A year ago I was of a similar opinion about charging away from home.GMAN75 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:54 amPerhaps. As to the home chargers issue, it's not what sort of infrastructure you may be able to install at home that should support your decision on EVs but how your EV can be sustained outside your home in real world driving. People move house too!Peteski wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:24 am Why would anyone buy a diesel Bentyaga in the first place? As the article says, it's a £200k car so why would you compromise on the engine? The only reason might be a perceived sense of being a little bit greener and frugal, but that cherry has now well and truly been taken away! One thing is for certain, if it was selling like hot cakes and there were no issues with meeting emissions regulations then VAG would still be selling it. The very fact that they've dropped it either means it wasn't selling or the engine was not capable of meeting near future regulations. The era of luxury diesels is coming to an abrupt end, but will probably soldier on in the mainstream market for another decade or more. Once these wealthy old farts get a taste of EV torque delivery they won't look back and these are the sort of buyers who will have no problem installing home chargers!
I get you have tested them and you have a Tesla which you covet and the rest of it but infrastructure requirements are barely there for EVs. This is fact and despite however much you are in love with their torque delivery, their perceived environmental benefits or whatever. The fact remains that the UK infrastructure to support their usage is in its infancy and the vast majority of people are not early adopters of tech. They will wait. Whilst diesel has been demonised, it is still the preferred fuel for long haulers and distance travellers. EV has a long, long, long way to go to prove that.
Roll on a year and I see charging points in almost every public car park I go into.
Zap Map app shows literary hundreds of charging locations throughout the country.
So the infrastructure is growing and quite probably faster than you think it is.