New Car

[Oscarsdaddy]

AIBU ?

Attending a BBQ on Saturday afternoon and evening at a neighbour’s. Daughter’s boyfriend is a salesman at the local Audi dealer.

Was talking to him about new cars, converting to electric, etc…. in the next decade and that from 2030 the Government have said that petrol & diesel cars will no longer be available. He’d just sold a car earlier that day for £105,000

AIBU to ask how the hell are we supposed to afford to switch over to electric cars ?

I will be looking to purchase within the next 12-18 months a replacement for my current car. If I intend to keep that for 3-4 years then by the time I want to change that up for something newer then it’ll be 4-5 years until we are supposed to go all electric so if I buy petrol or diesel next time will it be as good as worthless by 2025/26 ?

I’d probably be looking at a Hybrid next time but they are all still so expensive. A reasonable run of the mill family electric car is about £40,000 !

Anyone else thinking that it’s a fantastic idea but how are we all going to afford it ? Not just that but how would someone who lives on the 6th of a tower block charge their car ?

We aren’t supposed to go all electric on that date. It only means that any new cars sold will have to be electric.

It’s a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars, not all petrol and diesel cars. And some new hybrids would still be sold.
The prices will have to come down or car manufacturers won’t be able to sell enough cars. This is why the date is set - to force the industry to adapt and to make a huge associated push for better infrastructure and charging options.

Someone living on the 6th floor of a tower block would be in a city most likely, which moving to the future are trying to be car free or at reducing private car ownership, ideally city dwellers would use public transport or bikes

*at least

I wouldn't worry op, it will be about 2060 before the majority of cars are electric. The world as we know it may not even exist by then. Buy a diesel or petrol car if that's what you want and can afford. I'm keeping my diesel car until it dies and then probably getting something similar. I'm not paying out such a large amount of money for a car that is pretty useless to me.

In 2020, 58.6% of cars in UK were over 6 years old, including 20.7% that were over 13 years old. If this is maintained then even in 2044, 1 in 5 cars will still have fossil fuel engines.

I would also expect that prices for decent used petrol engined cars will increase through the 2030 deadline.

Op, hybrids are not that expensive to be honest.

You only have to look on auto trader, Toyota released their Toyota relax warranty Scheme this month. Any Toyota new or 2nd hand that is less than 10 years old and has less than 100,000 miles is eligible for 10 Years warranty (15 on hybrid battery's).

In order to qualify you have to have an official service and you get 1 years warranty free, every time until the car reaches 10 years old or 100,000 miles.

This means you can pick up a 13 reg Yaris for £6k now and still have 2 years warranty on it.