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Originally Posted by Ukastronomer
I really laugh when the UK government says NO MORE diesel cars or petrol in 10-20 years, ok then
1. How are millions of people going to afford a NEW car, I bought mine new in 2006 and could not afford a new car now
2. Used.... who will be the first to buy old used electric cars, with short non guaranteed battery life, and no guarantees on the actual batteries
3. The first, second, third even fifth and so on generations will all come and go and be crap, sorry, when do you buy
4. There will be no bans on older cars, petrol and diesel, so petrol and diesel will still be available to buy, after all, are we all going to scrap out motorbikes, lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, boats, what about railways, cruise liners
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Normally, when these "no more X cars in Y years" statements come out, they mean no more NEW cars with that feature.
For pt 1, a quick google shows the average fleet age in the UK is about 7.7 years, so 10 to 20 years sounds fine. Even with that figure, only one third of the fleet is over 10 years old.
I do think we may have some crunch issues with batteries, (re)charging times and lifecycles, but I expect that these will be dealt with as the market grows. One thing I hope we get right this time, since theoretically we are more enlightened
is that we will put in place better procedures to handle the inevitable waste involved.
There may not need to be bans put in place for the ICE vehicles, because eventually they will become not economical to run or maintain, especially when ICE infrastructure starts "closing down", e.g. less service stations, less repair shops for ICE, etc.