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Having recently met some "slightly older" relatives, one of whom is the font of knowledge on all subjects, the doomed to failure thing is alive and well.
He spent a good 30 minutes explaining how EVs were rubbish, didn't work, couldn't do 40 miles without a 5 hour charge etc etc
I kept quiet. When we left the restaurant it turned out he had parked next to me, maybe that triggered the rant?
I happily told him and everyone who had been there that this was my EV, we had driven 50 miles, were doing another 20 plus the return trip and would not need to charge until we got home.
Everyone else was very impressed with how nice it was and seemed a little surprised I wasn't running around crying because I wasn't within 5 foot of a charger
The font of all knowledge kept very quiet, in fact he returned to his beloved car and waited patiently for my Auntie to join him
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You could miss out the ev bit and just say that 95% of cars on the road aren’t suitable for your needs.
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The father in law was full of glee when we told him we’d decided to get one, we had the usual stories of range anxiety, being stuck in snow drifts for 6 hours and freezing to death, not being able to use it to go on holiday, attacks by giant octopus etc etc. (I may have made the last one up but it seemed to go with all the other unlikely scenarios that seemed to crop up…)
18 months on, and although it was a leap into the unknown I’d be more than happy to make the same decision again.
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I do, must be where you are going wrong
Seen plenty of them in the US, towing too.Very easy to help you out (you could have easily researched it yourself, mind, instead of making yet another silly post.
Rivian. Tows ~5 tonnes with a range of over 300 miles. At present you would need to import it.
edit: Bricol got there first. Just shows how little people are really interested in finding out for themselves.
Mine will only tow about a tonne and a half (I have had a towbar fitted).
Apparently repair costs are a bit silly in a minor fender bender though - I didn't fully read a story where it seemed the entire side needed replacing for some minor damage at the rear.
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Having to import one isn't really a viable option IMO. Apart from the finance there's spares availability, servicing, warranty questions and no doubt more. What next, all you have to do is design and build one?
I'm not a hater BTW, I looked at electric vans when I replaced mine earlier this year, I spent £20K on a used Vivaro. A similar E-van would have been closer to £50K, and I couldn't find range data for a van driven for long distances. Pootling through the highlands is one thing, battering the outside lane on a motorway for hours is another. Yes I could get an EV for local work and hire an ICE when I go to the mainland but that limits me as to when there might be a van available. I used to do this years ago, family car was a Metro, we hired a bigger when when needed.
I'm not a hater BTW, I looked at electric vans when I replaced mine earlier this year, I spent £20K on a used Vivaro. A similar E-van would have been closer to £50K, and I couldn't find range data for a van driven for long distances. Pootling through the highlands is one thing, battering the outside lane on a motorway for hours is another. Yes I could get an EV for local work and hire an ICE when I go to the mainland but that limits me as to when there might be a van available. I used to do this years ago, family car was a Metro, we hired a bigger when when needed.
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Some local authorities are charging for an annual permit to run the cable across the pavement
Assuming you can park on the road outside your house, that is.
A few people on here have moaned (rightly) from time to time they can’t park outside their house. If we went all or almost all EV that’s going to exacerbate that hugely I’d think. Not only can you not park outside your house, you can’t charge your car either.
No idea what the answer is. Can they put sockets on lamp posts?
I know they’d be low current ones but they’re everywhere and better than nowt?
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And effect has that, on the currently built houses?
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There is a real push to get those on lower household incomes away from their cars. We've just had a new scrappage scheme introduced for those who claim qualifying benefits whereby if you have a MOTd vehicle then you get £2k for scrapping it and an extra £500-1000 worth of travel vouchers for bikes or public transport. That may have the effect of raising the entry cost for motoring to close to £3k for a banger that was previously worth £500. More lower end cars will end up being sorted by DIYers and those that can't do it themselves are likely to find their travel options restricted to public transport.
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What happens if everyone turns a tap on in a street....
What we having for tea tonight Darling?
It was hot pot. But everyone is charging theirs cars so its more a luke warm pot.
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Clearly, you are someone who believes all the conspiracy theories?
Do you also think that any, or all, the lamps in the street are going to dim or extinguish, when someone plugs in to charge?
I have two options while charging at home - 2.3kW or 7kW. The lesser of the two is no different than running an oven. The larger is generally used during the night, on cheaper electricity, when you and most others would generally be in bed
Do you have any more conspiracy theories, to try out on the forum? Let’s get the bull excrement out of the way and get back to some semblance of reality.
OK I understand now. So long as everyone agrees with you, with your aggressive attitude All ticky boo.
As you were.
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Yes this is a fair point. I’m very fortunate we can park all cars on our drive and I charge probably 99% of the time at home. Interestingly when they stopped the government grants for charger installations (I didn’t bother but it was subsidies by £300 or so from memory) they made them still available for multiple occupancy buildings (flats etc).
I have got by for 2 years off a 10A supply - as long as you plan ahead it gives me 100 or so daily range and i top it up completely on the weekend. But i can imagine the difficulty in (a) getting a park outside your property and (b) running a lead out and (c) protecting that lead (!!) in say a terraced house.
So for those types of properties i think the near term solution (I see power poles with connections etc a little longer term - notably because of the different agencies that would have to pay for it !) is more / better public charging farms. And that are priced more fairly !!
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True , until you are totally banned from using it because the screamie greenies have got control or the fuel energy companies have diversified enough to stop global production of diesel & petrol for sale at Joe public prices.At this point I've only read up to page 4, #80... (getting bored of the arguments, civil-enough as they are).
Retired, my longest normal round-trip in one day is 40 miles, once a week.
Maybe every 3 months, I "might" do a 120 mile day.
Other more normal days its 15 mile round trips, couple of times a week.
None of the destinations are public transport friendly.
Not short of a bob or two but at 67, I just can't bring myself to be overly spendy on cars - my diesel 4x4 (love it) cost £2k in 2018 and maintenance over 5 years has been less than £3k, so that's where I'm in my ££££budget comfort zone.
I think an EV would suit most of my trips; would just come down to finding an EV for about £2k.
I like the look of the Renault Zoe but the cheapest one on autotrader is £3k , 300 miles away, and doesn't work
and not too keen on "renting" the battery, either.
Might have to wait 10 or 15 years before availability is so widespread that the prices come down to my level.
But by that time I will be over 80, so seems less likely for me.
So I may as well enjoy my 4x4 mud-plugging go-anywhere gas-guzzler and forget EVs
I don't think he was aggressive - just possible humourously exasperated by those putting problems in the way of every single suggestion of how things are done/might be done with developing tech.
Its all new - things will be learnt, improved, developed, changed - much like any other project.
I assume there were similiar issues when someone suggest storing thousands of litres of flammable fuel . . . and complaints when rule were brought in to minimise the amount that could/should be stored at home . . .
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Do an internet search for them , you'll be surprised where they are . Round here ( Ammanford ) local authorities are also putting them in their own carparks
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Just purchased a 1.5 litre four inch wide necked sports drinking bottle from Tesco for such eventualities @ £ 6.50 .Plastic bottle under the driver's seat Malcolm
I now have three such bottles in my car ...managing to fill two in one day .
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