Electric Car Charging

[pirate]

Seriously? Upkeep of a parking space? Lol ....massive difference to paying towards 6/8/10 or more cars being charged constantly.

they would help pay for the infastructure not the charging.
why do you think they would be paying for the electricity?

 

[Blue Mist]

Until the government/local authority sort the Dukinfield issue out there is no point in having a discussion about 2035.


Oh and anybody else now getting an advert telling me a company can sort out my e.v. fleet vehicles ?
Or asking if I want to test drive a e.v. Mini. ?

 

[Blackley_Blue]

Regularly drive past a car being charged in Middleton where the owner runs the cable through one of these on the pavement... If I go and "trip" over it can I get a bit of compo?

 

[inbetween]

I have an MG ZS EV long range 273 miles. It is an indulgence as I probably won’t be driving for too many more years. It is good to drive, though my wife drives it mostly. The recommendation is to charge to 80% for everyday use for better battery life. So normally charge to about 220 miles range and recharge at about 40-50% charge so at about 130 - 140 miles remaing range. Charge overnight for 4 hours at 8.5p per kWh which represents about 2.2p per mile and normally charges back to 80%. For long journeys (about twice a year) charge to 100% at home then top up to ~ 90% every couple of hours when we are normally ready for a coffee / loo stop. Much more expensive to charge, normally about 20p per mile and takes about 30 to 45 mins to top up but allows for coffee and cake. Motorway range about 20% less than every day range. So wouldn’t go electric if i did a lot of distance driving but for local driving of about 25 miles a day it is good. Mileage lower in winter, probably by about 25%, not a problem for local driving.

Same experience here with my Tesla, longer journeys (150 miles +) require more planning but over 2 years I've never really had an issue. I once had a bit of range anxiety coming back from Birmingham on around 30% but I just had to change the journey a little to stop somewhere, the car just tells you what to do anyway.

The downside I see is if a home charger can't be fitted or if somebody is indeed doing 300 miles per day as most of the anti-EV population seem to claim. But then you're likely to be paying at least £100+ a week in diesel/petrol where I'd be more interested in cost than range so the EV still wins.

 

[crublue1]

Is there a possibility that we could have some sort of retractable cable that comes from the top of lamp posts, a bit like those hose reels for watering gardens, but obviously on a motor that retracts and extends it.
Or standardise the battery and make it removable, so instead of charging it, just swap it at a swap station.
Just a couple of thoughts

 

[Blue Mist]

Regularly drive past a car being charged in Middleton where the owner runs the cable through one of these on the pavement... If I go and "trip" over it can I get a bit of compo?

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Are you a scouser is the answer.

But in theory yes and that is why the council have cold feet. If the bloke on page 1 had just done exactly that, he'd be liable.
By seeking permission the council are so they are bound to say no.

 

[Blue Mist]

Is there a possibility that we could have some sort of retractable cable that comes from the top of lamp posts, a bit like those hose reels for watering gardens, but obviously on a motor that retracts and extends it.
Or standardise the battery and make it removable, so instead of charging it, just swap it at a swap station.
Just a couple of thoughts

A battery in an EV is the length of the car so no.
Re a lamppost. Who would pay for all the work to adapt current lampposts?
What happens when the lamppost is 3 houses away ?

 

[crublue1]

Length, as you well know, has very little to do with it....joking apart, I don't see why this wouldn't work really. But I'm just thinking out loud.
I'm not sure who would pay to convert lamp posts, but whoever did, could then charge the end user accordingly. And you could have multiple outlets for each post?
Like I said, just thinking out loud misty

 

[DiscoSteve]

Like most things in life, your ability to take advantage of them is often linked to your ability to pay - sorry its the way of the (western) world. EV's do attract a premium price wise at the moment, which will eventually even out and become less of an issue in the 2nd Hand Market. But having the ability to home charge an EV is directly linked to your ability to own a property with off-road parking. But having the ability to own any car is linked to the capability to park outside your own property - unless you're a twat and don't care and dump it outside someone elses property. Plenty in houses round me fall into the twat category. And for the record, I am an EV owner (not a twat... much...), I do have a charger on the front of my house within reach of the spot I park in

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Like most things in life, your ability to take advantage of them is often linked to your ability to pay - sorry its the way of the (western) world. EV's do attract a premium price wise at the moment, which will eventually even out and become less of an issue in the 2nd Hand Market. But having the ability to home charge an EV is directly linked to your ability to own a property with off-road parking. But having the ability to own any car is linked to the capability to park outside your own property - unless you're a twat and don't care and dump it outside someone elses property. Plenty in houses round me fall into the twat category. And for the record, I am an EV owner (not a twat... much...), I do have a charger on the front of my house within reach of the spot I park in

I seriously doubt you are not at least a bit of a twat. However your point about cost of EVs is a good one. We need the 21st century equivalent of the ford model t to put them within the range of average earners.