Good News & Bad News, page-76

Personally I think it’s going to happen a lot quicker than expected in Oz. According to government statistics, 89% of the Australian population live in urban areas. An EV with a range of 4-500 klms represents to me, one full charge every 5 to 6 weeks for the amount of driving I do. On the occasion that I have to travel intercity, having to stop every 4 hours or so for 20 min recharge would be no big deal.

I suspect that the EV uptake here in Oz is going to be just like the mobile phones. Initially few people had them, didn’t see any great need for them, they were expensive, were the size and weight of a house brick and a charge would last an hour two. Shuffle on a Couple of years and just about every man and his dog had one. Smaller, cheaper, longer lasting, more variety, more functionality and we wondered how we ever got by without them. In my experience, demand was driven initially by business and government departments and then followed by the general public. I expect history to repeat itself with this thing. The fuel and servicing cost savings for fleet owners almost makes it criminal not to adopt them. The analogy to me is already so similar it’s incredible.