Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research Suggests

Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by Const-me on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @08:49AM (#14452044)

> who is going to pay for the absolutely enormous cost of ripping out every single street in the UK to put the necessary cables down?

Same questions could have been asked about fiber optics, cable TV, electricity, telephones, water and sewers. Yet we have that infrastructure.

Also, some people believe by the time that future will come many people would opt out of buying cars, in favor of driverless taxis. These don’t need to stay parked in residential areas.

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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by gambiting on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:39AM (#14452367)

Sure, but right now the electric cars are entering the market by storm - and soon we will run out of places to charge them. Those odd few places around the city centre that offer charging are not longer enough. This is a problem that needs to be solved long before autonomous vehicles are even a thing(not to mention that many people will still prefer to own a car)

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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by Const-me on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:35AM (#14452845)

Market economy should be OK solving such problems.

If we’ll start running out of places to charge EVs, the existing places will raise their per-KWh prices to maximize their profits. This in turn will create incentive to install more plugs, and upgrade electrical grid and generation to supply them. No need to bury millions in advance installing the infrastructure before there's a demand.

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