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Makes sense, most of my friends who are "almost buyers" of EVs i.e. they want to buy one but aren't sure whether this car or their next car will be their first
by Mvandenbergh 4y ago
Makes sense, most of my friends who are "almost buyers" of EVs i.e. they want to buy one but aren't sure whether this car or their next car will be their first EV are most concerned by charge point availability rather than anything else. The existing subsidy was only £1500 and only for cheaper EVs anyway so I doubt it was driving buying behaviour anymore.
- _fat_santa 4y ago> are most concerned by charge point availability rather than anything else This seems to be the biggest issue around EV's right now. Everyone has goals set for EV adoption but I think the Achilles heel of all of this will be charging infra.
- ChrisRR 4y agoConsidering how many brits spend their life fighting for parking spaces, I can only imagine how much worse it'll be when you're fighting for the one space next to a charging point
- dkjaudyeqooe 4y agoThere's an obvious market for charging facilities at parking spots so I imagine that'll become widespread at some point.
- wdb 4y agoHere in London they integrate the charging in the street lights
- lrem 4y agoThe problem isn't inherently hard. A bunch of European cities is piloting charging via lamp posts. With enough demand, solutions will be found very quickly.
- nicoburns 4y agoYes, agreed. I'd love to see government investment in charging points. Seems like the biggest limitation at the moment.
- malfist 4y agoIf I recall correctly (and I could be completely confused), the government initially funded gas station networks to support automobile markets. I'd love to see them build out subsidy to create a similar network for electric chargers. As long as it doesn't take the form the broadband companies had.
- evgen 4y agoIf you read the article, the change in question is redirecting the subsidy away from EV purchase and towards expanding the charging network.