Will most people be driving a Tesla in 2022?

El Guapo said:
There’s 3 of the old ‘signature 250’ roadsters for sale recently, priced between £70k and £83k. Not sure of their x/250 numbers as hard to tell on the photos.

I reckon I’d be in complete control of something doing 0-60 in 1.6 secs!! Not! 🤣. I’ll settle for the ‘standard’ version!
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But, you could get out-dragged by a Lotus Evija in the standard version. Shameful!
 
TMG501 / Scrutonsmog, I’m not having a pop here but if you don’t believe he’s bought the car then that is fair enough, but why try to cause an argument and derail/spoil the thread for others? There’s plenty of stuff posted on this site I don’t believe or don’t agree with but I just let it be and move on to something else or have a beer.
 
I am quite sure I will be driving what I have now!

And unless the government subsidies electric cars at 50% a car I will never buy one of those either, Jeez the price of the things.
 
Foggysfplandiet3 said:
I am quite sure I will be driving what I have now!

And unless the government subsidies electric cars at 50% a car I will never buy one of those either, Jeez the price of the things.
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Quite obviously as with all technology the price will come down over time.
 
Foggysfplandiet3 said:
I am quite sure I will be driving what I have now!

And unless the government subsidies electric cars at 50% a car I will never buy one of those either, Jeez the price of the things.
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The price will come down over time, also its not MUCH more than an ICE vehicle. I hate to rpeate myself but factor in the money saved in running costs. You'll find they are much cheaper than you think they are.
 
SmallTown said:
The price will come down over time, also its not MUCH more than an ICE vehicle. I hate to rpeate myself but factor in the money saved in running costs. You'll find they are much cheaper than you think they are.
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All the money you save by driving an electric car is wiped out by paying for a rip off lease...
 
It wont happen in the current political "climate".
Oil money is paid by the Parliamentary "lobby" to MP`s who wont contradict their economic / political backers.
They are doing the bidding for the huge multi-billion dollar global fossil fuel corporations to maintain their grip on our economy.
Idealy we would switch production at Washington and Burnston and Rover to producing electric vehicles - cheaply, by using tax revenues from reduced health costs created by the use of fossil - fuel powered cars.
High emission vehicles have to be taxed off the road and infrastructure speedily planned co-ordinated and installed to enable fast charging and "refuelling" of electric vehicles.
Oil imports are a drain on our economy - so are petro chemicals.
Serious substantial investment in sustainable energy has to start at the top.
Economy of scale in terms of plannig, design, instalation and maintenance of energy infrastructure cannot be done piecemeal. Only by central government.
Simultaneously, a serious commitment to implement co-ordinated planning, investment and construction of public mass rapid transit in all major cities and urban areas has to be given top priority.
The railways require public ownership and an end to the Parliamentary delay on building and development.
Like China, Spain and France, who are light years ahead, we need to build new railways - electrified - making the most efficient use of available land including closed line courses: Regional government and Local Aurthorities need to be directed to formulate plans and get on with rapid decision - making to avoid delays.
It shouldnt take 15 years to build a new railway!
All this requires joined up thinking, co-ordinated planning and investment without interference from politicians and long drawn out consultations.
As a planet, we dont have time to pursuade all of us that we have to change from car-culture to environment-culture.
We continue to consume billions of barrels of oil every year - it cannot continue.
We cant wait until its too late.
Unless we stop road building and direct resources towards cheap, fast, clean public transport, we are waiting for armagedon - when its too late.
Scrap HS2.
Its bollox, and does nothing for the majority of people who need to travel East to west and north to south.
Just an opinion.
 
That is happening though. The tax on high emissions vehicles is massive. EV charging infrastructure is springing up all the time
 
Tesla is great as what it does and eventually EV will represent 100% of tne market, but I'd rather enjoy a proper ICE for a while longer yet and not accelerate the whole transition, no pun intended.
 
Polestar 2 is built in China. For those making somewhat unfair and generalised comments about the quality of American buult cars, I wouldn't seriously consider a Polestar.
 
I don't think the comments about American built cars is unfair. I've yet to see one that comes up to the standard set by vag, mercedes and Volvo. Which brings me neatly on to the polestar 2. I do think its a serious rival to the model 3. For reasons I still don't understand people prefer SUVs in their small to medium cars rather than proper saloons and hatchbacks. That'll make the polestar a good choice until the model y comes along. Depends what you're looking for in a car. The ps is bound to be better built than the tesla. The interior is more normal car shaped. For battery tech and charging infrastructure and performance the model 3 is better
 
What's the consensus on the taxes for EV in the future? The taxes paid on fuel currently are huge money. Will they eventually start to tax EV vehicles on the same way to avoid those losses?
 
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