Yup for once our politicians have been useful, and sorted that mess. And with plug-and-charge being an ISO standard, that can become automatic as well. All we need now is realistic prices as they are all over the place. But in reality we rarely need to charge in public, predominantly just at home nice and cheap, and soon free of charge
Only drive the car for work! Lol Because that's what people really do with company cars!
Ive encounter 1 very very good implementation with a Danish charging station.
Only drive the car for work! Lol Because that's what people really do with company cars!
I wouldn't buy one, but I really like this review. https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-cybertruck It goes into all the pros and cons of having one in a rural area.
I am still waiting for a lighter EV and interested to see the one of those Smart cars from Europe, but probably they will supersize them for US. Seems that Teslas will be under some pressure with even newer designs but I am leaning to other manufacturers if they can give me CarPlay!
Thank you ... Wow!
Vehicle weights have all been climbing for years. I expect it is fueled primarily by safety, but overall build quality and the volume of features and tech included may be adding the bottom line. While there are some heavy EVs....from what I have seen new EVs are typically about the same weight as current ICE vehicles of the same size and class.
As other’s have said, the weights are not as disparate as you might expect.
A TM3 performance weights about 4000 lbs and costs $55K. A BMW M3 competition xdrive weighs about 4000 lbs and cost $85K. I saw a video on youtube that drag raced both cars. With launch control the M3 was slightly faster in the drag race, winning by less than one car length. Without launch control the TM3P smoked the BMW. I think if you look at luxury cars that can keep up with let's say the TM3P I'll bet many are portly. If you look at the list of cars that are faster than a TM3P they are supercars, plus the Plaid, which smokes them all. In addition, using launch control excessively on an ice engine cannot be good for it in the long run.
In reality, the person you are referring to already explained his reasons for not wanting an EV, because several participants in this forum pressed him to do so. The same happened to me in this thread sometime ago and I had to explain several times that my stance is not one of being an anti-EV. In relation to the person above, you would have to read all his responses starting a few pages back.
A Rolls Royce Wraith is about 2440kg, a RR Spectre (electric) is 2965 kg, so there is a difference but not as enormous as you might expect.
Still, valid
Off peak charging at home can be as low as 2.7p an kWh (Octopus Agile).Interesting article in the London Times:
Cost of driving electric car up to twice the price of petrol or diesel
Motorists without space at home to charge their cars are facing prohibitively high costs at public facilities
The average electric car travels 3.3 miles for every kWh of electricity used, meaning rapid and ultra-rapid chargers currently cost the equivalent of 24.1p per mile while slower chargers cost 16.4p per mile.
However, the average diesel travels 43 miles per gallon, meaning a cost of 12.5p per mile at current forecourt prices. The average petrol car costs 14.5p a mile.
charging at home costs 7.8p per mile.
The cheapest night-time electricity rate — known as Economy 7 because it operates for seven hours between midnight and 7am — charges just 6.7p per kWh, meaning a cost of just 2p per mile.
Cost of driving electric car up to twice the price of petrol or diesel
Motorists without space at home to charge their cars are facing prohibitively high costs at public facilitieswww.thetimes.com
Yup if I couldn’t charge at my own tarifff I wouldn’t get one. Public charging is all of the place. But as 95% of journeys start and end at home it rarely matters.Interesting article in the London Times:
Cost of driving electric car up to twice the price of petrol or diesel
Motorists without space at home to charge their cars are facing prohibitively high costs at public facilities
The average electric car travels 3.3 miles for every kWh of electricity used, meaning rapid and ultra-rapid chargers currently cost the equivalent of 24.1p per mile while slower chargers cost 16.4p per mile.
However, the average diesel travels 43 miles per gallon, meaning a cost of 12.5p per mile at current forecourt prices. The average petrol car costs 14.5p a mile.
charging at home costs 7.8p per mile.
The cheapest night-time electricity rate — known as Economy 7 because it operates for seven hours between midnight and 7am — charges just 6.7p per kWh, meaning a cost of just 2p per mile.
Cost of driving electric car up to twice the price of petrol or diesel
Motorists without space at home to charge their cars are facing prohibitively high costs at public facilities
That is no wholly accurate, but yes there situations where there is a cost. Likewise my properties with driveways cost more, and I’ve also got a flat with undrtground carpark with charging and that cost more than one without
Somewhere between 30-40% I read. But there are some great schemes for those that don’t have a drive or garage.
