Some interesting comments from both sides of the debate, clearly availability of charging facilities may or may not feature as a concern in your use of an EV, which may be down to your route and location. I wouldn't be surprised if the urban areas are currently better serviced than remote rural areas, very much reflecting availability of petrol filling stations. Low demand, remote sparse population equals limited number of stations compared with high density commuter belt areas.

The economics of the EV's will change dramatically in the coming years as the Exchequer has to raise the taxes currently generated by ICE .Add into the mix the new infrastructure costs of providing for EV's and the costs of removal of defunct petrol stations, refineries etc. The lack of maintenance needed for EV's and the potential demise of a whole service industry and the resultant jobs dependant upon ICE...we have yet to grasp the full social and economic cost that may be have to be borne by the EV.

Could be akin to the days when the ICE lead to the fall of the horse as the main means of transport and all the resultant jobs that disappeared eg stable hands, farriers etc. Lets hope that some form of clean petrol keeps the ICE a viable proposition with its resultant service and support industry.

The cost of a unit of electricity has risen disproportionately in recent decades and will continue to rise to fund the necessary provision of clean energy to meet growing demands, a demand and growing cost that may lead to fuel poverty in the UK as cheap carbon fuels are removed from our economic model and the potential for inflationary resultant price increases. There is more to this than just the availability of a charging unit.

Last edited by JohnHarris; 11/08/21 06:21 AM.
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