Think there's a couple of straw men in there, aren't there? I've not come across any proposal 'to electrify every motor vehicle on the road' by 2040, which is the date usually referenced, though there seems to have been some speculation as to whether it might be possible by 2035.GMAN75 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:33 pm Extrapolate that to providing a completely integrated infrastructure, upstream and downstream, to electrify every motor vehicle on the road. I wish I could go down to William Hill to get the odds on any government, given the instabilities which exist in the UK now, to deliver that within 13 years.
The proposal is for all new cars sold to be electric, as far as I'm aware - a big difference from 'every vehicle'. And where does 13 years come from? I guess you must have seen a reference to this happening by 2030, but I'm not sure that's a serious suggestion anywhere.
Still I wouldn't be surprised to find 60-80% of cars as BEV by 2040, assuming that one or other of the several suggestions for EV charging can be implemented for those who don't have a suitable driveway or eg live in flats. That's probably the main concern - things like generation capacity and network infrastructure are not major issues to start with and are entirely manageable on a 20-25 year timescale.
I do wonder whether once test drives in a Taycan start to become more widely available then even the present naysayers may start to think a little differently.
