Aren't all those laws focused on new cars? I can't imagine the backlash a government would receive by zeroing out the value of most people's most expensive possession.
After all, people will still ingest their liquid fuel and expel their waste. ;-)
We already have lighted parking, don't see why adding outlets is that hard. We're talking slow overnight charging here for the most part.
True, but for most drivers on most days they will be able to charge up at home overnight. Charge time won't matter as much then. Drivers in dense urban environments will likely move towards a car sharing model since, as you noted, the costs and practicality of infrastructure retrofitting will be exorbitant.
Because otherwise, "None" is a bit strong - there's hundreds of new homes and apartments within 5 miles of me that have dedicated parking spaces.
Even my block (seems to be 1960s) has dedicated off-street parking for 8 cars (admittedly there are 12 flats but I suspect 8 cars for 12 flats in the 60s was an outlandish estimate.)
Hmm, in trying to find an example, it doesn't look as bad as I know it is.
This is the kind of estate I was thinking of
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Ambleside+Primary+School...
but many of the fronts have been turned into parking
These are pre war
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/6+Newfield+Rd,+Nottingha...
I know these places and night-time parking is more of a squeeze than these images show
As long as people still pop into the convenience store to get a soda and a candy bar, it doesn't matter if they're filling your tank with gasoline or charging your battery.
[1] http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/0258054051061...
The fact that the Chevron gets any business at all seems to validate this strategy at first blush.
https://www.fastcompany.com/60019/tiger-costcos-tank
It's an older link, but they still do much the same. There have been court cases brought against them by consortiums of other gas stations here and there, but AFAIK Costco has emerged victorious so far.
And wouldn't you know, I use the more expensive one, because it's the one that I can get to without making a bunch of turns.
I think a lot of them will stay in business and just have a smaller tank/less pumps.
It's similar to when Color TVs were invented. What happened to the re-sale value of all the B&W TVs that were already out there? They plummeted, because they had been superseded.
This scenario will be even more aggressive, because laws will ban the sale of the "old tech".
Contingent on low battery prices which make range and charge rate competitive.
In my mind, just as getting 3x more colors gives you exponentially richer storytelling, 3x more range (way more than that actually, since a gas car can be in almost continuous use with brief stops for fuel) gives you the freedom to go exponentially many more places, do things etc
Not in the winter.
>because laws will ban the sale of the "old tech".
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So when you can't even buy one new, why would someone want a used one? (unless, like I said, it's a pleasure driver or some exotic, which is a tiny fraction of all cars sold)
Think of all the things that have been replaced and superseded in history - once the new thing exists, the old one drops in price dramatically.
There are plenty of 20 year old vehicles out there with plenty of life left in them.
If people would want to buy them before considering availability of new ones, banning new one increases market clearing price of used ones by eliminating an obvious alternative.
Now, as the number on the road dwindles, you'll start to see reduced support infrastructure (gas stations, parts availability, etc.) which will make ownership less attractive, but that's likely to be a slow and lagging process. So, if there are still utility advantages to gas cars, I'd expect used ones to become more expensive initially with a ban on new ones, but drop sometime later.
For the same exact reasons many people today choose to buy used gas cars over new electric cars.
Because the prices of non-collectable ICE cars is bound to plummet unless we haven't solved the battery charge speed issue (as in, in practice, supposedly it was recently solved in theory).