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Electric cars still a bit ****e
On 09/08/2013 17:23, wrote:
On Friday, 9 August 2013 16:59:13 UTC+1, Tim Streater wrote:
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As your pricing example points out, EV's are *nearly* there, and the Renault
pricing deal will be enough to bring-in more early adopters.
Not with a ****y 130 mile range they aren't; I get a 600 mile range with
a dizzle C4.
It isn't all about price and specification for early adopters of new technology (or for that matter for a large proportion of car-buyers generally).
I suspect Renault will get sufficient volume of sales now, with their "rent a battery" deal, to get governments to support a wider roll-out of subsidy deals, public charging infrastructure etc.
The beneficiaries are likely to be well-heeled 2nd car owners that have a well-defined niche for that vehicle (in fact rather like the car scrappage scheme of a few years ago).
Quite. Plus a (possibly misplaced) concern about environmental issues.
That's a cost that has a price some are willing to pay.
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Cheers, Rob
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