Electric car sales

Something else the UK is at the forefront of and can exploit fully once out of the EU and free to trade with the world, eh, harry?

We probably were there at the turn of the century but like now, they were expensive and not practical for many because of the lack of charging points and so limited range (so died out for all but milk floats and local utility vehicles).

I still have my Enfield 8000 (Moke) but to charge it I had to drive it into the back garden. That's ok unless someone hasn't parked across my drive. ;-(

I wonder if that situation might change what I understand to be the response of the Police to people blocking access to your drive. I understood they would get people moved to let you out but not necessarily move people to let you back on the drive again? Not good if that's the only charging point you can make it to? ;-(

Cheers, T i m

Although your reason is accurate for both ?turn of the century? is a bit ambiguous now. Could mean 19th to 20th or 20th to 21st. Electric vehicles were around for both ?turns ?.

GH

The best selling electric car is the Nissan Leaf made in UK

Made in the UK for a short while longer.

It benefits from having been made for longer than most of its competitors. The latest figures show sales of 101,679 since its introduction in December 2010. By comparison, the second best seller, overall, the Tesla S, introduced in the middle of 2012, has sold 85,762, which is a higher annual rate of sales. However, both those are dwarfed by the 282,000 electric cars sold in China in the past year alone. Of those, 94% were domestic models, 4% were Tesla (mostly Model X), 1% BMW and 1% spread between all other foreign brands.

And Musk is making a thumping loss on his car and storage battery business

I thought it was the other way round. You have no legal right to get your vehicle from your property onto the public highway but must have the ability to remove your vehicle from the highway. Or am I wrong?

ITYM 'assembled in the UK'

Nice looking car, almost 'french'.

Pass. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

Well, one might guess that I was talking about the period where electric vehicles *first* appeared and were used in reasonable numbers. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

That suggests that the loss is due to heavy investment in future products. What is important in the long terms is whether that investment results in even better profits in future. It is not as if he can't afford it.

Around my there are hundreds of long streets where people have no driveway and cars are parked on both sides along the whole length of the streets. No way of charging a vehicle unless thousands of people run their extension cords across the pavements or charging points are provided every car two lengths.

I wonder who will be paying for this infrastructure and the subsequent upkeep (rhetorical question). What comes first - people buying the cars and trying to find somewhere overnight to charge them during periods of low energy demand or provide the facilities that few people will use until take-up of electric cars reaches a substantial number.

People with no off-street parking shouldn't be allowed to have cars. They are a menace.

Talking to a builder nephew the other day he said they are fitting electrical hookups on the new builds they are wiring. I believe he suggested they were the blue / 16A round sockets you see on caravan sites etc?

As you say though, I'm pretty sure the infrastructure simply would cope for many years.

Maybe we should make all electric car owners who want to charge their vehicles during any high load time is to have a switch under the meter marked House / Car. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

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In both cases, the vehicle is causing an unnecessary obstruction and can be booked for that offence. However, it will only be removed if it is stopping somebody from leaving their drive. If it is stopping them entering, the official position is that the car trying to enter the drive can park somewhere else and invoking the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 is not justified.

On 08-Feb-18 6:13 PM, harry wrote: ...

I have a garage with an electricity supply, but it is far too useful for other purposes to use it just to store my car.

Not according to actual facts. China has ~50% of world production of electric cars and they aren't leafs. Not that brexiteers care about facts.