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The UK is too poor for mass EV adoption. We have an average annual household income of something like £30k, and most electric cars (that you’d actually want) c
by retrac98 3y ago
The UK is too poor for mass EV adoption.
We have an average annual household income of something like £30k, and most electric cars (that you’d actually want) cost much more than that right now.
- aluket 3y agoThe UK is #6 globally in terms of GDP, and at least where I live in the south east there are Teslas everywhere I look. I think this says more about the problem with averages.
- retrac98 3y agoGDP isn’t a great measure here. For example, while it’s #6 by GDP it’s #21 by GDP per capita. The wealth is also very unevenly distributed, 1/7 are skipping meals due to poverty: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cost-of-living-uk-people-skipping-meals-b2295440.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cost-of-livi...
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoThat's London and wider area, rest of UK is on same level like Eastern Europe. Here is the map based on Eurostat data. Notice that richest area and almost all poorest areas are in UK https://vividmaps.com/the-top-ten-richest-and-poorest-areas/ https://vividmaps.com/the-top-ten-richest-and-poorest-areas/