RE: New excuse for work...4 Feb 2020 18:29
17.53 Agree TP. Ill thought through . Firstly, we are raping the planet of metals & minerals for battery production, mainly Lithium but other metals too. That's going to run out one day anyway. Secondly, I live in rural Devon so see can see this particular issue. There are few charging points around here. some in service stations its true but a lot of Devon ( and same for counties like Hereford, rural Wales, Lake District helluva lot of Scotland , better mention Yarkshur! Northumbria etc) , where the infrastructure is just not there yet and will take years to build street side charging points. Even London ( god that's terrible for them) & major cities don't have anywhere enough street points yet. Then there is power needed to be generated to actually do the charging, that will make the lights go out with the state of the grid at the moment, so major investment needed for the grid and street facilities. Then... ( I'm sure technology will improve ) at the moment with the range around 300miles with the better cars, it takes several cups of coffee to recharge them at a service area. Business users will not have an hour to spare ( maybe more )every time the car needs charging. So Boris's idea whilst it is intended to save the planet, isn't going to transform cars & transport in 2035 , it will get moved back for sure.