The Historically Accurate EV discussion

[grantp]

Originally Posted by MGDavid

No, the subject was the s/hand value of EVs at 10 years which is governed by the laws of supply and demand. The point is that today they only have a reasonable value because there are fewer available than the number of people who can manage with a short range vehicle.

I would agree with you David in normal markets.

However if the current bunch of political pressure groups manage to manipulate the political arena to their liking the potential for making ICE transport non-viable in most of the country (for all practical purposes) might mean that the oldest electric vehicles turn out to be rather desirable anyway - simply because they exist whereas their ICE contemporaries don't (new or used) having been banned from most cities and thus completely annihilating the ICE market and its supporting infrastructure.

Charging at home is presently somewhat limited in capability. Probably OK for commuting or local journeys. Even if battery capacity and longevity management both massively improve with faster and faster charge rate potential, home charging is not likely to be able to take advantage of optimal charge rates (or even higher capacities) unless all homes are equipped with 3 phase supplies - and then some.

Now that would be an interesting infrastructure challenge.