Are we being forced to go electric?

[fossyant]

We really do need to be thinking about why we are driving so much ? I made a choice to move from jobs that were 30 miles away and involved travel, to one that was 10 miles away, and no travel. Bonus was it's an ideal cycle commute distance. It can be done. Driving just is not enjoyable.

 

[vickster]

I do about 20000 miles a year for work and that includes regular 150 mile days. Trust me a decent comfortable car makes a big difference

In something electric hopefully nowadays?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Standard model like mine have 605bhp

That short sentence says an awful lot about how EV's are being marketed.

 

[Alex321]

That short sentence says an awful lot about how EV's are being marketed.

I don't think it says anything at all about how they are being marketed?

I don't recall any EV ads I have seen making a big thing of the power.

 

[midlife]

I don't think it says anything at all about how they are being marketed?

I don't recall any EV ads I have seen making a big thing of the power.

Lucid Air comes close..

https://www.lucidmotors.com/air

 

[fossyant]

Lucid Air comes close..

https://www.lucidmotors.com/air

And Tesla, first figure you see..

 

[vickster]

And models on the Polestar website is headlined as 'performance' something
https://www.polestar.com/uk/polestar-1/
https://www.polestar.com/uk/polestar-2/

 

[fossyant]

Checks adds for the Renault Zoe. Only £29,995 , lots of references about range, the motor braking etc, but you are hard pushed to find anything that says much about the performance. Under specs you can find it's 135 bhp, that's it.

 

[Gunk]

In something electric hopefully nowadays?

I’m afraid not

 

[Deleted User]

We really do need to be thinking about why we are driving so much ? I made a choice to move from jobs that were 30 miles away and involved travel, to one that was 10 miles away, and no travel. Bonus was it's an ideal cycle commute distance. It can be done. Driving just is not enjoyable.

Depends on what you do surely, my job involves travelling to different sites carrying lots of spares and kit so impossible to go by bike.

Lots on here seem to have either office jobs or go to the same place all the time (education/NHS etc) so it's possible to either move nearer if that's what you want or use public transport.

What about delivery drivers, builders, service engineers (choose whichever industry you like) how are they supposed to 'think about why they drive so much'?

If all the 'static' workers did what you have then maybe it would make a difference but lots of trades can't, and changing career wouldn't really help because someone else would just do it instead.

 

[Gunk]

Checks adds for the Renault Zoe. Only £29,995 , lots of references about range, the motor braking etc, but you are hard pushed to find anything that says much about the performance. Under specs you can find it's 135 bhp, that's it.

I paid much less than that for my first house!

For most regular working people thirty grand is a bloody lot of money

 

[fossyant]

I paid much less than that for my first house!

For most regular working people thirty grand is a bloody lot of money

Its out of what I'm prepared to pay for a tin box. I could, but wont.

 

[vickster]

I paid much less than that for my first house!

For most regular working people thirty grand is a bloody lot of money

Even for people with a decent amount of money, it's a ridiculous amount for a small French car! I couldn't justify spending that much on any car, let alone one called Zoe!!

 

[fossyant]

Even for people with a decent amount of money, it's a ridiculous amount for a small French car! I couldn't justify spending that much on any car, let alone one called Zoe!!

But thats what we are being forced into buying.

 

[fossyant]

Or that 'Funky Cat' car.