?Why did it take nine hours to go 130 miles in our new electric Porsche??

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Theo 5 years ago

Indeed, which is what they did. They checked, and there was a charger nearby on their route home.

Just like you'd go to a wedding (say) and not expect to plug in at the venue (which could be at a country house in a rural area, that probably doesn't have a charge point), but you find more charge points on the motorway network. Just like if you fill up with petrol you don't require a petrol station on your doorstep, but fill up when you're passing a filling station.

Even being ultra prepared, nobody can plan for their primary and five backups all being out of action.

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Dave Liquorice 5 years ago

Abuse? Weather? Just bad design?

This is true but if that wire breaks that allows the car to talk to the charger you're stuffed....

Maintenace costs money and eats into the profits from the subsidies...

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Andrew 5 years ago

We are getting closer to "charger rage news" day by day as frustrated people arrive at a motorway service station only to find that all the fast chargers are 'in use' when in fact their charging is complete but the owners have buggered off for a lengthy meal.

They're going to have to incorporate an SMS messageing system to inform the (absent) owners that charging is complete (or 80%, which is OK) and other people are waiting and if necessary issue a fine like the ANPR parking system does.

Do EV chargers have interlocks to stop the cable being half-inched ?. If not, I can see EV cables being the next petrol-hybrid-cat-theft and no need to jack the car up either.

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Andrew 5 years ago

This sort of problem has confronted online banking issues, mobile phone problems, etc etc for ages and people get by (eventually).

Buy shares in Whitbread who own Premier Inn because EV charging issues may boost their occupancy rates (and at immediate /short term rates too).

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Andrew 5 years ago

Neighbour gets over 60mpg from his 1.8 Corolla hydrid, but he is a careful driver so gets the full benefit.

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Andrew 5 years ago

Petrol cars produce the most emissions as they warm up so hybrid cars doing short trips are much more beneficial to the air quality than one that does a 20 mile each-way commute every day.

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alan_m 5 years ago

Why it it assumed that if out of Europe the UK will not have the same standards? Even with standards in a few year's time technology will move on and the standard changes. Anyone purchased a TV with a SCART socket recently, anyone on the group purchased a cassette tape recently?

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Dave Liquorice 5 years ago

But isn't the whole point to "take back control" and do what we want and not be dictated to by Europe. If we still follow Europe we ought to stay in so we have some control not none.

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Tim Streater 5 years ago

Oh shut up Dave. Stop talking bollocks. And it's the EU, not Europe, which is a geographical entity.

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Paul 5 years ago

With the right charger, that car takes 22.5 minutes. Which is enough time for a piss stop and a cucumber sandwich.

If you have the support team driving one of these behind you on the road, this wouldn't have happened. I'm sure Bill Gates has one of these.

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Tim Streater 5 years ago

But Dobbin can refuel anywhere.

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The Natural Philosopher 5 years ago

To have control does not mean one is forced to do things differently. International standards for science and the metric system were adopted long before the advent of the EU...I hardly think the choice of socket onb the wall of a charge station will dramatically affect the UKs political or economic independence, any more than the plethora of mains sockets across the Union has..

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The Natural Philosopher 5 years ago

No, its Europe, not the EU, which is a geographical entity. Dave is using te language of the propagandists designed to represent brexit as physical isolation rather than political freedom.

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