A mass market in affordable electric cars will not happen soon because of the difficulty of producing them on a commercially viable basis, one of the largest makers of ‘zero-emission’ vehicles for UK drivers has warned.
The world’s reliance on hi tech solutions such as electric cars and wind turbines to fix climate and ecological crises is “perpetuating racism”, according to the Guardian. Oh dear.
A “silent majority” of car companies is concerned that electric vehicles will not alone be able to end reliance on fossil fuels, according to a senior Toyota executive.
A huge recent rise in electric vehicle battery fires and explosions has led to new concerns about safety, even as experts point out the seemingly insurmountable challenges of sourcing the battery raw materials.
The world has insufficient reserves of minerals such as lithium and cobalt to continually replace all the batteries needed for Net Zero every decade, a report for the Finnish Government has said.
No wonder people are switching to electric cars when the taxpayer is subsidising £70,000 electric BMWs to the tune of £24,000 a year.
According to projections of the rising cost of electricity, journeys by electric car are set to cost more than diesel from January, calling into question the basis on which many EV's were purchased.
Climate Change hand-wringer Prince Harry arrived in an electric car to board a private jet to take him to a polo match, but forgot his kit so kept the jet idling on the tarmac until the kit arrived in a gas-guzzling SUV.
