By Paul Homewood
They’ll have us back in horse and carts next!
From the Telegraph:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/drove-electric-van-week-couldn-152203242.html
The article points out that electric vans are literally 50% dearer than diesel, before allowing for unsustainable govt grants of £5000. They are also costlier to run, assuming public chargers are used.
Motorway driving range is as low as 150 miles.
They conclude:
For the most part, however, in the current climate battery electric vans simply cannot do the job they are required to do; given this situation, it’s difficult to see how the Government can maintain its intransigent position on the ZEV mandate.