Vox Populi
The people are speaking on EVs. Is anyone in the citadel listening?
Posted on 30 Nov 24
by JitIn BBC, Electric vehicles, Net Zero, Uncategorized
A couple of days ago, the BBC opened up for comments an article about sagging demand for EVs:
Ford calls for incentives to buy electric cars as backlash grows
When I last looked on Thursday, the comments had reached over 10,000. Thus it was only possible for me to skim them. But I could not help but notice the abundance of common sense exhibited by our fellow citizens, a currency that is seemingly in short supply among our elected politicians. I reproduce below a handful of such comments from the first eighth or so of the pile, with occasional retorts thrown in, and a reply by me in one case. The scores are the net user votes. I have generally left in typos, but have added a space or two where words were stuck together.
Will anybody in the corridors of power see any of them? Unlikely.
Lawrence fining a company because the consumer doesn’t want their products is as daft as you can get. If EVs were the answer they’d need no incentives. how about fining the government for not having a plan for charging points in the countryside or inner city tower blocks. +3700
mb018538 No surprise why demand is so low. Poor range on cars unless you spend £50k+ (which people can’t afford), terrible charging infrastructure, expensive supercharging, massive depreciation. Meanwhile your trusty ICE can be refilled in a couple of minutes and reliably get you going for 400 miles. At the moment the balance is still far too much in favour of ICE. +1900
https://cliscep.com/2024/11/30/vox-populi/
