Given my chosen forum I.D, and that I retired circa a decade ago, as might be expected that I spent rather a lot of time resisting aspects of technology that were ever bound to either force me to adapt to their requirements of me in order to carry out so many day to day processes, and in the workplace the pressure of the frustration of trying to keep up with ever advancing technology, the outcomes of which seemed bound to totally negate decades of hard won experience I had acquired, and cut the numbers employed in the operation of not only the facility where I earned a living for almost 40 years, but in the country as a whole.... Yeah I can easily justify my Luddite tendencies. However while seeking preservation of the past has proven to be worthwhile up to a point, I suspect history dictates that trying to hold back the future seems to be a somewhat futile pastime...?
Richard, I see no fault in your thinking, and as an EV owner I suspect I could add a few more negatives if I put my mind to it, much as I could have when thinking a Morgan might just be the car for me circa 30 years ago, and in time learning of their possible ..err..foibles, via the interweb. Ever grateful to the many kind folk who took time to educate me in depth as to that which it can be like to live with a Morgan prior to making the plunge back then... (-:
I am now at a stage in life where if left to decide on only keeping one car of those available to me, the EV would be the logical choice to keep ownership of. and to provide for basic transportation requirements, call it acceptance of evolutionary forces if you will...?
Nice day here today, so I expect to fire the old Mog up and head out for another little run, while they still allow me to do so... (-:
Alistair, my guess is someone has to pay for the expectations we once had and those which some still have in varying degrees..and EV insurance seems far from cheap, insuring a C4S being about 1/3 less than a Tesla..? I think it is a safe bet that all types of motoring will increase in cost along with much else...
IF EV work out to be as reliable and robust as they should be, then maintenance costs should reduce considerably, though just had a pal with a Volvo Hybrid telling me an update to the entertainment system caused the car to fail to stay in drive once selected.... So far so good in terms of my confidence in pure EV and Tesla software etc... Time will tell.
