Admired it from afar. And missing it greatly.
News report says UK will ban sale of petrol, hybrid & diesel cars from 2035. (I think that was the year.)
OK for them, small island which fits into NSW 4 times with a fair bit of dirt left over... and a population density 200 times that of Oz.
I hope ScoMo doesn’t have a sudden rush of blood to the head & do an “Anything you can do...”
Current RACV mag has road test of Hyundai Kona & Nissan Leaf EVs. Drove Melbourne to Albury. Leaf JUST made it to Euroa (170km), with 7% (18km) charge left. Both started with 95% charge. Kona had 150km remaining.
Both took 45 minutes to charge!
Looks like we’ll be galloping back to horse & buggy travelling times if we have to have a 45min pause every 150km!
And the trip had to be planned around locations of charging stations with the correct plug for each vehicle (they were different)!
I think the charge (pun intended) into EVs for everyone needs a bit more thought & planning.
At least petrol bowsers fit the fuel filler holes in all cars, regardless of make.
Can you imagine the chaos if bowsers for Fords didn’t fit Holden fillers?
Maybe researchers should be looking at rooftop solar panels for cars so we could recharge by just parking in the sun.
EVs will have to come down in price a whole lot, too.
Nissan Leaf as tested was $49,990; Hyundai Kona was $64,490. Toyota Corolla hybrid is $26,000 almost half the Nissan price, and the MOST EXPENSIVE petrol Kona is $39,000!
That’s a $25,500 premium for the battery option!!
Dunno about the rest of yer, but it’s well outside our budget.
Our petrol-sipping 1 litre turbo Suzuki Baleno cost just $22,000 brand new, all-up. Battery Kona is almost THREE TIMES that, and the Leaf is TWICE that with enough change to buy a decent used 2nd car... maybe two!