[buro9]

Agreed.

However... I'd still argue if you have a car today that you own... Stretch ownership to another 5 years.

I'm currently on vacation in the lake District in the UK and the car I have is Volvo T8 twin engine. I can't charge this thing anywhere. Charging spots in hotels aren't available to non residents, the solitary charging spots in car parks are taken, and the cottage I'm in has a very strange weak circuit that I can't charge the car from. Anecdotally I've seen no Tesla's or Porsche Taycan, or even Leaf's... Those were left behind at the M6.

It feels like infrastructure has yet to really catch up to need. It will. But today, if you still own a hybrid, ICE, twin engine... Keep it a while longer.

By that time Polestar and the like will have incredible cars available for less than the current price. The wait will be worth it.

[zhdc1]

> It feels like infrastructure has yet to really catch up to need. It will. But today, if you still own a hybrid, ICE, twin engine... Keep it a while longer.

It will, but it isn't something that will likely happen in a short period of time. Civil engineering projects take several years to plan and execute. There's also the question of who will pay for it.

[rob74]

Absolutely - I had to get a new car in 2019 (because I, er, kinda wrecked the old one - no one got hurt fortunately, but the car was 10 years old already, so an economic total loss :( ), and I hope this one lasts 10 years too. By that time, EV technology should definitely be at a point where you won't have to think twice about buying an EV.