Opinion
The Driver Robert Coucher
Why restomods are the greenest cars around
Carmageddon! The automotive industries in the UK and Europe are in a state of turmoil. Net Zero is killing the car industry by talking up over-spec’d and overpriced electric vehicles that are not suitable for every motorist’s needs. OK, so if you are on a substantial salary sacrifice deal, and you have a private charging point at home as well as at your underground parking spot at work, then an eye-wateringly costly Porsche Taycan might be just the job. But to most drivers an expensive EV is an extravagance, hence their secondhand values are plunging like a stone. So Porsche, Audi, Merc and BMW are going back to manufacturing ICE vehicles, leaving the EV market to the Chinese, who have it sewn up already.