morrisk:

 

To be clear my use case for my car is not as a shopping trolley. I live in the centre of the city and walk to work, grocery shopping etc. My EV car use is mainly for regular journeys that are 550km one way. In spite of what many think an EV is perfect for this type of use. 

 

The "financial pain" was quantified by the previous poster as being a pay back of 8 years which is not out of the way for many. Agree there are others who cannot manage this. Hopefully action flowing from the Climate Commission report released today will help in this regard.

 

I am dismayed to read the sales figures for expensive ICE cars - clearly those buying these cars could afford an EV and in doing so would make some small contribution to a better future for our grandchildren.

 

My recent posts are based on the masses. Sure, as I stated, there are use cases where its worth it.  The 8 year payback doesnt include RUC which is double the per litre equivalent of electricity, 30c vs 30c +70C. 

Say you want an expensive car, say $60,000. You can buy a $60000 premium car or the $60,000 EV which relates to a bog standard $40,000 ICE. Do you wan to pay 60 for a 40 car? 

Then there is EV's will reduce in price, so while we are well aware of buying a new car loses a lot of value once you drive around the block, buyers will be figuring that when EV's reduce in cost, their depreciation will be massive. 

These are barriers. You can't pick on people for baulking at these. Its not necessarily if you can afford it, its if its worth it. If the response os, well you need to buy it and pay the "small extra amount" for climate change. Maybe every car owner can be one off taxed $20000 and this goes into a Climate Change Fund? You may think that's a silly comment, but its what new ICE buyers that are being persuaded to get an EV are being asked to do.