As long as 90% of everyone else remain in ICE paying all the Fuel duty Tax
Shouldn't it be about improving local environment air quality, rather the personal financial gain?Exactly, I never now try to encourage others to get an EV
It is - but there are now lots of mostly reliable chargers at locations just off many motorway junctions.it looks like a real gamble hoping to find WORKING rapid chargers at Motorway Services
Easy journey, go to Banbury Junction 40, loads of Instavolt there, up to Sandbach exit, just beyond msa, Coop, Greg's, toilet, petrol and a pair of contactless Podpoints, up to Carnforth Booths supermarket + toilets / cafe + a pair of Instavolts, then i expect you can make Glascow with your range, or another stop along the way.I'd presumed I'd be able to do the same in the Zoe, but according to Zap Map it looks like a real gamble hoping to find WORKING rapid chargers at Motorway Services.
I agree with @Bill N here. There are a lot of much nicer places to stop just off the motorway with restaurants and so forth. I always aim for one of these.but according to Zap Map it looks like a real gamble hoping to find WORKING rapid chargers at Motorway Services.
In the way diesel drivers are/did/have ?Shouldn't it be about improving local environment air quality, rather the personal financial gain?
I disagree with "shoulds" in general. This is only a habit that was formed over decades and it is ingrained in our daily life. We believe that going to a place to refuel/charge and sitting next to the car is the only way forward, the only way acceptable, because we've been doing this for ages. We don't have fuel pumps at home, nor at the shopping mall, nor at work and we take that to be normal. We only have pumps at specific places and for long journeys at motorway stations (which is expensive and many avoid anyways - I never refuelled at motorway stations in Germany, it's a double rip-off).The point is though, charging an EV is never going to be as quick as pouring petrol or diesel into a fuel tank, but it should be as easy
Carnforth Booths is bit off the motorway, but a much more pleasant place to stop. I am just a retired non rushing driver so these stops are fine for me.The point is though, charging an EV is never going to be as quick as pouring petrol or diesel into a fuel tank, but it should be as easy - and from a not-quite EV owner it definitely appears a bit of a pain. That could put a lot of potential owners off - I'll just moan about it on the internet though![]()
Totally agree, and this where Tesla have nailed long distance driving & charging.it should be as easy
The problem isn't "sitting in the car" - charging times are always going to be longer than refuelling times - the problem is that it's easy to find a working fuel station, you rarely have to even think about it. That doesn't seem to be the case with chargers.I disagree with "shoulds" in general. This is only a habit that was formed over decades and it is ingrained in our daily life. We believe that going to a place to refuel/charge and sitting next to the car is the only way forward, the only way acceptable, because we've been doing this for ages. We don't have fuel pumps at home, nor at the shopping mall, nor at work and we take that to be normal. We only have pumps at specific places and for long journeys at motorway stations (which is expensive and many avoid anyways - I never refuelled at motorway stations in Germany, it's a double rip-off).
As a software engineer and programmer, I always had a disdain for unquestioned "best practices" and usually found other ways that I thought are more elegant and useful for my software. The same I applied to owning an EV: even for the longest of the journeys did I rarely charge at motorway station; I go visit a near-by town for an hour or so. For daily driving, I charge while shopping, while sleeping, while working, while talking with others.
We are free to do other things while EVs are charging, there's no law to say that we have to sit in our car while charging; it's just an unquestioned "best practice".
Agree here.As an EV newbie, but computer programmer for over 35 years so fairly capable of finding my way around software, the problem is, how am I supposed to know that?