No single invention liberated society more than the mass-produced automobile. It has become as democratized as such a complex machine can be. Today, you can buy an early 2010s Vauxhall Corsa for just £1,000. [emphasis, links added]
While it won't be fast, exciting or luxurious, it will get you where your gas money and dreams will take you. Or, more likely, work and come back.
Electric vehicles upend all that, bringing with them greater expense and requiring a number of well-documented sacrifices from the driver. Not surprisingly, most people are reluctant to make the switch.
This issue has become so prominent Manufacturers now restrict sales of petrol and diesel models to avoid huge government fines (£15,000 per vehicle over quota) This will be imposed on brands if they don't move to enough electric vehicles.
If the product was in demand, there would be no need for such threats. Yet ministers still refuse to believe motorists have good reason to be wary of electric vehicles. In fact, they not only continue to push the development of electric vehicles, but also accelerate the progress.
Last year, the Conservative government imposed a £15,000 fine on the sale of non-electric cars for the first time.
Keir Starmer's new Labor government then pledged to reinstate the 2030 date for a total ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, overturning a five-year concession granted by the Conservatives.
All of this pro-EV legislation is being written by people who are often insulated from the public.
Firstly, MPs are paid £91,000. The political setting is inherently London-centric, and sympathy for the driver is as hard to come by as a bus in the countryside – it would be a shame if one character brought a chauffeured ministerial car to dream of such lofty goals , that is even more so.
Far from Westminster, Electric vehicle advocates often blame “misinformation” for poor sales. It’s as if the drivers were Labradors covered in blood, swayed not by the leashes of scooters but by shiny headlines and “a torrent from the right and vested interests.” Top equipment Presenter Quentin Willson referred it to the transport select committee earlier this year. Presumably he would place this article in that category.
Those automotive experts who are mature enough to get into such panels and appear in the media are probably going to be pretty comfortable, thank you very much. This simply echoes the disconnect that politicians are prone to.
Meanwhile, less high-profile car hackers can gain easy access to test vehicles, allowing them to circumvent issues with battery power, e.g. The driving distance on a single charge is limited, making charging on the go inconvenient.
At the heart of the discussion around electric vehicles is a trend that ties into many topics. Those who advocate for new and “progressive” things often struggle to understand the concerns held by those outside the bubblethey like the status quo and are wary of upending it.
This disparity exists not only in the EV narrative, but also in the cars themselves. Fees are so detrimental to the poor that they make them an ideal subject for lovers of class analysis.
If your home has a driveway (a feature that makes a home more valuable), then an electric car makes sense. Every morning you arrive at a car conveniently filled with cheap overnight electricity, priced as low as sevenpence per kilowatt-hour and taxed at a liberal 5% rate.
The same cannot be said for people who have to park on the street. Not only does he have to pay business rates of around 85p per kilowatt hour, but he also has to pay 20% VAT.
This means that while charging an electric car at home can be as cheap as £3.50, The same amount of power going into the same car would easily cost £42.50 on the open road. Drivers of the world, unite – you have nothing to lose but your cables.
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