Originally Posted by rust and dust

It does seem that Government and Local Authorities first action is to charge or fine motorists for driving the 'wrong vehicles' in city centers.
They fail or are very slow in introducing charging points for electrical vehicles.
I live west of London and I did a quick search for electric charging points within 5 miles of me, there are less than 20. This includes much of Heathrow airport, which has vast car parks, but very few charging points.
The others are either at petrol stations or in car parks at large supermarket, very few are on the street or operated by the local council.
London does have more charging points, but no way enough for even the existing electric vehicles.
So either they very rapidly install these or there will be a lot of electric vehicles with flat batteries.
And what happens in 5-10 years time, when all vehicles are electric? Will the chargers be cheap to use or will they gradually become more expensive as the demand for them increases?
And where will this electricity come from? Solar and wind power are fine, but you will still need the back up of gas, coal and nuclear power plants for those days when it is overcast, cloudy and no wind.
Solar power plans and wind farms take up vast areas and don't always produce enough electricity. No one wants a gas, coal or nuclear power plant near to them, so looks like the lights will go out and batteries will go flat, unless someone has a cunning plan.....