alt Hacker News> it slightly confuses me take-up hasn't been quicker among people who like me can charge at home
No big mystery: a) most people keep cars for 20 years or more, b) most people don't buy new cars - they're too expensive.
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Tepix • today at 8:34 AM
What‘s the source for the 20 years? Seems unlikely to me.
b) You can also buy used EVs. I bought one last year, 2 years old, for 56% of the original price.
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n4r9 • today at 8:34 AM
Is there not a big image factor? Like, people don't want to be seen as the type of person who'd drive an electric.
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The average car in the UK is ten years old: https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/average-car-in-th... ; while I have an 18 year old car, I'm an outlier on my street.
It's true that most people don't buy new, but there's still 20% of purchases new, and a steady flow of EVs into the used market.