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RogerS wrote:And from a Paper from the National Grid
In a survey 57% of households had access to off street parking and it is assumed that 43% did not. With 20 million EVs on the road that means that there will be 8.6 million vehicles without the necessary facilities to charge from home. So these consumers will require alternative charging facilities.
Woodster wrote:RogerS wrote:And from a Paper from the National Grid
In a survey 57% of households had access to off street parking and it is assumed that 43% did not. With 20 million EVs on the road that means that there will be 8.6 million vehicles without the necessary facilities to charge from home. So these consumers will require alternative charging facilities.
Not sure if that’s being defeatist or not really. It’s been put forward for example that every parking space at places like supermarkets could have charging points.
Buying petrol for the early automobiles was a real PITA for the first 20 odd years as there weren’t any petrol stations but they managed somehow!
Rod wrote:The batteries are a fire risk, fade over time, are incredibly heavy, are very cold weather sensitive and take a long time to charge.
They will need preheating in winter and are best kept inside a garage.
Rod
Woodbloke wrote:Rod wrote:The batteries are a fire risk, fade over time, are incredibly heavy, are very cold weather sensitive and take a long time to charge.
They will need preheating in winter and are best kept inside a garage.
Rod
though does leave the unanswered question of diesel engines as used in heavy lorries and the like. What's going to happen to them in the future? - Rob
It must be easier to deal with a single emissions point than hundreds of thousand of them driving around the country?Mike G wrote:And all this misses the point that electric vehicles simply move the emissions from the exhaust pipe to the cooling tower of the power station. Unless we can magic up a 30 or 40% increase in electric supply (and remember how close we came in the winter to having outages?), a wholesale changeover to electric vehicles is not on the cards.
Mike G wrote:And all this misses the point that electric vehicles simply move the emissions from the exhaust pipe to the cooling tower of the power station.
Mike G wrote:And all this misses the point that electric vehicles simply move the emissions from the exhaust pipe to the cooling tower of the power station.
Maybe you review your usage?Phil wrote:Interesting topic.
What are the motor vehicles suppliers going to do in places like Africa where a huge portion of the population don’t even have power in their houses, let alone in the remote rural areas?
"You want to charge your what?!"
Then in RSA we sit with the power utility (monopoly) who gave us rolling blackouts the other day? And not many years ago daily blackouts?
How do you keep your ‘leccy’ car running?
Andyp wrote:I do wonder if there has already been too much investment in lecky cars to reverse the decision.
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