[njm106]

“All cars must be hybrid by 2030” then.

No big deal, most of them are already.

It's all cars must have a plug by 2030.

I find it really amusing the amount of hysteria this has whipped up. I wouldn't be surprised if there are bugger all ICE cars on sale by 2025 never mind 2030 the economics will be so stacked against ICE cars by 2030 that the manufactures just wont want to build them for the small % of Luddites that still want to drive round burning stuff because burning stuff never did me any harm!

 

[njm106]

Hopefully if nothing else this and other countries bans will force manufactures to stop developing new ICE cars it would be madness to bring a new ICE car to market in 2025 with a lifespan of only 5 years.

The biggest obstacle now with EV adoption is the charging infrastructure, hopefully the government will make money available to local authorities to install charging points in lampposts and public car parks etc. If councils do this right it could actually make them money.

 

[njm106]

just to play devils advocate, it’s only a ban on new ICE so I don’t think 2025 is the cut off. It will take decades before ICE is gone as they will be dirt cheap while the spares stock runs down, and then the best ICE vehicles will become very valuable due to scarcity

I should have been more clear I didn't mean there would be no ICE cars for sale in 2025 just that I'd doubt any manufacturers would develop new ICE only models given the limited sales window to recuperate R&D costs. So I'd expect current ICE development to slow if not stop completely very soon and more EV only platforms to be developed.

 

[njm106]

Why does everyone keep saying that EV prices are coming down ?
where are these mythical cheap new EVs ?
And don't quote MG, because their ICE versions are still 7K or more less for the same car.

If you compare the new Golf to the ID3 then there is currently a 7k difference between them but when the smaller battery ID3 Life comes out the extra is expected to only be around 1-2k

When you look at the best deal for a ZS Vs ZS EV the difference comes down to about 5.5k

 

[njm106]

I"m afraid it doesn't matter, I have just married a Conservative MP and so will get the job for a cool £21m. I think we can all agree that's good value for money.

But you had to marry a Tory! 🤮