Another Possible Reason Not To Buy An Electric Car!
As some will have noticed from this blog; I don’t drive and I don’t even have a car.
But then I wouldn’t buy an electric car.
- The range is pathetic and totally out of my comfort zone after sixty years of driving.
- Like my father I like lightweight vehicles and the weight of an electric car is just too heavy.
- The price of an electric car is totally unsustainable when compared to that of a petrol or diesel car.
- The environmental profile of a large lithium-ion battery is not good and could be improved.
I would say, that an electric car’s payload/price/range/weight profile is totally inferior to that of your average petrol or diesel car today. If petrol or diesel fuel were still available, I wouldn’t give an electric car house room. Luckily because a stroke ruined my eyesight, it’s a choice I don’t have to make.
Yesterday evening, another reason not to buy an electric car reared its ugly head.
Opposite my house is a public charging point for electric vehicles, that was installed by a company in co-operation with Hackney Council.
A driver parked their Tesla by the charger and plugged it in.
When they returned to the car, the charger cable had been stolen.
I suspect that a new cable and getting going again wasn’t very affordable.
The Anonymous Widower 