DOOM: Aston Martin

[_V_]

And you'd need to upgrade the national grid and increase electricity generation,...

It can cope.

https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories...misconceptions

[WTFH]

The other issue is scalability, to replace all cars with electrics you'd need a feck load of batteries which need to be made somewhere and from something.

And you'd need to upgrade the national grid and increase electricity generation,...

[dsc]

Tech is nearly ready for mainstream.

https://www.greencars.com/greencars-...f-ev-batteries

Solid state battery tech.

I'll believe it when I see it. It's like with card-thin like batteries for mobile phones which I've heard about first 5-6 years ago and still not a single phone uses them. A lot of startups offer incredible things, claim they made prototypes which are fully working etc. and then it turns out it's all bollocks or there's issues with production, materials, usability etc.

The other issue is scalability, to replace all cars with electrics you'd need a feck load of batteries which need to be made somewhere and from something.

[NigelJK]

Only Ferrari can survive with electric cars, and maybe Lambo but only because of VW ownership

Electric Car Models | Jaguar I-PACE | Jaguar UK

[_V_]

How exactly are you planning to achieve this?

Tech is nearly ready for mainstream.

https://www.greencars.com/greencars-...f-ev-batteries

Solid state battery tech.

[DoctorStrangelove]

How exactly are you planning to achieve this?

Magic fairy dust.

[dsc]

In a few short years, ranges will be over 500 miles from a charge and charging times down to a couple of minutes.

How exactly are you planning to achieve this?

[AtW]

Only Ferrari can survive with electric cars, and maybe Lambo but only because of VW ownership

[_V_]

They should skip the transient electric only fad and go straight for the Hydrogen

https://www.hyundai.co.uk/new-cars/n...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

Electric ain't going anywhere. In a few short years, ranges will be over 500 miles from a charge and charging times down to a couple of minutes.

[TestMangler]

They should skip the transient electric only fad and go straight for the Hydrogen

https://www.hyundai.co.uk/new-cars/n...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

[courtg9000]

I live close to the factory.
Local gossip says they are prepping for electric.
They seem to be testing a number of new models locally, including what looks like a rather snazzy shooting brake.

[_V_]

No electric models, who is going to buy a dinosaur fossil fuel car? Seriously, they need to go bankrupt asap.

[AtW]

“Aston Martin to deliver fewer cars this year as shares go into reverse

Deepening losses are due to a £245m hit from a weakening pound against the dollar

Aston Martin’s debt interest payments pushed it to a deeper loss as it warned that renewed supply chain problems mean it is expected to sell fewer cars than expected this year.

The luxury car maker had targeted sales of more than 6,600 this year, but said it may now sell closer to 6,200 as it struggles to source some parts.

The target reduction came as the company posted a loss for the July to September quarter of £226m, more than double the £98m it lost in the same period a year ago. Losses for the year so far have now reached £511m.

Deepening recent losses came due to a £245m hit from a weakening pound against the dollar. Nearly all the company’s £833m of debt is priced in dollars.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...es-go-reverse/

They ain’t got a chance…