Will be great driving along, talking to tech support who can only advise, "have you tried turning it off and on again". Great except when your driving at cough 70mph, sorry 60mph now on the motorway.
I have a newish pc, iPad and phone none of them are stable. How long before it's the accident is users fault for not having the latest software...
Don't get me started on range...
I must admit I used to have a similar PoV but over the last few years, I've (slowly) come round to the idea.....whilst fully electric cars may not be the be all and end all of next generation motoring, they're here and they're here to stay at least for the short to medium term (next 10 years).
Pretty much every manufacturer has either got fully electric models out or in the process of launching one or more to add to their ranges. None of them would have invested in them, if they didn't believe that they would get a return on it. Electric and Hybrid cars are the only growing sectors in the motoring market in the UK currently - electric sales increased nearly 200%. Whilst both petrol and diesel sales are in decline and probably will be continue so with HMG's recent announcement re: ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030.
Whilst I personally have little experience of "driver aids" - my daily driver is a 23 year old Landcruiser for goodness sakes!
I'm not totally against them . I think they can help in 99% of situations and since most RTA are caused by, one way or the other,
driver error, if we can help eliminate some of this, then that can only be a good thing.
WRT to DIY fixes, how many people could repair a PC/laptop if a component failed, not that that happens very frequently. Similarly, how many people can repair a modern ICE car? Not many I would guess. I can imagine that software updates will become mandatory and electric cars will probably not activate unless you have the latest updates correctly installed. Obviously we on a Landcruiser enthusiast's forum and the membership demographic might be slightly different
Finally, range anxiety was one of the things that also worried me - but in reality when I think about my car usage, the majority of my travel was the commute to work (though not this year!) and daily mileage used to be around 35-40 miles. Easily doable in most electric cars. Even if I didn't charge it for a few days, an electric car would still cope. On the occasions that I do a longer journey (holidays etc.) then either I plan it to take in some charging stations or I take the Collie (
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Obviously if your overlanding then a fully electric car might not be for you - but I don't think that's the market they're aimed at