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Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:37 am

Ymx wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:09 am Did you mean 12,000 miles?

No. I really meant 1200.

And you have 3 cars?

One for school?
One for work?
One for dogging?

Ymx wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:46 am

Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:37 am

Ymx wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:09 am Did you mean 12,000 miles?

No. I really meant 1200.

And you have 3 cars?

One for school?
One for work?
One for dogging?

1 for driving.
2 vintage VWs.

The VWs would be highly unsuitable for dogging. The mist up too easily - so I am told.

There was a really damning documentary on a few months ago about the impracticalities of going all electric. Highlighted issues like driving up the A9 in Scotland and the massive infrastructure it would involve, and unless batteries improve significantly the ridiculous length of time it would take to make the journey in the dead of winter with the battery draining before your eyes.

Blackmac wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:23 pm There was a really damning documentary on a few months ago about the impracticalities of going all electric. Highlighted issues like driving up the A9 in Scotland and the massive infrastructure it would involve, and unless batteries improve significantly the ridiculous length of time it would take to make the journey in the dead of winter with the battery draining before your eyes.

There was a test of the electric Mustang in the Sunday Times last week - different types of plugs, apps that didn’t work, queues at chargers and chargers not working. Reporter spent twelve hours driving from the Lakes to Devon, six hours of which were spent charging or looking for chargers.

Hydrogen will be the way forward for all cars and trucks. Small 30 mile range battery fed by a fuel cell with around 400 mile range. Fill up
in 5 mins. Just like a petrol car today.

Sandstorm wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:02 pm Hydrogen will be the way forward for all cars and trucks. Small 30 mile range battery fed by a fuel cell with around 400 mile range. Fill up
in 5 mins. Just like a petrol car today.

Not until they work out how to store it without it leaking everywhere.

Hydrogen part 1

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/09/01/cl ... um-part-1/

(Not cars)

Hydrogen part 2

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/09/03/cl ... ul-part-2/

(Decarbonising industry)

Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:37 am

Ymx wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:09 am Did you mean 12,000 miles?

No. I really meant 1200.

Blimey. Everybody's perspective is different. I've done 50,000ks in 3 years in my current car.

I have a tesla 3(company car) that has a 340 mile range.
The best I've managed is 300 but that drops to 200 if I drive it hard
My daily commute is a 100 mile round trip & with chargers at the office I just recharge every other day.
Before we installed the chargers I used to get charger anxiety as I approached home in case the local charger was occupied ( charging from the mains only gives you 10miles per hour)
I'm doing a 400 mile round trip soon & I've already been planning where to charge - that is the pain of an electric car

Edit: Do you have a wallbox to charge?

You're driving a Tesla. Literally the most pain free electric car to drive long distance. If you're driving 400 miles round, that means 200 each way. If it's in the UK, I understand the average motorway speed is 50 mph, so that's a four hour journey.You'd be well advised to stop at least once from a safety point of view.

For general charging on the go, these lads have taken over the (woeful) Ecotricity motorway chargers and started to upgrade them with some speed.

Braintree site, more to come.

https://youtu.be/FoN4WCpuxHY

One from Motor Fuel Group up Manchester way.

https://www.motorfuelgroup.com/mfg-open ... forecourt/

Things have come a long way from one charger in the UK at Mitsubishi (for the Taxdodgelander).