{"id":238773,"date":"2023-09-17T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T11:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=238773"},"modified":"2023-09-17T11:49:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T11:49:42","slug":"new-car-buyers-need-a-wider-choice-than-just-pure-evs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/car-reviews\/new-car-buyers-need-a-wider-choice-than-just-pure-evs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018New car buyers need a wider choice than just pure EVs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars looming, Mike Rutherford thinks there needs to be a place for hydrogen and other alternative fuels<\/h2>\n


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Twelve years on from the arrival of the first Nissan Leaf, pure-electric vehicles have largely failed to win over a cautiously sceptical buying public.<\/p>\n

Prohibitively high sticker prices, over-optimistic range claims from some manufacturers, steep insurance costs, woefully inadequate public charging facilities and National Grid failings were \u2013 and still are \u2013 major causes of consumer concern. Also, most drivers quite like the tech in the tried, tested and traditional petrol or diesel cars (often hybrids, sometimes not) they\u2019ve owned \u2013 and will continue to own \u2013 for many years to come, ta very much.<\/p>\n