The UK startup saving classic cars by converting them to electric
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I'm in the UK and I don't see many charging stations. Sure, it's not zero but it's a tiny number.
Edit: By infrastructure, I don't just mean public charging stations but if people plug in at home, can the power stations handle it?
We don't. New builds are still being built without charge points. There's a mess with electricity providers regarding to the actual up-keep charging points and then who is to provide the electricity for them?
Much like the same with our railway operators. It's a mess. Motorway charging points are also another ball-game.
In my opinion, the current government has no ambition to commit but will happily wave the flag like it's possible.
(Disclaimer: I don't know anything about cars, its a genuine question)
Some cities are doing this in Europe, where some areas of the city don't allow cars prior to 2005 or so. So if everything goes well, these classic cars with their original engine configurations will be limited to private tracks/garages/museums.
This startup seems to want to keep them on the public roads. Imagine you have the a project to restore a car, would you spend thousands to only have 10-15 years of driving on the roads? Or would you go electric?
Most of the rules about emissions have exceptions for old cars. In the UK cars over 40 years old are exempt from the MOT (hence no emissions test) and road tax.
There are plenty of rules about emissions that make little to no sense in the light of what we know today.
That's kind of my point: the rules are already changing, and they are trending in one direction.