When are you going fully electric?

I use Uber all the time and so far had 3 conversations with the drivers about EVs.
None of them interested because they could drop me off at my house in Stoke and the next job could be driving to Liverpool.
They all said it would be great if they could only have jobs in a certain area but it doesn't work like that.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I use Uber all the time and so far had 3 conversations with the drivers about EVs.
None of them interested because they could drop me off at my house in Stoke and the next job could be driving to Liverpool.
They all said it would be great if they could only have jobs in a certain area but it doesn't work like that.
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Does in London. The driver does get to chose their trips too
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I use Uber all the time and so far had 3 conversations with the drivers about EVs.
None of them interested because they could drop me off at my house in Stoke and the next job could be driving to Liverpool.
They all said it would be great if they could only have jobs in a certain area but it doesn't work like that.
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Sounds like nonsense, as Uber drivers can geofence their coverage area.
 
Journey said:
Sounds like nonsense, as Uber drivers can geofence their coverage area.
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Not the ones in Derby, he said after taking us to Derby Railway Station he was now off to Liverpool.
Or should I say 'Not that particular driver in Derby' and others I have spoken to, one in Lancaster and one here in Stoke.
Perhaps they choose to do the long journeys and can't be bothered with electric but it isn't how it came out.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
None of them interested because they could drop me off at my house in Stoke and the next job could be driving to Liverpool.
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which a decent EV could do multiple times in one evening so that seems a strange logic.

and sure maybe even a long range EV will need a charge on a full session, but lets say its a long range tesla M3, even if it needs 1 fast tesla charge on a full shift , so long as it starts off with a fully charged battery at the start of a shift charged at home, that should still be way lower running costs than a petrol/diesel. (and i would hope an uber driver has a least a short break every 4 hr or so on a shift)

surely there must be a taxi driver on this forum..... realistically how often do taxi drivers do more than say....... 500 miles on 1 shift? (which would be 1 full home charge and 1 tesla super charge)
 
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bigmike20vt said:
which a decent EV could do multiple times in one evening so that seems a strange logic.

and sure maybe even a long range EV will need a charge on a full session, but lets say its a long range tesla M3, even if it needs 1 fast tesla charge on a full shift , so long as it starts off with a fully charged battery at the start of a shift charged at home, that should still be way lower running costs than a petrol/diesel. (and i would hope an uber driver has a least a short break every 4 hr or so on a shift)

surely there must be a taxi driver on this forum..... realistically how often do taxi drivers do more than say....... 500 miles on 1 shift? (which would be 1 full home charge and 1 tesla super charge)
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Read my reply above, already worked it out it's them probably not wanting one.
 
Had my EV for a week now and really like it. It's quiet, I like the way it drives with instant acceleration and no gear changes, and no screaming engine revs when you floor it (3rd gear in an ICE car was always my favourite, this is like being in 3rd all the time).

It's plenty fast enough round town and on the motorway, but I'd still choose more power if I could.

Downsides are that it's quite unnerving to see the battery percentage dropping in real time. Obviously a fuel gauge goes down but you can't see it moving from 5 minutes to 5 minutes, you can with the battery percentage.

Regen braking took a bit of getting used to, but ok now.

Charging to 80% and with 20% reserve that's only 60%.usable capacity so charging more regularly than petrol station visits.
 
danlightbulb said:
Had my EV for a week now and really like it. It's quiet, I like the way it drives with instant acceleration and no gear changes, and no screaming engine revs when you floor it (3rd gear in an ICE car was always my favourite, this is like being in 3rd all the time).

It's plenty fast enough round town and on the motorway, but I'd still choose more power if I could.

Downsides are that it's quite unnerving to see the battery percentage dropping in real time. Obviously a fuel gauge goes down but you can't see it moving from 5 minutes to 5 minutes, you can with the battery percentage.

Regen braking took a bit of getting used to, but ok now.

Charging to 80% and with 20% reserve that's only 60%.usable capacity so charging more regularly than petrol station visits.
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What EV is it you have?
 
jpaul said:
bbc r4today interviews with uber ceo cheerleading for cheap chinese ev's againt imposition of eu taxes ..
fine, if you(they) have cheaply leased/maintained byd's for taxi business great for uber - but doesn't help the man on the street with longer term ownership cost of such a vehicle.
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Something needs to be done about offering up attractive options at a lower price point. Currently most manufacturers are pitching at the premium side, or converting value cars with tiny batteries so range is rubbish.

Fundamentally legacy auto is refusing the adapt and just says there is no market. Then keeps trying to sell the same over priced over spec’ed rubbish.
 
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We've just bought my wife an EV van (Nissan eNV200) for her dog walking job as everything is within a max of 5 miles. As I'm a spark I fitted my own charger so it all looks good.
But then I hear that car insurance, and especially for EVs, it's going to rise sharply due to the fact that even minimal damage writes off an EV. Balls.
 
Ideally a smaller battery charged more often would make more sense. But we've gone the route of bigger batteries more weight in ever larger vehicles
 
checjb said:
We've just bought my wife an EV van (Nissan eNV200) for her dog walking job as everything is within a max of 5 miles. As I'm a spark I fitted my own charger so it all looks good.
But then I hear that car insurance, and especially for EVs, it's going to rise sharply due to the fact that even minimal damage writes off an EV. Balls.
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It doesn't.

Just the usual writing things off instead of repairing it.
 
danlightbulb said:
Had my EV for a week now and really like it. It's quiet, I like the way it drives with instant acceleration and no gear changes, and no screaming engine revs when you floor it (3rd gear in an ICE car was always my favourite, this is like being in 3rd all the time).

It's plenty fast enough round town and on the motorway, but I'd still choose more power if I could.

Downsides are that it's quite unnerving to see the battery percentage dropping in real time. Obviously a fuel gauge goes down but you can't see it moving from 5 minutes to 5 minutes, you can with the battery percentage.

Regen braking took a bit of getting used to, but ok now.

Charging to 80% and with 20% reserve that's only 60%.usable capacity so charging more regularly than petrol station visits.
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It's a different mindset for sure.

I've only a small battery and will charge before I "need" to if I think the next day will have more driving than usual.
 
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danlightbulb said:
Charging to 80% and with 20% reserve that's only 60%.usable capacity so charging more regularly than petrol station visits.
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It's early days but you'll soon learn to trust the car and how far you can actually get in it based on the driving you are doing. Likewise by how much changing your speed by few mph can eek out a few more % if you really need it.

It isn't suddenly going to run out at 20%, 15%, 10% or even 5%. I've got home plenty of times with sub 5% and I'm not at all concerned by a 5% estimate on arrival.

Sure, I wouldn't recommend the 0% run but when its pouring with rain and the option is stop and charge for the 5% you need to get home and get soaked in the process or go for it, I went for it and got home on 0%. You can normally tell when car is running out because power will be heavily restricted. I reckon I had another 10-20 miles in the 'tank' as I hadn't really hit the power limit when I got home.


P.S. cant you also charge at home? Just charge it to 80% every day and don't worry about it.
 
OspreyO said:
But we've gone the route of bigger batteries more weight in ever larger vehicles
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smaller batteries, lighter cars would be fine if fast/cheaper/numerous public chargers were available, you could then still have fun, on those country roads like with a 1400kg e46 say.


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taxis (not uber) - in progressive Cambridge we have dedicated 50Kw charge point for taxi drivers - apparently 57p/wh
 
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