Another thing about electric cars

And a windscreen washer..

My first vehicle was unheated

Mine* had sufficient gaps through to the engine compartment that heating was continuous, 24/7/365!

I used to run mine with the engine cover off in winter, but the NOISE Bedford CA Mk II

lovely cars.

Donning apparel can help with this problem..

On my first car teh windscreen washer was operated by pressing, with my foot, a rubber bulb situated next to the clutch pedal. I could guarantee that on every winter's morning the water in the bulb would be frozen solid.

I presume it didn't help that few people used any antifreeze/cleaning additive in the windscreen washer water in the days of manual rubber bulbs/pumps.

How many times did you end up accidentally washing the windscreen when you changed gear? ;-) I heard of a bus driver who suddenly discovered that he'd been raising or dipping his headlight beam, instead of pressing the clutch - and that evidently his ability to change gear clutchlessly was a lot better than he thought ;-)

Quite. Like lots of their advocates they live in the present while claiming to speak for the future.

I sincerely hope there is no charger on the market that damages the batteries.

I have quite a bit of experience of Li-Ion batteries. I vape, and the device I use pretty well exhausts the battery every day. It recharges in a few hours - doesn't need anything like an overnight charge. And the 18650 cell it uses is original. So has had a very long life.

I'd hope car batteries and chargers have electronics to make sure the batteries can't be abused too.

You have enough chargers. One per bay if needed. It's hardly rocket science. And that charger is going to cost a great deal less than the car.

Think of it like the early days of cars. Where you got your petrol from a chemist. Supply will always keep up with demand, but usually with a lag. It's called business. ;-)

As would modern screen washers if you use plain water.

My first car had a vacuum screen washer. With a glass reservoir. That did not like cold weather. ;-)

On 01/12/2020 21:18, bert wrote

About as long as the queues for the toilets on the train?

Spike

ditto wing mirror

People who have absolutely no engagement with all the difficult decisions that any government has to make, can always garner votes from clueless people because they never have the power to make any decisions.

All fast chargers shorten the life of batteries. The 1 hour fast charger I had for AA camera batteries had a little fan in the base to keep them cool while charging. EV car batteries are encased by the vehicle and cannot easily dissipate the heat. Where does it go ?.

The better EVs have liquid cooling for the batteries.

The car controls the charge rate so, unless the designers coc&ed-up, it's impossible to mistreat the batteries