Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
Yes extended range....but the fact remains it cannot travel more than about 30 miles without the use of petrol.
By any "electric" vehicle standards, that has to be considered exceptionally poor.
The whole point of an electric vehicle is supposed to be that you dont need fossil fuel onboard
The largest market for these are within the states, with an average daily commute of less than 20miles. The Ampera/Volt were the first of its kind, so as with every other market, it will continue to develop and grow with further range available.
Originally Posted by
Psycho Warren
Let me guess, all the vehicle manufacturers are in on the con and deliberately making the vehicle connections and charging incompatable with UK 3 pin household plugs???
I really dont get it, we all have 3 pin plugs...... why need a "charging point".... If its too far for the lead just fit a waterproof outside 3 pin plug.
But i bet the bigger agenda will be by having seperate (and you bet "metering ready") charging points that in a few years they will be charging us a different electric rate for vehicle charging and/or a tax based on electric units used (to replace fuel duty).
The country cant afford the loss of fuel duty revenue if most people go electric so it would be replaced with another form of tax.
all completely pointless use of technology if it only achieves 45-50mpg.
Im sure the eco-freaks will go on about low emissions.
Low emissions from the vehicle, yet high emissions due to environmentally unfriendly production and disposal of batteries.
not forgetting our mongaloid government and our even thicker mongs who form the general public are too afraid of nuclear power due to uneducated fears and NIMBYism to realise its the only relatively low emissions way of generating power for the medium term until green power tech catches up and is affordable.
Which means most the eletric used to fuel our electric cars comes from very high co2 sources as we burn coal and oil to make the electric!!!!
All they have achieved is shifting the source of the co2 to a different place!!
Charging points allow for faster charging than you can physically get from plugging into your norm 3pin house point.
External household chargers merely allow ease of access to charging rather than dragging a cable through the house.
The idea, with charging points, is it will generate revenue by charging for parking in the bay and use of the charger. This will also be used to keep the chargers in working order.
There are also plans in the pipeline for cableless charging, where you can charge by merely parking over the appropriate bay, and activating via bluetooth. This will be introduced for buses also.
Car manufacturers are investing heavily in this technology, the government are also investing in creating a charging point network. This will be the way forward.
There does need to be a progression in battery tech for it to become more mainstream though.