Aftermarket June 2022

Above: JLM Diesel Air Intake Extreme Clean Toolkit in use C ome 2030 we’ll be charging our EVs (on our home charger of course) and topping up in minutes at the many superchargers the length and breadth of the UK. No queues there. Our ICE vehicles including vans will be on the way to becoming scarcer than the petrol pump. We can all pat ourselves on the back for protecting the planet, one electric-fueled mile at a time. Reality Of course, this is all nonsense isn’t it because the reality and the story as it unfolds points to anything but a country ready to rock electric in 2030. Grant Shapps recently stated that later this year, those unreliable electric charging points – the ones that comprise most electric chargers in the UK, excepting the Tesla Supercharger Network – will need to have a 99% reliability rate. Notwithstanding this welcome proposal given the lamentable unpredictability of these chargers, the fact remains that a 50kW rapid charger will still take about an hour to get a vehicle to full battery charge (150-300 miles of range). How many motorists will be willing to queue for a charger and then wait patiently for an hour whilst the miles are being added, with the return and top-up activity often repeated several times 42 AFTERMARKET JUNE 2022 TECHNICAL www.aftermarketonline.net A special report from Kalimex featuring Darren Darling, founder of The DPF Doctor Network throughout the journey? Answers on a postcard. Come 2030, the ICE will still be in huge demand with an upsurge of purchases before the deadline, assuming it has not been extended which seems likely. Meanwhile, the second-hand market will be looking even more enticing for a motorist keen to upgrade rather than buy an EV. It’s 2030: BUSINESS AS USUAL