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Because, in the future you will not be allowed to own a car as an individual, cars will be owned by apple, google, etc. etc. and when you want to use a car, you will call one via an app on your phone, the state will know everything about your movements and their corporate partners will be trousering the dough for your privilege and of course, it's all tied in to the fake climate change doctrine.
Driveless cars benefits :
Static speeds.
Smaller cars
Death of Chelsea tractors
Disable and blind people freedoms.
Less use of traditional fuels and association to the Middle East .
Non Benefits.
Job loss
I bought a diesel because at the time we were told it was best for the environment.
When I win the lottery, buying a fully blinged up Tesla.
presumably you won`t be relying on a dirty diesel to get your petrol to the garage then.
Are we heading to a society that does not own cars, think of Uber but without the driver
i dont buy into the same theory as Nelsonca61, but he is on the right track imho,
Johnny cab anyone ? ? ?
Not to make it political but why arent the companies who make them sinking all the money in. Why are the government spending any money on this. Just saying move the thread if u want.
Completely not a waste of time. Roads will be safer, there will be no need for everyone to own a car, and mass transit will become the norm as work moves to the cities. However, this will not become the norm for another 30 years or more in my opinion.
Electric cars will improve on ranges. The new Tesla has a 200kw battery that has a range of 650 miles. At 12p a kwh, that will cost about £24 to charge (650 miles for £24? My weekly commute would be about £11 a week instead of the current £30).
I think my current car has a good 5-6 years left in it, at that point I am fully expecting buying an electric car (the biggest issue for me at the moment is price rather than range).
If you don't know who Tesla are, then I am completely unsurprised that your view on electric cars is so blinkered.
The technology has been tested - earlier you were on about the range, and this is being addressed. How old are you, by the way? If you are older than 55, then I think it is possible that you will go through life without owning an electric car. If you are younger, then I think you will have little choice in the matter.
No it doesn't mean that at all. Range will be affected by night time driving, driving in the cold or heat and things like that. In the same way, a diesel or petrol engine becomes less efficient as we turn on the lights in the night, or drive in the cold or heat. The effects may be greater for an electric car, granted, but it's less of a concern if the range is above 250 miles. Especially when you consider that an average car journey in the UK is about 7 miles.
Tax intake worries , I as you woulc need to fund development and purchase of these cars ,compensation to remove old vehicles from the road.
As some have pointed out it wasn't long ago when diesel was seen as the future and was made tax efficient to promote purchasing these vehicles .
Politics and decisions ain't easy , and its easy for us to be clever after the fact .
And to think, we all laughed at sir clive
for any of the younger readers
thinking about stretching it to 2018 as well.
I got the Fiesta after the focus, all the gizmos titanium X, only had it 10 months just couldn't connect with it, I very nearly bought a new Focus the other week whilst taking the fiesta in for a service, was ready to sign but pulled out with the pen in my hand, on the way to work the very next day stopped off at a garage and bought another car without even test driving it, although I have driven the same type of car previously.