And where does the power come from chaps![]()
I wonder if that's the future? Your company provides the juice, which they will inevitably add a mark-up to, and sell to you as an employee.
Trouble with EV vehicles is that I'd be one of those people that forgets to put it on charge when I get home at night...
And where does the power come from chaps![]()
Obviously nuclear, wind, solar, fossil fuels, etc...but the equivalent MPGz are much higher than with petrol and they could be run from sustainable power sources, unlike petrol cars.
If you're trying to be funny and comment on how they aren't environmentally friendly because some of the power stations in the UK happen to be run with coal/gas. Then you fail. For a start all those power stations are more efficient than turning oil into petrol and burning that in your engine. Secondly the sources for power are likely to change, more nuclear, more renewables, it doesn't really matter all that much what the backend power production is.
Trouble with EV vehicles is that I'd be one of those people that forgets to put it on charge when I get home at night...
But considering we still get less than 10% of our electricity from renewable sources it's not going to be enough if any effective number of people start driving electric cars.
Yes and like i said above, it's not enough and the infrastructure isn't there so it's pointless. If by "some" you mean 70% or so then sure you are right. Still isn't enough to be worthwhile imo.
Vauxhall Ampera is the one im pretty excited about.
Target Price
£28,995
When they talk about the Ampera doing 175mpg, is that sustained? i.e I have a 10 gallon tank, will I be able to do 1750 miles on it without refilling? Sounds unlikely.
Electric cars will be much more viable once they ditch batteries and use Ultra Capacitors that'll charge instantly and so could be done on a wireless drive through basis instead of plug in and wait.
I think until the range is 350+ miles on a decent sized car whilst being competitively priced with their internal combustion counterparts, EVs can be safely ignored.
80 miles (lol at 80 miles to a "tank")? No thanks.
A car with a <100 mile range might be acceptable for people like my mother who drive only to work and/or the shops but the technology will need a LOT of work before it starts really getting mass market adoption.
I mean even if you move upward from cars - what about planes, buses, trucks, trains?
This is all well and good but the without a charging infrastructure these will still be niche products. Without off street parking are people going to run a cable across a pavement to charge a car? Car parks, parking bays will need charging points, they’re going to have to be everywhere. I’d take an 80 mile range one for town driving but not until I know I have lots of places where it can be charged.