Autocar's motoring plans and predictions for 2022
And it’s not just Tesla: EV start-ups Rivian and Lucid were each valued at more than $80 billion after floating on the stock market, making them worth more than the VW Group. While shares are only ever worth as much as people are willing to pay for them, such values seem unsustainable. Those who recall the early 2000s dot-com bubble bursting are predicting something similar for EVs. At some point investors must value a car’s production output, rather than its potential.
Softer, more natural and less assertive, the three colours are more in tune with the shift to electric cars and buyers’ environmental awareness, it reckons. Volvo and Polestar’s colour palette includes hints of them and ‘greener’ shades in general, as does emerging trend-setter Hyundai’s.In distilled form, the ‘agency model’ signals car manufacturers rather than car dealers managing the purchase of a new car – most likely at a fixed price – and the dealer will then facilitate the handover.
In August, Ford launched a couple of short-lived, de-specced cars in response to the semiconductor crisis. It no longer offers any temporarily spec-lite cars, but Volvo does. On certain models, some multi-sensor features that were standard are now options. They include the XC60’s 360deg surround-view camera – now £525. Elsewhere, Suzuki is importing 4000 cars without infotainment and sourcing and fitting it in the UK instead.
Does any of this matter? With 1000bhp-plus, four-wheel drive, a 1.6-litre V6 taken from Hamilton’s 2017 title-winning car and the man himself helping with development, we’ve no doubt the delays will melt away as soon as anyone sits in it. Let’s just hope that happens in 2022.The hype surrounding solid-state batteries for automotive use is long-standing, but thus far there is little to see for it.
The SMMT has measured the change, noting that the number of battery-electric and PHEV cars potentially sharing every charging point grew from 11 to 16 vehicles between 2019 and 2020. Only one new charger is being installed for every 52 cars sold, a dire situation given that one in six of every new cars registered is an EVor PHEV. Britain’s ratio of plug-in vehicles now places the country among the worst of the top 10 EV markets.
Our poll, admittedly unofficial, has failed so far to identify any drivers who feel safe if their car conks out unexpectedly on a ‘smart’ motorway. We would love to think this message would reach even our mulish road authorities but fear too much money has already been spent.The diversity of the EV pool is now such that you can probably buy near enough a like-for-like replacement for your current ICE car. Got a Golf? Try an ID 3. Audi Q5? That’ll be an E-tron. Mini Cooper? You’re in luck...
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