I’m sure that in the not too distant future, car ownership will be unusual and we’ll have an app (or an implant!) that will call I up a driverless ‘car’ powered by an alternative to the ICE (hopefully I’ll be well past driving by then!). But an article in The Sunday Times a couple of days ago reckoned that people who had tried electric cars were going back to ‘proper’ cars in their droves. The main reasons were exceptionally poor infrastructure, lack of standardisation of charging connectors, poor ‘real’ range and difficulty with home charging if you live in a tower block, terrace or anywhere else without car standing/a garage. Add to that the cost (mentioned by many above) and it’s not a short term option for millions of drivers.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .
Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
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