Before every flight, no matter how short, the cabin crew run through a safety briefing. They tell you where the exits are. They show you how to fit an oxygen mask. They explain what to do if the aircraft ditches in water. They do this on the world’s safest form of mass transport — and not a single passenger reaches for the door handle. Quite the opposite. The briefing creates calm. It creates confidence. It tells you that the people responsible for your journey have thought about everything, including the things that might go wrong, and that you are in safe hands.
This book is the pre-flight safety briefing the electric car industry forgot to give you.
The electric car market is moving faster than any other consumer technology in history. The manufacturers are excited. The government has set its targets. The dealers are ready to sell. But in the rush to market, the industry has made a fundamental mistake — the same mistake that myth-busting always makes. It has tried to reassure buyers by avoiding the difficult questions rather than answering them honestly. And buyers, sensing the gap, have hesitated.
Honest information, delivered well, does not frighten people. It empowers them. That is the lesson of the pre-flight briefing. It is also the lesson of this book.
What will you find inside?
The insurance trap that catches buyers before they’ve even collected their car — and the simple timing trick that can cut your premium by 40 percent. The early warning signs of a battery fire, and the inexpensive solution your dealer almost certainly hasn’t mentioned. The truth about charging infrastructure, about data privacy, about what your connected car knows about you. The second-hand EV market — growing fast and carrying risks buyers urgently need to understand. Road pricing, bi-directional charging, and the international oversight framework this industry urgently needs. And running through every chapter, practical, honest, actionable advice that puts minds at rest by replacing uncertainty with knowledge.
Over 450 pages, written in plain English and designed to be dipped in and out of as you need it. Read the insurance chapter before you sign anything. Read the battery safety chapter before you take delivery. Read the charging chapter before your first long journey. Think of it less as a book and more as a very well-informed friend available at any hour — one who happens to have spent thirty-five years at the sharp end of this industry and isn’t trying to sell you anything.
This book will not tell you that electric cars are perfect. It will tell you everything you need to know to make the right decision, survive the transition, and enjoy the journey.
The pre-flight briefing is over. You are cleared for take-off.
