Electric cars are not the only way forward, nor have they ever been touted as such. For a set of use cases however they are remarkably well suited. There will always be some people who are prepared to pay a premium for something different, but you need to go a long way to beat the simplicity, longevity and running costs of an EV now that the battery life concerns have been shown to be ill-founded.
Hydrogen is especially appealing for HGV, rail, heavy plant operations and the like, and for those who really can’t move away from ICE there will be synthetic fuels available.
I have found my perfect short range sub 10 miles transportation. My Pedelec makes local transport quick, easy, costs a negligible amount to run, and keeps me fit and healthy too. The carrying capacity of 20kg is fine for most shopping trips, I can be down to Waitrose and back in less than half an hour.
The future of transport is not going to be about a single one size fits all solution, but then it never really has been.
The whole premise of EV is they need electricity to be generated to power them. that is not a given. The other week normally the UK electricity generation by wind fell to 1% of need on calm days.............not a question of battery storage, its more as to whether we will have the electricity to power them. How can you say they are cheap to run, with the massive investment needed to increase green electricity. The cost of running will soon turn, when tax revenues raised from ICE are levied on EV's, started with VED already, more of the tax revenues raising will fall on EV's before too long. Its going to be a very short EV summer in which to make hay.
