Until the infrastructure with a robust electric grid to support home-charging, and ubiquitous public-charging becomes a fact, EVs will not be a viable proposition.
Case in point: the current cold-weather is showing up the problems of not having enough public charging stations.
The article paints a nice picture of why they're problematic, and why people shouldn't drive them. But that's not going to stop people.
People already drive petrol cars despite traffic, environmental footprint and lack of parking. They'll be happy to add overpriced, unrepairable and lack of charging spots to the list.
socratics|2 years ago
simonblack|2 years ago
Case in point: the current cold-weather is showing up the problems of not having enough public charging stations.
seanmcdirmid|2 years ago
Yet, every year there are more charging stations, and the battery tech gets getting better, so I don't see stagnation winning out here.
thunderbong|2 years ago
> EVs also emit more carbon over their life cycle than any form of urban transport except petrol cars.
mrkeen|2 years ago
The article paints a nice picture of why they're problematic, and why people shouldn't drive them. But that's not going to stop people.
People already drive petrol cars despite traffic, environmental footprint and lack of parking. They'll be happy to add overpriced, unrepairable and lack of charging spots to the list.