aitchc1401 wrote on Tue Aug 9, 2022 10:53am:
Hi,
on average lithium batteries in cars are expected to last between 10 and 20 years. Tesla expect their batteries to last between 300 - 500 thousand miles, between 21 - 35 years based on a average mileage on 14,000 miles. Tesla are currently working on a battery that that will last 1 million...
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... miles, I'm sure they are not the only company working of this.
If you google lithium battery life you'll find all the facts above and more.
Rgds,
Aitch.
Not a chance, My friends son in law works for Tesla and that's not he's told us. The average person couldn't even afford a Tesla. In fact the average person can't afford most new cars.
Properganda at its best.
Air con to Electric cars, Its all abour electricity, and already the government in Spain Decreed air con to be restricted. Its the most expensive energy 4+ times more than gas.
When LPG was first introduced it was so much cheaper than Petrol or Diesel, now it nearly the same price and it never really caught on. It will be the same when there are more electric cars, there is a reduced tarrif for changing cars in the Uk, to encourage people to buy one, in the future the price will rocket as it did with LPG. If we haven't got enough electricity now, when gas is no longer available in years to come how is the world going to produce all this electricity. Governments are very slow to put any new infrustucture. People are very anti Nuclear and certaily don't want any in their back yard.
As for installing your own Solar panels there are very strict rules in the UK about installation and I suspect in Spain too, adding to the cost of the panels, cabling, inverter, new consummer units etc.
A car charging point to be installed at your home address if you have a driveway costs £4,000 + in the UK, that too was subsidised at first to about £1500, but that's no longer available.
Where will all the lithium come from and what damage will it cause to mother earth.