Revealed: There are more charging points than electric cars in UK as sales slumpYou can't really blame Nissan or GM or the other car makers for this. As long as government is throwing them free money, they're going to provide that which the free money gets them more free money.
London Daily Mail
Sales of electric cars have slumped so badly that there are now more charging points than vehicles on the road.
Just 2,149 electric cars have been sold since 2006, despite a government scheme last year offering customers up to £5,000 towards the cost of a vehicle.
The Department for Transport says that around 2,500 charging points have been installed, although their precise location is not known.
The high cost of electric cars has put many off. The Nissan Leaf still costs £25,990 even after the £5,000 grant has been deducted.
Electric cars are also only suitable for short journeys, with a maximum range of around 100 miles on a full charge.
It's a similar story in the U.S., with Nissan selling 10,000 Leaf cars last year - compared to almost 13million new vehicles every year, The Sunday Times reported. [link]
But there'll come a day when the fools who run government are told by taxpayers - in no uncertain terms - Stop the madness.
For madness it is.
2 comments:
Madness, indeed Jerry--and theft from the taxpayers in support of Obama-ayers' favorite entrepeneurs like Solyndra, ENER1 and the other "green" failures. I read the other day that 14 GM dealers in New Yawk refused Chevrolet Volts. They were allocated 104 but took only 31. I presume that means only 31 egomaniac saps could be found to waste their money on 'em.
Speaking of money down the rathole, Jerry, don't miss Mark Steyn's latest screed about the money madness. It's found at steynonline.com and at nationalreview.com. Sample: "Obama can sacrifice the virgin daughters of every American millionaire on the altar of government spending, and the debt gods will barely notice so much as to give a perfunctory belch of acknowledgement."
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