In my opinion the big issue that everybody has missed is that the government cannot just lose the excise and VAT tax revenue on petrol and diesel; they will have to try and tax electricity going into vehicles, but how to do this without sticking up the domestic electricity tariff and applying VAT, a certain vote loser? You can make charging away from home (roadside) as expensive as you want, but how to claw back the cash from home charging, now that is a technological problem without a fix that I can see. I may be missing something, but go figure....

LPG still the better option IMO unless you do a lot of mileage which would be a problem anyway with the current electric car ranges. I do roughly 10k a year and spend less on LPG in a month than the cost of an electric car battery lease!

A pal of mine had a bit of kit that he could transfer bottled LPG into his tank on his car.

I have had a Tesla model s for over 18 months..so had plenty of time to get used to it....main reason I bought it ? (apart from being green, but that wasn't the main reason).
the governments tax breaks ,I 'm very fortunate , I run my own company ,so its totally tax deductible ...so purely money. ( Scottish Gov also give you a £30k interest free 6 year loan-to help pay for the bloody thing as well )
would I have bought it if the tax breaks where not available ...No !!


its a great car, very very rapid ,totally flat torque curve, instant response , silent, great on the motorway ,supremely comfortable , fantastic tech , I can go on and on
charging in Scotland is free and mine came with Free supercharging ,so no costs ( I was over £300 per month on diesel before) and also have a Gov. charging station 200 yards from my work base.

so plenty of pluses .

BUT

It is a pain to have to think about charging especially on any journey over say 150-200 mls ,so you have to plan stops etc
you get no where near the range they say you should , mines is quoted as having a range at 230 miles ...most I get ever ---170 !! BUT on a warm dry sunny day.

In the winter with temps below 5-6 deg ? take at least 35% off that !! and if its short journeys ,well, it takes approx 10-12 mls to fully warm the batteries and motors up , so you use double the range for that distance. and they all tell you not to fully charge
them all the time, up to 90% charge only as recommended by all the ev makers , or you lose battery capacity !!

when mines was brand new when charged fully it showed 232 miles ,now after 18 months thats 225 -227 so lost about 5 miles , it seems too have stabilised around that ,but to get the last 15-20 miles of charge in takes around 30-40 mins longer ,so not worth waiting

So unless there is massive improvements in batteries / charging times etc , It would never be my only car in the household ,unless there is a MASSIVE programme in charging infrastructure ,which cannot appear overnight.

I'm guessing it's not the final answer ,hydrogen cell , or surely some sort of eco friendly bio fuel must be on the horizon ?

anyway only my opinion of owning a EV

I don't see the financial sense in personal lease or PCP.

Will an 8 year old EV , when you come to upgrade, have an extremely low/zero value on the 2nd hand market - unless you pay the £8k-£10k cost for a new battery bank first? (assuming the battery physical shape is still in production for maintaining an 8 year old vehicle) ??.
I would assume even dealers would be offering near scrap px values for any electric trade-ins. ??

Lots of unknowns.................lots to get stung by................