(10-17-2022, 09:13 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:I have looked at swapping my car for a new one a number of times in the past couple of years but I just don't seem to be able to make a good case, apart from the temptation of getting into a bright shiny new toy.
I don't think EVs are quite there yet and I am reluctant to invest significant funds into a new internal combustion model at this point. I don't travel long distances these days so I think I'll just keep running the old bomb for as long as it keeps going. It's still low Ks and has good service history so fingers crossed it's good for a couple of more years.
I made the decision to buy a new ICE vehicle last year and took delivery in November - a 2 litre turbo.
No doubt owning an EV would give me a feeling of keeping up to date with technology but I see far too many problems with every day motoring.
Just to mention a few: how long will it be before the infrastructure is in place which will enable millions of cars to be re-charged at home at night, and how will it be financed? What will be the infrastructure and its cost which will enable cars parked in units and on every suburban road in our cities to be charged every night?
Today it took me under five minutes to fill my tank, pay the attendant, and drive away. How many thousands of charging units will be required, and at what cost, to allow motorists to charge their batteries during the day to 80 percent charge in a time remotely close to filling a petrol engine car?
The overseas experience seems to be that approximately 50 percent of charging units are out of order at any one time and can take several days to be brought online again.
I believe that by the time these problems are solved I will be too old to worry about driving.