The reason there are queues at petrol filling station pumps is because people can't refuel their cars at home every night...
I'm completely unconvinced by the range criticisms levelled at battery cars. There's no real reason why there could not be a charging point at every parking space in a motorway service area, solving the access issues. Within a few years initiatives like Ostler and/or the Tesla battery swap system will have solved the extreme range issues, and there's absolutely no reason to imagine there won't be significant advances in battery technology.
I admit was a bit sceptical when the first Priuses (Prii?) came out, but not now. Remember all the doom mongers saying the batteries wouldn't last 10 minutes and then they'd all have to go to landfill, poisoning the planet? But over the last 10 years they have conclusively proved it was all a load of tosh, the batteries are lasting longer than even the most optimistic forecasts.
Petrol will be around for years to come, but its days as the fuel of choice for private cars are numbered.
Last edited by Hamwich; 10/02/15 08:16 PM.
