Buy Electric Cars and save on running costs

[Paddy]

Buy Electric Cars and save on running costs...

MPs demand a new motoring tax to plug the revenue gap as drivers switch to electric cars.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60251046

[ladymuck]

Heard this being bleated about on the radio this morning. No idea why it's being presented as a surprise when anyone with an ounce of common sense could see it coming a mile off (even if you can't hear the damn things).

[Paddy]

Heard this being bleated about on the radio this morning. No idea why it's being presented as a surprise when anyone with an ounce of common sense could see it coming a mile off (even if you can't hear the damn things).

I absolutely agree with you. I also suspect that electric cars will need to have a smart meter fitted so that HMG can debit the owner's bank account on a monthly basis.

[xoggoth]

More polluting too:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e...tion-28276fmdp

[vetran]

More polluting too:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e...tion-28276fmdp

Don't forget that they are more environmentally and morally (some kid has to dig up the cobalt) expensive to build than petrol based cars.

[Paddy]

More polluting too:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e...tion-28276fmdp

Furthermore, electric cars have a very short life span and battery replacement after x years exceeds the price of second-hand electric cars.
The energy and resources used in manufacturing cars is far greater than is used in running the car in its lifetime.
One can argue that a 20 year + car is therefore less polluting

[SueEllen]

The other day due to the energy price rises I heard someone on the radio moan that it would be cheaper to use the 1 litre car in their household than to charge their Tesla.

[AtW]

This one will be a real vote winner.

[cojak]

And where the feck do they expect the extra electricity to come from when we can barely generate enough today? The Electricity Fairy?

Someone has to pay for the infrastructure upgrade...

[Dark Black]

Furthermore, electric cars have a very short life span and battery replacement after x years exceeds the price of second-hand electric cars.
The energy and resources used in manufacturing cars is far greater than is used in running the car in its lifetime.
One can argue that a 20 year + car is therefore less polluting

Absolutely this. The environmental footprint of an older car was (quite obviously) spent years ago.

Aside from the gf's Mini, all our cars are over 20 years old so I feel I'm doing my bit for the climate by not buying a new car every few years.

They are more fun to drive too.