It seems incredible to me that 6.1% of vehicles on the road in the UK now are full/pure EV.
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@bloor We got ours (a used Kia) a couple of months ago, and so far I could quite happily never drive a petrol/diesel care again.
We have an old petrol Focus, too, that we're keeping purely because of the gut feeling that it'll be better for the two teens (one of whom is 17, the other not far behind) to learn on a manual. I'd love to get rid of it otherwise, though.
@marramgrass @bloor
FWIW, I learned on a manual and have only driven automatics since about 2011.
All hybrids and EVs are automatic. Every car hire place around the world I've been to has automatics. Vans, motorhomes, etc all automatic.
Learning manual is a bit like learning to ride a horse - obsolete for transport.
@Edent @bloor You're right, but our thinking is that it'll be a few years yet before EV prices drop into the scabby-first-car-when-you-move-out-of-home range. You can get a heck of a lot for your money even now, but there's fair way to go before they're _that_ cheap.
Of course, it'd be even better if they don't need to get cars. This is more along the lines of not wanting to restrict possibilities yet. I expect if we were having this conversation a few years from now that old car would be gone already.
@Edent @marramgrass Yeah I think my advice to friends who were parents was to get their kid to learn in a manual.... only a few years ago.
But now? I am really not sure I'd bother.
A friend and I chatted about this the other day, and we reached the same conclusion: in all likelihood, probably unnecessary, and actually an extra thing for a new driver to have to think about / get wrong.
