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I'm still not convinced that battery electric tech is advanced enough at this point in time to offer a practicable solution to discontinuing the use of fossil fuel power. Current battery EVs aren't very green either in terms of production and end of life disposal and during life, environmental impact depends on WHERE your electricity comes from, if it comes from a coal or gas fired power station, not much is gained!
The government want to stop the sale of all fossil fuel powered NEW cars by 2030 (highly optimistic, but still) This won't affect the 30,000,000 USED vehicles that are already on British roads. In fact, since very few people will be able to afford a new battery EV, most of which are currently over £30,000 apiece, WELL over for the best ones, I anticipate a considerable rise in used Petrol and Diesel values when you can no longer buy a new one! There will be a need to fuel all these remaining cars and trucks for some considerable time yet. I wouldn't be surprised if petrol is still in common use in 2050. So I'm not personaly bothered as I expect to be comfortably dead by then!
If you still want to investigate electric power for your classic then, there MAY have been advances in tech that will make it more affordable and more environmentally sound. But my money is on the hydrogen fuel cell being the power source of choice for vehicles in the 2050s and beyond, battery EV is just a temporary distraction till the boffins come up with something better!
Steve
Although my relevant technical qualification is somewhat out of date these days (i.e. 1979~81, two-year M.Sc. in Applied Energy Engineering - Energy Conservation and the Environment option), I too would regard lithium-ion battery powered vehicles, as a very expensive and not particularly environmentally friendly interim solution! If I were a betting man, I would put my wager on fuel cells for electricity generation and/or alternative bio-fuels for internal-combustion engines.
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