an easy win for them but once they enter the realms of transport/pleasure/connectivity/image then their principles are soon compromised.

Depends where kids are living and how they have grown up using transport . It’s funny I was daft on cycling but none of my boys ever wanted to use it as form of transport. Maybe seeing me killing myself cycling to work in all weathers back when I was trying to save a few bob has put them off lol .

Kids living in large cities have no need to own a car so you will find those using public transport more and don’t even think about owning a car.

However once you go further out you start to find a car is necessity due to the poor public transport options out-with cities . You find a car is a far easier option even if costly because it’s the only way to get to work college etc .

 

[Deleted User]

I think that might be changing. A lot of them support extinction rebellion, and want to have a planet to grow up on.

You may be right but you may also be wrong, my Daughter has a car and my Son has 2 motorcycles, a car and a campervan so I guess they're all different.

 

[CXRAndy]

once they enter the realms of transport/pleasure/connectivity/image then their principles are soon compromised.

We have an eco warrior in our family, swore blind never to get a car. Then realised the hassle of public transport. Now own a car

I like to be green, but do accept practicalities of modern life

Unless we all decided to live in mud huts again. You first though

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Kids living in large cities have no need to own a car so you will find those using public transport more and don’t even think about owning a car.

We obviously have different experiences.

I do agree that youngsters living in cities will use public transport more but ime my previous comments about owning/wanting a car apply.

Most of our family live in London/Greater London, we have friends that live in London/Manchester etc and their youngsters are very car-centric.

 

[All uphill]

Our son passed his driving test at 18 and has never sat behind the wheel of a car in the ten years since.

That proves no more or less than the pro- car examples above.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Our son passed his driving test at 18 and has never sat behind the wheel of a car in the ten years since.

That proves no more or less than the pro- car examples above.

He can at least get a driving job !

 

[CXRAndy]

Our son passed his driving test at 18 and has never sat behind the wheel of a car in the ten years since.

That proves no more or less than the pro- car examples above.

Does he live in a big city, London, Manchester?