I'll never buy electric. Can't make me.

Be interesting to see how it goes for Lotus. And EVs, will their momentum continue, or will e-fuels scupper things. Hydrogen...maybe too little, too late?

A couple of points from me, the Lotus EV's are built in china with what seems like only small input from Hethel so Im not convinced of the relation with Hethel apart from a badge although I do believe the ev sportscar will be more of a Hethel product. EV's are, for sure here to stay and I'm sure the charging infrastructure will come along but its way off at the moment especially for those without off street parking to allow charging. I think however that once a fair few EV become of an age where they are well out of warranty, prices will fall to the floor because of battery renewal costs etc. in regard to sportscars like the Elise etc I dont think, long term prices will remain strong unless alternative fuels become well developed and p/litre pricing is on par with petrol. you could almost look to the classic car market as guide, values of vintage cars are on the floor because potential customers who liked that age car are now few and far between, classics from the 50's and 60's unless Ferraris or similar are also going down, what is climbing are 80's hot hatches etc. Take this forward and the youth of today in 20 years time they will be chasing after todays modern hatches, I dont think Elises, Exiges will figure on their radar, I just cant see Elise, Exige, Evora prices in 20yrs being strong, look at the Excel today, they can still be purchased around 8K for a nice one.

sorry fella, got a feeling you is wrong, well wrong ... major manufacturers are cutting back on EV's as bottom is dropping out of the market, they are far too expensive, far too costly in repairs ... and the batteries usually cost more than the car ... and don't start me on the abysmal charging infrastructure - if you can afford to run one and can afford to waste half your life waiting for a charge - yay for you, but for the normal motorist they are a no no - maybe in 20 years,

EV’s will kill petrol cars dead bc 1. every country has legislated to ban them (v sadly) sooner or later 2. Once EV sportscars arrive most consumers (even a lot of sportscar buyers) will buy them bc they’re really fast 3. Youth will adopt EV’s naturally & will avoid petrol cars as complicated & weird oddities. 4. The value of all ICE cars with the possible exception of very high end classic Ferraris etc will survive & likely thrive, but for the Elise & similar more affordable cars, the values will drop off as fewer diehard petrol heads exist. 5 petrol will become scarce & very expensive & doubtless successive Govts will further tax petrol fuel to relegate it to an extinct commodity. Alternative fuels will exist but will be v expensive & it won’t be easy to store it at home, given limits on storage in domestic settings. Petrol cars will become like old typewriters; utterly redundant unless people do an EV conversion, but in 15-20 yrs there will be loads of cheap second hand EV sportscars & mainstream will just buy EV’s. RIP ICE, the irony is that EV’s are not green & tyre wear (especially from EV’s which are on average 1/3rd heavier than ICE cars) are x12,000 more polluting than a modern ICE engine & a smartphone CO2 emissions annually from using web servers is equivalent of a classic ICE car driving approx 1,500 pa. This banning of ICE cars is like Blair encouraging diesels 20yrs ago ie. completely the wrong thing to have done & left us with an unnecessary legacy of more pollution.

Electric cars are the future the way LED bulbs replaced all but every other type of illumination. Or the way HD flatscreens replaced bulky CRT TV's and monitors. They are future and you can't stop progress. Good luck trying anyway....