As I queued at a local filling station, waiting for a petrol pump to become free, I pondered how the process will work when most cars are rechargeable. In cities, millions of cars are parked on the streets overnight, often in areas where it may take some time to find a free space. Clearly, the majority of residential street parking will have to be wired for recharging at huge capital cost. For long journeys, motorway and trunk road filling stations will require large areas to accommodate cars taking hours to recharge. Even if space is available, it will mean concreting over green fields. In plain terms, this is all crazy!
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