February Magazine - Nick Lomas EVs

As you say in your post ref j biden and I posted the infrastructure investment needed will  make what the world if thats what you are inferring is going to make the money spent so far on the current pandemic pale into insignificance 

If I am still around when EVs become a viable alternative to what most are used to now  I would willingly have one ,although they will be no cheaper to run by then ;  as all governments struggle to balance the books with the loss of fossil fuels revenue

Has what changed JVB? Our EV is a very successful design. EVs run on a series of batteries. The batteries can be charged very quickly at rapid charge points. We are lucky enough to have a REX (range extender) which can top up the batteries when needed, however most of the time the REX isn't in use at all. The REX design doesn't fit in with the concept of conserving fossil fuels so this has been discontinued. But read HERE for further "real world" information about what is going on in BMW EV development.

Some companies, you mentioned Amazon, are indeed using electric vehicles where they are viable, as developments increase you will see an increase in this usage, it's not an experiment it's a reality.

As posted before when EVs become a viable alternative to ICEs With real infrastructure to enable their use as now with ICEs ,then if around will be more than in the market for one

The above comments on EV's make interesting reading. However it would appear that very few are from people who actually tow a caravan with an electric vehicle . I was hoping to see some figures on range and ease of recharging with a caravan in tow.

My present(diesel) car will tow my caravan 300 miles before I must stop and spend five minutes refueling. How long will it be before there is an EV which will do this and will be affordable.

There must be many caravanners who think as I do that caravanning will no longer be viable either because such a  vehicle would be unaffordable or being unable to to travel to remote sites conveniently without regular protracted recharging stops always assuming an available charger of the correct type can be found and which can be accessed with a caravan in tow. 

This could clearly have an adverse effect on club membership numbers and even the viability of the club. I am sure that the club is only too aware  of these problems but I cannot see a solution at present. Of course there will no doubt be a surge in sales of petrol or diesel vehicles in 2029 but, unless there are some rapid technical developments in, for example, a cobalt60 battery technology and which can be installed in a road vehicle (assuming motorists would be happy to have a gamma ray source in the boot) this merely delays the problem for another few years, fortunately when I will probably be occupying a pitch at that great big site in the sky. . 

The dates keep being changed, but presently around the time that the sale of new internal combustion engined vehicles will be prohibited there is also a ban on the production of steel.  So what will the battery vehicles be constructed from?  Cannot use plastics, and even use of wood is becoming frowned upon.

If steel production is stopped world wide how are vehicles of any sort going to be built, never mind bridges etc? Or is it just in the UK that steel production will cease?

I suspect it will actually just be in Wales as the rest is pretty well gone already.  There is an argument in favour of the new deep coal mine in Cumbria that its output is needed for producing coking coal for steelmaking in Wales.  

Not read anything about concrete though.  Making cement is also a huge producer of flue gasses due to the high temperature drying involved, and one needs cement as well as steel to make concrete.