Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35911935)

The lost fuel related and other revenues will have to be recouped from somewhere as will the massive cost of the national infrastructure required to support such a dramatic change. I have no faith that our glorious leaders can deliver on this objective and of course if/when they don't it'll be us mere mortals who'll suffer most of all...

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35912052)

Thought of this thread when the SyFy Channel showed the first part of a new series earlier this evening, where cars run on blood!

http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-from-bt/chris...11364202544307

Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35911935)

... and therein lies the reality. We're not going to have a choice and will be reliant upon our local and national authorities to get it right and ensure sufficient infrastructure of the right type is there when it's required. I'm sorry but given the debacles surrounding London's new airport/runway, power generating capacity etc. I don't have a great deal of faith that the reality will bear any relation to what's being envisaged. It may be possible in societies such as Korea but in the UK I can see this being chaotic with a huge impact on personal freedom. Of course the great and the good will be effectively exempt from any of that and no doubt delighted that the rest of us aren't clogging up the roads for them as they go about their business of accumulating more wealth whilst living the high life. I reckon a great many people really believe that switching to all electric vehicles will provide them with just the same freedom and flexibility they enjoy now with petrol/diesel vehicles but much cheaper and IMHO the reality will be very different, certainly within the timescale set out. The lost fuel related and other revenues will have to be recouped from somewhere as will the massive cost of the national infrastructure required to support such a dramatic change. I have no faith that our glorious leaders can deliver on this objective and of course if/when they don't it'll be us mere mortals who'll suffer most of all...

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35912083)

I believe that we will have a choice, Osem, just not between petrol and diesel.


http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/tips-and-a...fuel-cell-cars

Originally Posted by Qtx (Post 35912088)

My two worries are:

1) Electric cars are too quiet. Almost been run over twice by silent Prius taxi drivers. Can't hear them coming, especially at lower speeds.

2) In crashes, electric cars seem to explode in to flames more than petrol cars going by the pattern I have seen in news articles. Assuming this is related to the batteries?

Originally Posted by Qtx (Post 35912088)

My two worries are:

1) Electric cars are too quiet. Almost been run over twice by silent Prius taxi drivers. Can't hear them coming, especially at lower speeds.

2) In crashes, electric cars seem to explode in to flames more than petrol cars going by the pattern I have seen in news articles. Assuming this is related to the batteries?

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35912130)

I cannot agree that electric cars explode in flames more than petrol ones. You mention a pattern in news articles which I haven't seen.

Without objective data your item 2 becomes nothing more than an opinion which appears to have no foundation.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35912134)

Of course to know whether this is more likely we need to know the rates of fires relative to the numbers of cars of each type.

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35912178)

Nah, just a bit of cardbord through the wheel spokes!

Originally Posted by Qtx (Post 35912088)

My two worries are:

1) Electric cars are too quiet. Almost been run over twice by silent Prius taxi drivers. Can't hear them coming, especially at lower speeds.

2) In crashes, electric cars seem to explode in to flames more than petrol cars going by the pattern I have seen in news articles. Assuming this is related to the batteries?