Tim,
I'm convinced that for the urban majority electric cars are viable, or will be within the next 5 years.
For the 17% of us that live in rural areas I do not see electric cars ever being viable. The electricity distribution infrastructure is a long, long way away from offering the capability.
We have a single phase 80A supply: I asked Scottish and Southern, the local infrastructure provider, if they would quote for 3 phase supply to the house.
They said it wasn't possible without an upgrade to the local substation and re-cabling the street and they would not quote.
A local housing development has stalled as SSE have said that providing 80A power for 32 new houses is 3 years away, for the same reasons, unless the developer foots the bill. The business case doesn't stack up.
It is time that the urban liberals who have run this country, and most of Europe, for the last 30 years had a big reality check and faced up to the need to provide for all, not the WOKEs in the urban jungles.
