Monday 24 June 2013

The problem with EVs...


A colleague made a very good point about electric vehicles the other day. It sounds obvious now I think about it, but it was one I genuinely hadn’t really considered before. EVs are a parking bay-based fuelling solution. As such they take up space for an extended period of time, several hours or more. The current system of filling up with petrol or diesel is a five minute job and obviously doesn’t require such a commitment in land. If too many people buy EVs too quickly, the infrastructure isn’t going to cope. Going forward, the only viable solution is charging at home, and that’s presuming you’ve got a drive. There simply aren’t enough parking bays, or places to put them, for everyone to have an EV. Good job no one much is buying them, then…

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