Sorry Donald i thought we were talking about 22kw v rapid charging. Not 50kw charging.
22kW used to be 'rapid' when I got my first BEV in 2012, but became the 'new slow' by 2017~2018 when all new installations were 50kW.
50kW is now the 'new slow' and 150kW is the new standard.
150kW will be the 'new slow' in 4 years time.
etc....
My point is that if you consign the current generation of BEVs to the scrap heap every 4 years because they are too slow for people who expect unlimited access with their new and more expensive BEVs, then basically we're all expected to throw our cars away around the time they need their first MoTs.
Plus, you also have to throw away all those slow chargers too, the ones with the >20 year business plan for pay-back.
We HAVE increased the battery and charger speeds over the last 4 years, and it has solved .... precisely nothing. In fact, and despite similar BEV/charger ratios, it is now MORE difficult to find a free charger, not less.
There are basically no 22kW chargers any more, they almost all broke (so not looking good on reliability, either). So now replaced with 50kW.
But we are going to have 4,000 rapids of <50kW capability and 250,000 BEVs of <50kW capability for the next 20 years, what happens to those, do we throw them away?
Do we ban 50kW cars from using 150kW chargers? If so, to make sure the 50kW cars can charge, do we also ban >150kW BEVs from using <50kW chargers?
I have lots of questions here and all I am reading is, basically, 'I want to charge when I want to charge, and screw anyone else with a different specification of car'. That is what you are all saying here.
Anyone want to offer a voice of reasonableness?