Posted on 11/28/2020 9:53:24 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Linda Barnes and her husband had to visit six charging stations as one after another they were either out of order, already had a queue or were the slow, older versions that would never be able to provide a fast enough charge in the time.
The couple, who love their new fully electric Porsche Taycan 4S, which has a range of about 250 miles, contacted the Guardian to describe how difficult it is to recharge a car away from home. Their journey would have taken two and a half hours in a conventional car, they say.
Linda says the sense of relief was enormous. “We ran through the entire gamut of emotions in those nine hours – resignation, range anxiety, annoyance and disbelief that this was happening – and finally elation when we realised we’d get home,” she says.
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They should be proud, they are better people than you or I. Next they will be wanting us to put charging stations in for their drives.
IIRC the deal with three wheel vehicles was they could be registered as motorcycles and the registration fees and taxes were much lower.
At least the Germans remembered their childhood tricycle.
The Brits also made a rear engine car that had only one door. The entire front of the vehicle swung out (up I believe) which was problematic if someone parked too close to you.
Hard to imagine the country that revolutionized aircraft with the Spitfire, took the war to the Germans with the Mosquito (the Wooden Wonder), developed the RR Sterling engine and kept the seas free of NAZI warcraft would stumble to such lows as the Robin and Lucas Electrics. :-(
Ping
But all that pollution is in sub human countries like China, so you can still save the eart.
Just imagine...a British electric car...by Lucas!😲
Beat me to it.
Can you imagine when NASCAR goes electric how long a pit stop will be???ROFL...
Power cables like tree trunks!
Five man limit for the pit crew...
You think some NFL lineman are stout?
Wait until you see a NASCAR lineman!!!!
The range of EVs is severely limited by cold temperatures and hard core use of climate controls. I think large improvements in batteries will be required for an EV to make sense as a primary vehicle in many parts of the country.
Yes, I think that was it. The UK had hundreds of motorcycle sidecars, and give the weather many were enclosed...so that might have been a generous grandfather clause allowing for the Robin.
Though the strange British Labour party mania for taxing everything allowed for kit cars such as the Lotus 7 to escape the most onerous taxes. The Early Morgans roadsters were also three wheelers with motorcycle engines to slip under the tax definitions of an auto car as a motorcycle.
Somebody organize a parade.
Harley-Davidson LiveWire On A Road Trip...
Public charging the Achilles heel of the EV.
Why did they leave home with 45 mile range left on an electric car to begin with?
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This is really a story about the people who own the car and lessons to be learned.
IDIOTS - no one buys an electric car for transportation, they buy it to hold their noses up at others. They got what they deserve.
“Once, then off to the charging station, again.”
LOL, and throw in 30 minute plus ‘fuel’ stops on a long drive and see how ‘fast’ the vehicle is.
Because they are stoopid and left home with only a partial charge.
‘Tis but growing pains. I’m sure they will have all 11,600 charging stations with standard receptacles, pay systems, access and additional stations to meet the burgeoning need created by their plan within the next 10 years.
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Some of the electric stuff is tempting for some of our needs but I am not ready to turn in the Cummins or the tractors and other diesel stuff.
I have considered a Tesla for Wife’s next car given most of our travel is easily withing 100 miles radius with an occasional 400 mile trip. I doubt we will ever drive more than 400 miles in a day anymore if the day comes we decide to actually go somewhere.
She is phobic about her starter battery going out. Can you imagine how she would be with an electric car? Oh my!
“What is the real range for a car that has a four year old Lithium Battery system on a day that is 20 deg with the radio, heater, wipers, computer systems & on board electronics working full tilt?”
Especially the HEATER. For normal cars, the heat is a byproduct of propulsion, so it’s free. On electric cars that same heat is left of the power plants (or solar panels, or dissipated in the air). Only thing left is to dump battery energy to get heat, very costly.
If Lucas does the switch components just imagine?
Ever see the Lucas T-shirt? “On, Off, Flicker”
The long-range version of the Model 3 has a 75 kWh battery pack with a 322 mile range. If we still assume the average national electric pricing of 13 cents per kWh and a charging efficiency of 85%, then a full charge will cost $11.47. This is $3.60 per 100 miles of mixed city and freeway driving, or 3.6 cents per mile.
https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-charge-a-tesla-is-it-the-same-as-the-cost-to-charge-other-electric-vehicles
check out the bloom box. hydrogen fuel cell the uses natural gas and the by product is hot water. google uses them on its campus. very interesting and has some potential.
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