I think it will be made increasingly untenable to drive older cars, through legislation and increasing cost of fuel. There are already cities where you aren't allowed to enter with a vehicle that doesn't meet certain emissions standards, and this is likely to be rolled out more and more widely.
Unlikely. Segways got banned from pavements for safety reasons.
You may be right, but in the UK new petrol cars will be sold until 2030 so they won't be banned outright. Also, many people don't have the possibility to charge their car at home. As always, these things hit the poorest people the most. They will probably increase fuel duty and I'm fine with that. You'll have to balance that cost against the cost of scrapping a perfectly fine car and spending thousands of £ on an EV.
Near us there's a road you have to cross between two reservoirs at the bottom of a dip on a bend. You can only really safely cross by listening for traffic (as opposed to looking). In town taxis are often hybrid - they suddenly creep forward unexpectedly. Both issues could be readily resolvable with reasonably low technology though.
Different road surfaces for different areas perhaps - sometimes you need to hear a vehicle approaching, perhaps noisier road surfaces in towns (safety for older/partially sighted/children).
Minsmere has a couple, but they need every space to have one, so not being realistic yet. Infrastructure must lead conversion.
Harry Metcalfe (Harry’s Garage) run an iPace a couple of years ago and was very critical of the infrastructure. More recently he ran a Taycan and said that it had improved but there was still a way to.
The fuel duty will be a major problem - or, rather the lack of it if we all drive EVs. They'll have to put higher tax on other things to make up the shortfall so driving might be cheaper but other things may be more expensive
I was, of course, joking, but being serious, clearly the long term solution is to limit speeds to 15mph and have your valet run in front of the vehicle with a red flag and a bell.
....the quoted range on full electrics is getting better, but if you give them any amount of beans the remaining range starts to drop off like the edge of a cliff I understand, and that scares me as I never let my fuel tank go below a quarter 😂
Think about it John... We can't charge up easily at home. "Darling, I'm just popping over to Minsmere, to charge the car!"
There are various ways you could load batteries. I was thinking of a robot forklift style side loader, but your way would perhaps be better. The issue is a bit like the early railways, no common standards between competing manufacturers, and the need for a very rapid roll-out of infrastructure.
