What big switch though? Fair enough no new ICE cars after 2035, but you can still run whatever you have at that time for the life of the car.
By 2035, I think technology will have moved on. The batteries will last longer and will probably charge more quickly. The need to have a home charger may not be the same in my opinion.
Personally I would be reticent to buy an EV without a home charger and I wouldn’t be spending £1000 or whatever to put one in as well as pay the extra insurance for an EV and now the same road tax as well.
I just think we aren’t quite there yet. I have another ICE car in me yet.
Mine included the home charger. The main advantage of which is cost and convenience. The only way you would not need a home charger in the future is if you could charge outside for the same cost and leave your car on it for as long as you want. I cant see that happening TBH.
I am not sure i would be too happy with external chargers charging more quickly. That would cost me time rather than save it.
JLR, which I was specifically referring to, are obviously working on a much quicker time scale than 2030 let alone 2035 cut off.I’d be surprised if there are any approved used PCP deal ICE models on sale by 2029.Similar in the case of VAG or PSA/Stellantis.
Haha. You might be surprised robroy. I would have more than equalled her in my younger days, the days of shocking my parents by modelling in certain magazines. Shouldnt have said that should I?
I got a huge discount on my 7kW OHME charger with installation chucked in for free when I traded in my Gen1 MG for a Gen2 MG.
They have a set limit (25 meters) on how much cabling they will lay before charging you extra, I just got in with 25 meters from house to garage.
What I am thinking is that there will be wireless charging. The technology is essentially there already. Possibly pads in the road and quite possibly even charging while in motion.
The only trouble I see with it is perhaps how to meter it properly, but there are enough boffins around to work it out I think.
Whilst you are an ‘early adopter’, I will probably be in the ‘late majority’ category. Nothing wrong with either, just preference I suppose.
Yes sure, there is nothing wrong with either. The frustrating thing for me is the misconceptions that most believe, such as travelling miles to find a charger etc.l when in fact EVs are actually pretty good.
Collecting energy while in motion must be a future possibility and improvements in things like solar panels.
I do think new housing estates should have non profit chargers fitted where a householder can tap a card and charge at there contracted domestic rate.
I would never want to go back to ICE now. That’s not because I am a victim of government hype or that I am an eco warrior but because they are bloody fun to drive and very convenient.
If I was him I’d get one of those rubber “speed bumps” where the cable fits underneath it, stick some cones out and a warning notice, pretty much what the council workers do when they’re obstucting the footpath… Sauce, goose, gander, rearrange
