Electric car advice

[Tipp blue]

Best decision I ever made, costs me ~£5 to charge to 100% and that gives me ~250miles. Make sure your current energy supplier has working smart meters to offer you the drivers tariffs which are much cheaper at 12-5am. (7.5p kWh off peak v 25p kWh peak hours)

Most cars will tell how far your battery will give you and tell if if you’re going to run out, public chargers are very fast and give you about 10/20% in about 30mins. Home chargers very slow.

My diesel car gives me 550 miles for £40 and the pumps can fill it in less than 90 seconds.. arsed waiting around for 30 minutes for it charge.

 

[Joey66]

My diesel car gives me 550 miles for £40 and the pumps can fill it in less than 90 seconds.. arsed waiting around for 30 minutes for it charge.

If you can find a charger...

 

[Tipp blue]

If you can find a charger...

That's another thing.. the chargers near me always have someone using them.. Until a time comes when these batteries can charge in less than 10 minutes and go for more than 400 miles on that charge I wont bother with them. It might be a bit cheaper but not worth having to hang around waiting if you need a charge half way through a long trip.

 

[Rita_Poon]

My diesel car gives me 550 miles for £40

This seems a bit optimistic. Does Opec know?

 

[tonyhorne]

That's another thing.. the chargers near me always have someone using them..

This is true and they are not always all working when you get there either. If you can charge at home and your regular use of the car means that you are routinely able to leave it charging, say, overnight then you kind of get used to it like charging a phone. Hopefully charge times and driving range will improve as I can see how electric cars are not the best deal for everyone at this time ...

 

[Bedfordblue]

I think a lot of people don’t realise just how few miles they do in their cars on average.
Any range anxiety about trips over 300mi - how often are people making these trips?
Of course some people will be, in which case EVs arguably aren’t for them, but the last UK travel survey (2022) suggests the UK average is 5373 miles per year over 862 trips.
That’s 103 miles per week.

 

[Rita_Poon]

@chrismpw

 

[SerenityNigh]

Tell me why a cyclist they may cause a road accident or even on a cycle path to a member of the public & are exempt of basic insurance cover for anyone injured?
Modern bikes down hill can exceed the speed limit no differences between a motorbike imo !

Good grief mate, get a hobby

 

[SerenityNigh]

I don't think I'd manage 50mph if you shot me out of a gun.

I hit 40+ on a steep downhill segment and was properly frightened.

And I didn’t pay any registration fees either.

 

[chrismpw]

@chrismpw

While I agree with much (but nitcall) of what this person says, I think it's very stupid of him to say such stuff to the uneducated or stupid whoop monsters in the USA. They'll simply laugh and use it to shrug and dismiss their responsibilities to the environment or their common man.

Just to get a laugh. Idiot.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I hit 40+ on a steep downhill segment and was properly frightened.

And I didn’t pay any registration fees either.

You want to be careful. Someone could lay a Dyson power cable across the road to trip you up.

 

[chrismpw]

Tell me why a cyclist they may cause a road accident or even on a cycle path to a member of the public & are exempt of basic insurance cover for anyone injured?
Modern bikes down hill can exceed the speed limit no differences between a motorbike imo !

Alright, sound, who's gonna police it?

Been saying for a while- all bikes should have numberplates so cyclists can be identified by anpr or members of the public or even that rare thing, a bobby, and transgressions followed up.

Might see better behaviour from the lycra fettishists if they're identifiable and accountable.

 

[Joey66]

I see the possibility of Portugal & Sp;ain no electric my be net zero too much of a power surge with all the solar panels - & we have Ed Millaband in charge of this project ?

 

[degsy]

I’ve hit a new low when I’m asking for advice on here but a real man isn’t afraid to ask for help.

I’m looking at getting a new car, the thing that’s putting me off going electric is the charging, availability of chargers, the time it takes and potential resale value.

I’m probably going to go 2nd hand which worries me with resale, I live around Lark Lane and see people scrambling to get their car charging on lampposts. Can anyone give any advice or their experience of what it’s actually like to live with one. I don’t know anyone who has one to ask.

I'm not sure what your budget is, but maybe a hybrid is the way to go.
Anyway, BYD are bringing out a new sort of petrol Hybrid, an EREV (no idea wtf that means), it basically has a built in petrol powered generator to keep your battery topped up,

 

[gonetomorrow]

We've a Toyota Aygo which is 11 years old and doesn't generate enough fuel thingies to make us pay road tax. It has just over 40k miles on the clock because Edinburgh's bus service is so good.
A Scotsman's dream.