Yesterday, I came across an advert for two S/H Renault Zoe's from a Renault dealer. One was a 15 plate and one a 65 plate. The 15 plate had done 13700 miles and was asking circa £8000 and the 65 plate had done 16500 miles and was £7,750. Now, I then looked at the Renault web site. New, the cheapest was £18000 plus after Government subsidy. So given the age of these two vehicles it seems a fairly steep depreciation given the quest for EV's. Now, the price of £18000 for the cheapest model was dependent on the leasing of batteries. 6,000 miles per annum for the more powerful battery was £69 per month. Renault claim that the distance available from batteries was from 239Km to 402Km. I think that's 150 - 250 miles.
Now, this am on the subject of Autonomous vehicles, was a Lady offering a prize for submissions on road infrastructure and the autonomous vehicle, re roundabouts traffic lights etc. Given HM Government cannot even afford to maintain our existing road system who is going to pay for the road system to be built to accommodate these vehicles?