We generate only a fraction of our electricity sustainably, so additional power needed for electric vehicles is currently generated by burning fossil fuel. To avoid this, high power charging points need to be buffered by an accumulator which takes power from the grid at a steady rate. CJ AldhousDibden Purlieu* * * * *I FEEL I must respond to the letter in the ‘A&T’ dated 24th Nov from John Walsh about battery electric vehicles (BEVs), aka electric cars. Electric cars start from £7,700 new (Citroen Ami) and there are many great second-hand models now becoming available e.g. ICE cars obviously never ever had fires due to them carrying around tanks of highly flammable liquid!

Source: The Times December 17, 2023 03:13 UTC