15-10-2023, 04:23 PM
I wonder what will happen with EVs at the bottom end of the market. You can buy tatty but usable ICE cars for £2K, perhaps less. They probably won't be ULEZ compliant but that leaves a lot of the UK where people can realistically use them. Garages know how to fix them; ultimately they die from ironworm or something (could be complicated electronics) putting them BER.
EVs are a lot simpler than ICE. They can still rot but the big unknown, as Mike says, is the battery. Will EV batteries be good for the life of the car, perhaps 250K miles? No idea. Will there be aftermarket battery refurb companies? It's an obvious business opportunity but taking 3rd party electric scooter batteries as an example, will they be safe? No idea.
A lot of questions but if there's a demand, entrepreneurs seem to find an answer. It's only a tiny battery, but there must be loads of old Toyota Prius around, being maintained by backstreet mechanics. HEVRA: https://hevra.org.uk/ is how a lot of smaller garages are getting the ability to work on EVs.
EVs are a lot simpler than ICE. They can still rot but the big unknown, as Mike says, is the battery. Will EV batteries be good for the life of the car, perhaps 250K miles? No idea. Will there be aftermarket battery refurb companies? It's an obvious business opportunity but taking 3rd party electric scooter batteries as an example, will they be safe? No idea.
A lot of questions but if there's a demand, entrepreneurs seem to find an answer. It's only a tiny battery, but there must be loads of old Toyota Prius around, being maintained by backstreet mechanics. HEVRA: https://hevra.org.uk/ is how a lot of smaller garages are getting the ability to work on EVs.
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