Meanwhile, finding a public charge point that works and doesn't require a second mortgage remains a challenge
  • @AcidOctopus@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12•11 months ago

    New cars are ludicrously expensive, especially EVs.

    The most I can afford to spend on a car is maybe £14K, and that’s under the proviso that about £4K of that is my own money and the rest is a loan to be paid off over about 6 or 7 years.

    So yeah, I’m going secondhand ICE with about 50K miles on the clock and praying it doesn’t die before the loan is paid off (and preferably longer still so I can save a bit more towards the next one).

    I’m all for EVs, but they’ve got to bring the price down, and they’ve got to get the batteries to last long enough for the secondhand market to be viable.

    • @highenergyphysics@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8•11 months ago

      Most importantly. Where the fuck are renters supposed to charge these fucking things?

      This is why mass EV adoption is not going to happen. Good luck convincing landlords to install chargers.

      I’m not dicking around for 2 hours at a station every week waiting for a charge, let alone multiple times a week.

      • @AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•11 months ago

        Certainly something that needs to be addressed by them, or manufacturers will not be able to sell them. They will be punished unless they help with solutions.

        I’ve seen several possibilities floated around here, so we have 12 years to build out one or more of them

        • landlords with off street parking can be incented or required to provide chargers, by zoning changes. Also at some point they won’t be able to find tenants unless they do
        • faster batteries will help reduce the wait time if you visit a supercharger once a week. It seems like we’re already down to half an hour to charge 5%—>80%
        • slow chargers at every destination (work, shops, restaurants) can keep you always topped off cheaply and without waiting
        • some street parking is conducive to charging, such as with pre-existing streetlight wiring
      • gian English
        1•11 months ago

        This is why mass EV adoption is not going to happen. Good luck convincing landlords to install chargers.

        If you install a charger, you will get a 25% tax cut for the next 5 years, if not you will get a 25% tax increase for the next 5 years.

        Seems pretty convincing to me ;-)

    • @AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•11 months ago

      This is one of the things a deadline like this should help with. Manufacturers know they need to sell a certain percentage of EVs, going to 100% on a specific date. They can’t just build them, they have to sell them. If EVs are still too expensive, they won’t be able to sell them, and the manufacturer is out of luck