OT: How the electric car revolution could backfire

[bert]

Who did/didn't?

[bert]

In article , tim... writes

Now also being driven by the courts.

[bert]

In article , Harry Bloomfield writes

Openreach. They can put in fibre at the same time.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Steve walker.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Won't make any difference - unless you charge them externally? Of course if electricity is cheaper than petrol most will when they can. But I'd guess things will change when most cars are electric.

[Andy Burns]

If you get your traffic info from the radio, you'd tend to assume 75% of all hold-ups occur at The Crooked Billet, Black Cat Roundabout or Simister Island ...

[Andy Burns]

A local multi-storey has a handful of spaces with chargers, there's no signage to say they are reserved for electric vehicles, so if the car-park is busy and one of them is available, I park there.

[Andy Burns]

I assumed the same, until seeing bert's comment that hybrids weren't included in the ban, couldn't see anything 'official' either way.

Barring legislation, I would tend to agree ...

[dennis]

Which is why its worthless.

[michael adams]

Er no. Having a vague recollection of somebody being "fined" for overstaying in an Asda Car park, I "Googled Asda Car park fine"

I gave three other examples as well.

All of which say much the same thing.

michael adams

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[dennis]

No you haven't.

Well tell him to lay of the onions.

[bert]

And barring changes to current tax policy wrt company car taxable benefit.

[bert]

In article , [e-mail] writes

LOL

[Graeme]

I do agree that relying on the radio is less than ideal. I'm beetling down the A1 and I'm told there are major problems on the A1(M), junction

12, but I don't know where that is. Next junction? Behind me? Until I have passed a junction and noted the number, I don't know. I don't use the route frequently enough to have memorised junction numbers. The car has a built in sat nav, but I don't drive enough, particularly on non familiar roads, to have become familiar with it.

[Graeme]

There is single carriageway, but, to me, it is still better than going via Jedburgh. Journey starts south of Cambridge by picking up the M11 going north, then A14 to A1(M) which I stay on until hitting the A720 Edinburgh by-pass. Then M8, M9, M90, A90 across the water, M90 to Perth, A9 for a mile or three then B road at Luncarty across to the A93 via Stanley, then A93 over Glenshee, and home.

[tim...]

well of course you charge them externally

The whole idea of having a small fuel take is that it is for "get me home emergency use only", not to charge the battery

not if people are valuing their time

[tim...]

can't say I have ever heard of the third one

(and haven't heard the first quite so much)

when I was a kid "the Wooden Bridge" always used to be popular

not so much now :-)

tim

[Dave Plowman (News)]

So you have an IC engine so small it can't give reasonably normal performance? Or one big enough that it can - but with a tiny range due to a small tank? So you're carrying around all that extra weight just in case?

That would be the worst of both worlds.

A decent hybrid reduces or eliminates emissions in town, but uses the IC engine for long journeys at cruise - with the electric motor assisting hill climbing etc with a heavy load.

[tim...]

which is fine, provided that its emissions class is calculated using that use profile

but it isn't

tim

[dennis]

Someone down the road from me has two hybrids on the drive. They are never plugged in to charge the battery so I am quite sure they weren't bought to save emissions but just to get the lower company car tax. They probably run on electric for a mile or two and then turn on the petrol to charge the battery.