Katie59
EV are cheap to run at present for those that can charge at home, others that pay to charge elsewhere don’t save much. Taxation of EVs will increase and road pricing will be brought in to replace fuel tax, on the other side EVs will become cheaper to buy.
Cars will also become more automated, maybe self driving, even speed limiting, much more to come yet, to make transport less polluting and safer too.
I am still learning but I can assure you that fully charging your car for 200 miles range at a charger is very much cheaper than the petrol needed to drive 200 miles. So far I have used mainly free chargers.
You say cars “will become more automated, maybe self driving even speed limiting.” Our new car has all those features already. I have driven 35 miles without using the steering wheel, the accelerator or the brakes. On Monday we will be driving 200 miles and intend to see how far we can get only using the indicator. You can set the cruise control to travel at the speed limit or any other speed you wish and it happily changes speed as limits change.
Overtaking requires the use of the indicator but once you indicate you wish to change lanes the car decides when and how to do it. It parks itself, frontways between two cars, reversing between two cars and the dreaded parallel parking. I have seen it demonstrated by OH but have yet to try it myself.
So wish me luck for Monday, using no steering, no accelerator, no brakes, and most importantly no fossil fuels, Manchester here we come!