Are we being forced to go electric?

[Alex321]

There is a brand new housing estate on the site of the local hospital. This has an extraordinary number of electric cars. Is it because:
a) These houses have drives, and so electric or potential electric car owners will buy one in preference to a more traditional Bournville house?
b) People who buy new houses are less tied to tradition and therefore more likely to accept electric vehicles as the future?
c) People in new housing estates are all new to the area, and therefore more likely to follow herd instinct, and it took just one person to get an electric car for lots to follow?
d) People who have the money to buy a new house also have the money to buy a new car. And just taking a cross-section of the UK new car sales, a greater proportion of those new cars are electric?

Probably mostly a combination of A & B. I doubt c has much validity yet, it takes a lot more than one or two for that behaviour to kick in. And d is very unlikely to be true, you are much more likely to be skint after buying a new house than at most other times.

 

[CXRAndy]

You can save a fortune with an electric car if you have to drive a fair bit.

You certainly can. My mate is putting nearly a £100 a week in his performance Audi. I on the other £20 for same distances. My car is faster

 

[MrGrumpy]

Yes but your one sounds like a milk float . His on the other hand doesn’t

 

[CXRAndy]

Yes but your one sounds like a milk float . His on the other hand doesn’t

I cant do with your asinine comments anymore-ignored

 

[midlife]

There is a brand new housing estate on the site of the local hospital. This has an extraordinary number of electric cars. Is it because:
a) These houses have drives, and so electric or potential electric car owners will buy one in preference to a more traditional Bournville house?
b) People who buy new houses are less tied to tradition and therefore more likely to accept electric vehicles as the future?
c) People in new housing estates are all new to the area, and therefore more likely to follow herd instinct, and it took just one person to get an electric car for lots to follow?
d) People who have the money to buy a new house also have the money to buy a new car. And just taking a cross-section of the UK new car sales, a greater proportion of those new cars are electric?

There's a lot of building going on around me including some at £625,000 which for Cumbria makes them mansions lol.

I don't think any of them have any car charging points. I have one though but no EV

 

[Scaleyback]

Yes but your one sounds like a milk float . His on the other hand doesn’t

I cant do with your asinine comments anymore-ignored.

At the risk of being ignored, I thought it was funny

 

[harlechjoe]

Batteries for an e-bike cost quite a few quid and my owners guide claims it it good for 600 charges. Whilst the use of e-cars help stop air pollution I question whether the e-battery on a car will last as long as conventional engines. I guess the replacement cost of an e-battery for a car will run into thousands of pounds. If this is the case will people will simply change their e-car rather than the battery which is great for the manufacturers but not so great for saving the earth.

 

[fossyant]

I cant do with your asinine comments anymore-ignored.

At the risk of being ignored, I thought it was funny

So did I ! Leccy cars need a Tie Fighter noise, then they would be cool.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Batteries for an e-bike cost quite a few quid and my owners guide claims it it good for 600 charges. Whilst the use of e-cars help stop air pollution I question whether the e-battery on a car will last as long as conventional engines. I guess the replacement cost of an e-battery for a car will run into thousands of pounds. If this is the case will people will simply change their e-car rather than the battery which is great for the manufacturers but not so great for saving the earth.

This is what what was touched on way back , Who will want to run about in a 10yr old used car that’s battery has been abused whilst charging !

 

[fossyant]

Batteries for an e-bike cost quite a few quid and my owners guide claims it it good for 600 charges. Whilst the use of e-cars help stop air pollution I question whether the e-battery on a car will last as long as conventional engines. I guess the replacement cost of an e-battery for a car will run into thousands of pounds. If this is the case will people will simply change their e-car rather than the battery which is great for the manufacturers but not so great for saving the earth.

I think the car manufacturers guarantee a battery for about 8 years. Tesla wanted £17k for a new battery for a chap recently, so he blew his car up instead.

The batteries are very expensive. I'm sure there will be aftermarket batteries available at some point. standardisation of batteries would be a good idea depending upon 'size' - cheaper for all.

 

[MrGrumpy]

I cant do with your asinine comments anymore-ignored.

At the risk of being ignored, I thought it was funny

Apparently not everyone thought it funny oh well

 

[MrGrumpy]

I think the car manufacturers guarantee a battery for about 8 years. Tesla wanted £17k for a new battery for a chap recently, so he blew his car up instead.

The batteries are very expensive. I'm sure there will be aftermarket batteries available at some point. standardisation of batteries would be a good idea depending upon 'size' - cheaper for all.

It’s utter madness really to think that at 8yrs if your battery goes kaput that’s it . Now granted car engines can go the same way but potentially you could repair it fairly straightforward. Repairing these batteries will not be as straight forward !

 

[cougie uk]

Yes but your one sounds like a milk float . His on the other hand doesn’t

We all LOVE noise pollution and smog eh kids ?

And on a related note. Don't cycle in London today as the pollution is too high for you...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-physical-activity-on-friday-due-to-pollution

 

[Electric_Andy]

Does anyone here think that EVs are just a stop gap? Just a theory, but if/when hydrogen powered cars are the norm, all these people with old batteries will be scrapping the car and getting a hydrogen one, rather than paying £7k to put a new battery in an already 10 year old car

 

[MrGrumpy]

Does anyone here think that EVs are just a stop gap? Just a theory, but if/when hydrogen powered cars are the norm, all these people with old batteries will be scrapping the car and getting a hydrogen one, rather than paying £7k to put a new battery in an already 10 year old car

It’s possible a bit like us all buying diesel cars !