The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[Baggers]

I haven’t driven an electric car.
I sat in an acquaintances Tesla last week and made “broom broom” noises.
It seemed pretty well built, it’s the second Tesla the guy has had, this one was the model Y (I think) it was a sort of suv looking one.
He’s got solar on his roof for recharging, loves the car.
It’s 12 months old with 14k km on it, still smells new.
I was surprised at how small the front boot was though.
If I had solar I’d look at buying one until I remembered what a toerag Mr Musk is.
On balance I think he’s got a pretty good product.

The Missus' company is transitioning to EVs and one of the chieftains already has a Tesla and one of the features he loves is the quietness which makes talking on the dogger and conversations within the car so much better.

Transitioning, dramatic transitioning, from one technology to another is always a challenge with its fair share of difficulties and troubles along the way before the kinks are ironed out and the benefits become apparent. Horses to cars, farmland to industry (industrial revolution), landline to mobile phones and so on. Along the way we have humans who fear/resist change, are suspicious and cynical about change, then those who do a wait and see (probably me), those who are happy to experiment with change and those who love it. Horses for courses.