Serious question: Do we have the infrastructure to support everyone driving electric cars?

I'm in the UK and I don't see many charging stations. Sure, it's not zero but it's a tiny number.

Edit: By infrastructure, I don't just mean public charging stations but if people plug in at home, can the power stations handle it?

>Do we have the infrastructure to support everyone driving electric cars?

We don't. New builds are still being built without charge points. There's a mess with electricity providers regarding to the actual up-keep charging points and then who is to provide the electricity for them?

Much like the same with our railway operators. It's a mess. Motorway charging points are also another ball-game.

In my opinion, the current government has no ambition to commit but will happily wave the flag like it's possible.

"Saving" might be a bit of a controversial turn of phrase in terms of classic cars. Is it really saving beyond aesthetics if you gut the engine in favour of an electric that just looks like a classic on the outside?

(Disclaimer: I don't know anything about cars, its a genuine question)

I don't think it's in the realm of impossibility that in a near future certain types of cars, within an age/engine range, will stop being allowed to drive in public roads.

Some cities are doing this in Europe, where some areas of the city don't allow cars prior to 2005 or so. So if everything goes well, these classic cars with their original engine configurations will be limited to private tracks/garages/museums.

This startup seems to want to keep them on the public roads. Imagine you have the a project to restore a car, would you spend thousands to only have 10-15 years of driving on the roads? Or would you go electric?

>I don't think it's in the realm of impossibility that in a near future certain types of cars, within an age/engine range, will stop being allowed to drive in public roads.

Most of the rules about emissions have exceptions for old cars. In the UK cars over 40 years old are exempt from the MOT (hence no emissions test) and road tax.

I understand that, but why keep those rules?

There are plenty of rules about emissions that make little to no sense in the light of what we know today.

That's kind of my point: the rules are already changing, and they are trending in one direction.

A lot of people are going to respond to your question with "no", especially in the classic car community. Old engines are a lot easier to repair in many ways, from what I've heard.