Ev saving verses diesel

No disrespect to your friends, but it's simply an outdated mindset - albeit one held by many. With the amount of FUD floating around - including in this thread - it's no wonder many people are still in turtle mode regarding EVs.

but they wont so that's not a sensible argument, nor will everyone retrofit heat pumps in the next 12 months, doesnt mean we shouldnt be moving in that general direction though.

For your use case that's fine and perfectly logical.

As for the "I often wonder do people factor in the cost of stopping to recharge, as in the coffee break and perhaps the fast food or chocolate muffins required to stave off boredom?" question. 96% of my charging is done at home so it's not an issue. On the occasions when I do public charge, well the Tesla sites I have used weren't near a service station. However I must admit on the service station sites I have partaken of snacks and refreshment. But I also did when I was filling up with Diesel.

Absolutely agree, a resilient electric infrastructure is needed ASAP. I personally despair at the lack of movement and innovation in this aspect. I once did a back of an envelope calculation. What would it cost to supply 250,000 homes with a 5KW rooftop solar system + battery?. It would cost just under 2 billion euro to achieve 1.25GW of electricity to the grid. Industrial level Solar farms would cost 1.5 - 1.9 Billion and a Natural Gas power station would be 1.4 Billion for the same result (1.25GW). But they would never be built because of planning issues and objections. But imagine if every house had a solar/wind system with a battery when the next Storm Eowyn came for example? Who would refuse solar panels on their roof and lower their electric bill?

Of course there are many flaws with my calculations, but my point is why aren't there more ideas like this? Ireland should be looking to make itself as energy independent as much as possible.

Sorry, this is going off topic.

75% have off street parking. Houses already have the infrastructure to charge. A socket.

It's not like everyone goes to the petrol station at the same time either.

The capacity you're imagining isn't required. Even Norway which started down this road in 1990s it's national fleet (old and new cars on the road) is only 30% fully electric.

Shouldn't need pads for a good vtol flying car, but it's probably too windy to fly tomorrow.

I have to charge on day rate so don't really make any savings over diesel particularly in the Winter when consumption is high. I just rather drive an EV over petrol/diesel.