Toyota is working on hydrogen combustion engines:
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Yeah that’s the thing, actual legitimate installers will not put one on a wall of it means the charging cable will trail a public footpath.
If you want a charger with all the smart capabilities then the majority of these suppliers insist that their own techs commission the charger.
Until something’s done to enable all the people without drives to charge up overnight, people just won’t make the change. That tipping point might just come but not for at least another 5 years.
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You need to define legitimate installers !
That’s crazy and something I hadn’t considered.
Imagine if I’d have bought an EV, then while waiting for delivery arranged for a home charger to be installed but then hit all those barriers 
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I don’t know why you’re so aggressive. You seem completely unwilling to even acknowledge other people’s concerns or circumstances.
I’ve not seen you acknowledge at all that there a lot of people who feel they cannot own an electric car yet.
I stated in that post that these are my opinions, not facts.
So what? No one in my family leases cars, so this is meaningless to us. We won’t suddenly move to leasing a car, we’re likely to just hold onto our petrol and diesel cars until we can go out and buy electric cars for 5k cash etc like we would with a car now.
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I am well aware of your concerns.
I am concerned that your "opinions” will influence people that are interested in buying an EV without learning counter facts.
I could ask you to research the conditions imposed by the government in relation to the siting and installation of subsidised chargers.
Those that are not subsidised are available on the open market, I gave an example in an earlier post, and are regularly installed by fully qualified (legitimate installers) electricians, which is what I did, and yes the cable spans the footpath.
This is a bank forum and there are other topics outside of this one. You should join in and you will see it’s where we discuss all sorts of things and it’s a nice, friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
You’ll learn that this is not a place where you justify everything as fact, cite sources and it goes without saying that everything written is a personal opinion (like on any forum).
I highly doubt that out of all the websites on the internet people who want to research EVs would come to the Monzo community - more specifically this topic.
Perhaps you should have a break from being “defender of EVs” for a little while. It’s a little tiring seeing you write passive aggressive comments after every slightly negative remark against them. Unless you have a vested interest of course which you’d be obliged to disclose.
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I would love an EV but I live in a council block. There’s nowhere to install a charger near our parking space and anyway the council probably wouldn’t do it if we asked (as leaseholders we can’t make that kind of change).
We’ll probably end up some of the last to get one given we aren’t moving and the possibility of them wiring up the concrete parking block anytime soon is basically zero.
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This evening I filled the tank on my motorbike for £9, did a 60 mile round trip into the city and it’s still full.
I wish we had nicer weather more often so I could use it more. You can’t beat the roar of an engine and the fun a motorbike brings for that price.
Has anyone converted their EV to sound sportier and meaner? Is that a thing or would it be obvious and daft?
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I’d like the Honda E if it was more affordable and I had one of the charging lampposts outside my flat to charge it up 
Councils are well aware of the difficulty faced by flat dwellers and I think that you should contact your councillor and ask what plans they have to meet the government’s targets.
You may well be pleasantly surprised.
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Not sure if you know how council flats work but, thank the lord, they are not actually managed by the council!
A privately run housing association contracted by the council runs the actual development (including parking, which isn’t on street).
In all honesty, I’m not about to start campaigning on the issue anyway, given if they do wire it all up, I’ll be hit with a large service charge bill for the pleasure 
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Someone needs to come up with a charge point that’s space saving and lots of them. Here in Bristol (lots of small Victorian terraces where doors open on the street) we’re really stuck for space - there’s already 5 bins per property in some cases which makes navigating the pavement somewhat tricky
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Not for today of course but in the future a solution might be wireless charging pads sunk in your street.
Yeh I’ve heard of those. Lots of solutions needed but I’m sure we’ll get there
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In the meantime:
That would be amazing. Drive home, park up and your car charges. Zero faffing.
Coming to a street near you circa 2045 can’t even afford to fix potholes and maintain roads, anything else gonna be a far cry.
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Yeah if we’re relying on councils to roll out infrastructure for this we will be waiting a long time 
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Imagine the wars on a street when there’s only a couple and someone doesn’t move their car for a week!
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