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Interest in electric cars slumps by 2/3 rds
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<blockquote data-quote="Magnus Oyke" data-source="post: 8698224" data-attributes="member: 177167"><p>Few people would buy an electric car through choice, if the choice was petrol, diesel or electric. They're far too expensive, take too long to fill up with fuel and, if the tales of 10p per mile are true, far too expensive to fuel. Remember that they are competing with ICE cars that are burning very heavily taxed fuel, once you add that tax, which will have to be replaced with something, their cost per mile will be far worse than a conventional car.</p><p></p><p>Range is also an issue. If you're going to sell me a car that takes hours to refuel, it's going to need a comfortable 600-mile range. My current car will do about 350 miles, if I'm careful, but only takes a couple of minutes to "recharge", most of that is the actual transaction, rather than pumping fuel. My bike has a range of about 160 miles, but again, takes a matter of a couple of minutes to "recharge".</p><p></p><p>What electric cars are giving the consumer, is a more expensive, heavier car, that's less practical and quite likely that they are easier to integrate a load of spy devices, so the state can keep their beady eyes on us in case we misbehave, or choose not to follow their guidance in next pandemic.</p><p></p><p>These are also being sold to us as an environmental benefit, which is also questionable, as is the threat of global warming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Oyke, post: 8698224, member: 177167"] Few people would buy an electric car through choice, if the choice was petrol, diesel or electric. They're far too expensive, take too long to fill up with fuel and, if the tales of 10p per mile are true, far too expensive to fuel. Remember that they are competing with ICE cars that are burning very heavily taxed fuel, once you add that tax, which will have to be replaced with something, their cost per mile will be far worse than a conventional car. Range is also an issue. If you're going to sell me a car that takes hours to refuel, it's going to need a comfortable 600-mile range. My current car will do about 350 miles, if I'm careful, but only takes a couple of minutes to "recharge", most of that is the actual transaction, rather than pumping fuel. My bike has a range of about 160 miles, but again, takes a matter of a couple of minutes to "recharge". What electric cars are giving the consumer, is a more expensive, heavier car, that's less practical and quite likely that they are easier to integrate a load of spy devices, so the state can keep their beady eyes on us in case we misbehave, or choose not to follow their guidance in next pandemic. These are also being sold to us as an environmental benefit, which is also questionable, as is the threat of global warming [/QUOTE]
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