Reply to: Without EVs and Heat Pumps the UK will boil

[WTFH]

I see tesla are down another 15% today. Not quite as big a drop as illegal border crossings which are down by more than one hundred percent, according to the White House. ( https://web.archive.org/web/20250227...binet-meeting/ )

[Uncle Albert]

It worked fine until VW got caught.

FTFY

[BlueSharp]

How's that worked out for the push to drive Diesel Engined Cars?

It worked fine until they moved the goal posts.

[ladymuck]

How's that worked out for the push to drive Diesel Engined Cars?

Yeah that did rather go wonky. Wasn't that an initiative on the grounds of fuel efficiency rather than environmental? In which case, that was true at the very least.

[Zigenare]

I heard an interview on R4 this morning about that. There's a lot of ifs to the report which means the headlines are not necessarily deliverable. The structural change required for some housing to work with heat pumps is massive and there needs to be a proper return on investment or else take up will continue to be dire. Electricity is way too expensive to make the finances add up.

Fining manufacturers for not selling the right stuff (heating or cars) is the wrong approach and doesn't drive demand. Supporting initiatives to make these things more attractive than the incumbent offerings is the way forward.

How's that worked out for the push to drive Diesel Engined Cars?

[woody1]

The Gerald Ratner effect.

https://www.independent.co.uk/busine...-b2704924.html

[vetran]

Or heading back down to where it was before the election.

well not too scary then. One assumes he took some profit.

Doge seems to be making financial sense and upsetting the lefties.

[woody1]

so a 3 month low?

Or heading back down to where it was before the election.

[vetran]

Looks like the Trump honeymoon period for Tesla stock may be over too.

https://www.google.com/finance/quote...SDAQ?window=1Y

so a 3 month low?

[woody1]

Looks like the Trump honeymoon period for Tesla stock may be over too.

https://www.google.com/finance/quote...SDAQ?window=1Y

[woody1]

Four in five cars should be electric...

But maybe not so many of this make.

https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2025...elon-musk.html

[Paddy]

[ladymuck]

I heard an interview on R4 this morning about that. There's a lot of ifs to the report which means the headlines are not necessarily deliverable. The structural change required for some housing to work with heat pumps is massive and there needs to be a proper return on investment or else take up will continue to be dire. Electricity is way too expensive to make the finances add up.

Fining manufacturers for not selling the right stuff (heating or cars) is the wrong approach and doesn't drive demand. Supporting initiatives to make these things more attractive than the incumbent offerings is the way forward.

[WTFH]

A chlorine soaked chicken in every pot

You only get those if you think Trump is doing a good job for Musk.

[Snooky]

Of course it will. Labours new deal is forming.

A dead granny in every lounge
A heat pump in every garden
A chlorine soaked chicken in every pot

Ridiculous hyperbole in every Vetty post