Do you agree with the ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2035?

Couldn't see a thread on EVs.

I'm personally heavily against the mandating of electric vehicles for a multitude of what I think are obvious reasons.

EVs are heavily reliant on technology and manufacturing from China. A major bottleneck and a single point of failure in the supply chain.

Rapid transformation of the grid will be required. There will need to be substantial upgrades with many additional powerlines, pylons, and charging stations. I don't think this will be done well enough or on time.

The extra power required will not be from renewable sources. If we aren't fully renewable now, there is no chance we will be in 2035 when we are adding the significant increase in electricity demand due to EV batteries. EVs will still be powered by fossil fuels. It will be the only option. Fast charging stations powered by diesel generators, no doubt.

We do not have a workforce skilled enough to undertake the massive changes required.

We also can't guarantee that the infrastructure we build will be able to keep up with the rapid change in technology. New generations of EVs and charging infrastructure are released frequently, and the grid management systems need to keep up to support these technologies.

 

Where do the people who don't have a driveway going to charge the car?

 

We do need to cut down on our reliance for fossil fuels, when you look at the garage that is caused manufacturing all the batteries that have a life of 10 years in electric cars, we need to cut the emissions on petrol and diesel cars, how this is done via better filtration I don’t know. Harmful Co2 must be pumped back into obsolete reservoirs in the North Sea.
What is obvious is that 1 size does not fit all but all countries must participate.
No point Europe doing its thing when the US, Russia, China and India are pumping pollutants into the atmosphere.

 

I am an early adopter in terms of having bought my first EV last December and I do support moving cars away from fossil fuels to electricity. Obviously lots of infrastructural work that needs to happen between now and 2035 and that is the key to make this a successful transition.

 

Where do people, who don’t have a petrol station next door to them, fuel up the car/vehicle… I imagine this, or very similar, was said by some folk when combustion engines started to replace steam engines/horse and carts….

 

Petrol and diesel cars aren't banned from 2035. There are no brand new petrol or diesel car sales from 2035.

The government have already pushed the date back five years. I wouldn't be surprised in five years time if the date is moved further back.

 

Gonna be a right * needing to fill up with a que of 50 cars and 2 charging stations taking ages per charge

 

“Gonna be a right * needing to fill up with a queue of 50 cars and only 2 hand pumps to pump the fuel into these cars …”

 

I think that EVs are a good idea but we’re a long way away from being ready to ban new petrol and diesel cars.
The government delaying it till 2035 has given the impression that their not taking this very seriously after all and, as posted above, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s pushed further and further back.

 

When the public chargers in Scotland were free to use there were already queues and fights to use them. Funnily enough since councils started charging rip off prices for them and stupid over stay fines, most of them now sit unused.

 

A 100 year old pump would still only take a few minutes, no?

Even if it took 10 minutes, still much faster than waiting for a horse to take a nap.

 

2035 is just back line with the full NetZero agenda in the EU.

The smart thing would be to mandate industry to uptake first. All transport/logistic companies should be the first to take the hit. Not the taxpayer.

 

Ah right enough… the delivery system will simply never improve or speed up eh….
(Ps you’ve never used a hand pump have you.)

Indeed! because the consumer(tax payers) won’t take any financial hit because the transport/logistics companies will take any potential hit themselves I guess…

if your going to constantly complain about something it would be a good idea to actually think about the objection and it’s relevance/likelihood.

 

At the moment the infrastructure is against those that don't. However 12 years to improve the infrastructure should be achievable. Also the technology of batteries and chargers will greatly improve by then.

 

Naively I just don't see what difference it makes financially to the normal everyday person, regardless of any environmental impact.

Manufacturers, "petrol" stations, electricity suppliers would just find a way to make cost the same if not more, than what current petrol prices are to ensure profits are made.

 

Will I put my tin foiled hat on for this thread

 

Don’t think I could pump a 100 year old to be honest…

 

Not with that attitude you couldn't

 

Should probably edit the title/poll a bit, since petrol and diesel cars aren't banned from 2035, it's a bit hard to vote for/against something that isn't actually happening.