All good points Norm, part of the problem is simply an extension of the trend for ever bigger cars anyway. There’s no problem making compact relatively light BEV but people seem to insist on driving tanks. Another is an insistence on having a large range. The stats support the position that the average journey is 20 miles, so why does everyone demand a range of at least 10 times that? Mostly it’s just mindset and habit, and yes, I appreciate it’s the hardest thing to change.

Price of BEV vs ICE, well, that’s getting better too. Not everyone can afford a £100k Tesla S but then not everyone can afford an Aston either. There are already a number of relatively cheap BEVs on the market. Not as cheap as the cheapest ICE yet for sure, but getting there and it’ll only get better as more manufacturers get onboard. VW are in now. Yes, they have a serious PR problem to solve and no doubt this will help them, but they aren’t alone in seeing the writing on the wall, whether it's based on science or dogma matters not in the end, it’s policy now.