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Quote from: Axholme Lion on September 28, 2021, 12:21:04 pmQuote from: Draytonian III on September 27, 2021, 08:16:00 amBeing a “non driver “ what about people who live in a flat say on the 14th floor how are they going to charge their car’s , extension lead out of the window ?That's the general idea. Or park in a dodgy car park and come back in the morning to find someone has stolen your charging lead and your car has been vandalised.Ever tried removing a charging lead from a parked, locked car?
Quote from: Draytonian III on September 27, 2021, 08:16:00 amBeing a “non driver “ what about people who live in a flat say on the 14th floor how are they going to charge their car’s , extension lead out of the window ?That's the general idea. Or park in a dodgy car park and come back in the morning to find someone has stolen your charging lead and your car has been vandalised.
Being a “non driver “ what about people who live in a flat say on the 14th floor how are they going to charge their car’s , extension lead out of the window ?
Quote from: Axholme Lion on September 28, 2021, 12:21:04 pmQuote from: Draytonian III on September 27, 2021, 08:16:00 amBeing a “non driver “ what about people who live in a flat say on the 14th floor how are they going to charge their car’s , extension lead out of the window ?That's the general idea. Or park in a dodgy car park and come back in the morning to find someone has stolen your charging lead and your car has been vandalised.Whereas if you had a conventionally-fuelled car and lived on the 14th floor you would .... what?
Quote from: Pancho Regan on September 28, 2021, 12:49:17 pmQuote from: Axholme Lion on September 28, 2021, 12:21:04 pmQuote from: Draytonian III on September 27, 2021, 08:16:00 amBeing a “non driver “ what about people who live in a flat say on the 14th floor how are they going to charge their car’s , extension lead out of the window ?That's the general idea. Or park in a dodgy car park and come back in the morning to find someone has stolen your charging lead and your car has been vandalised.Whereas if you had a conventionally-fuelled car and lived on the 14th floor you would .... what?Drive to the fuel station fill it up and go home.
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on September 28, 2021, 02:03:00 pmQuote from: Axholme Lion on September 28, 2021, 12:21:04 pmQuote from: Draytonian III on September 27, 2021, 08:16:00 amBeing a “non driver “ what about people who live in a flat say on the 14th floor how are they going to charge their car’s , extension lead out of the window ?That's the general idea. Or park in a dodgy car park and come back in the morning to find someone has stolen your charging lead and your car has been vandalised.Ever tried removing a charging lead from a parked, locked car?I haven't even seen one - are they secure then...?For instance, many charging points are generally outside also.... so could you not just disconnect from the mains socket and then remove the other end from the car? - genuine question - I have know idea.
Quote from: Axholme Lion on September 28, 2021, 02:22:23 pmQuote from: Pancho Regan on September 28, 2021, 12:49:17 pmQuote from: Axholme Lion on September 28, 2021, 12:21:04 pmQuote from: Draytonian III on September 27, 2021, 08:16:00 amBeing a “non driver “ what about people who live in a flat say on the 14th floor how are they going to charge their car’s , extension lead out of the window ?That's the general idea. Or park in a dodgy car park and come back in the morning to find someone has stolen your charging lead and your car has been vandalised.Whereas if you had a conventionally-fuelled car and lived on the 14th floor you would .... what?Drive to the fuel station fill it up and go home.And park it in your flat on the 14th floor?Or in the 'dodgy car park' outside the block of flats, where the charging points could be?Would vandals only damage the electric vehicles?
AL,Not sure what you are on about, me old Lion!Why would you need to park overnight in a supermarket to charge?Folk will just go to the nearest charging station and top up when needed....no problem.Latest chargers are reducing charging time, and will get better;https://uk.pcmag.com/cars-auto/135976/worlds-fastest-electric-car-charger-offers-a-full-charge-in-15-minutesNot like a petrol shortage, is it......pity the poor diesel driver in 5 years!
Why are you concerned about something that has no proof?
If you take your electric car abroad, do you need to take a travel adapter to charge it??
Quote from: mugnapper on October 01, 2021, 08:21:26 amIf you take your electric car abroad, do you need to take a travel adapter to charge it??Domestic charger yes, wouldn’t recommend though. Type 2 or other cable I don’t think so
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on September 30, 2021, 05:56:58 pmWhy are you concerned about something that has no proof?My electric tooth brush battery gets worse every time i charge it. How much scientific proof do you need?
Sales figures from September for the UK;https://cleantechnica.com/2021/10/05/uk-plugin-ev-share-above-20-in-september-tesla-model-3-overall-bestseller/I guess the petrol crises will have given a further boost to sales in the next period.
Quote from: albie on October 05, 2021, 03:49:45 pmSales figures from September for the UK;https://cleantechnica.com/2021/10/05/uk-plugin-ev-share-above-20-in-september-tesla-model-3-overall-bestseller/I guess the petrol crises will have given a further boost to sales in the next period.The thing is you just can't get hold of new cars at the moment. The lead time with most manufacturers is horrendous, this is pumping up the price of used cars too. I have just been offered by a dealer for a car which i bought just twenty months ago nine grand more than i paid for it new! Absolute madness.
i wonder if it's such a great idea filling cars full of microchips and complexity.There's something to be said for straightforward, robust, simple engineering that can easily be fixed.
Quote from: River Don on October 06, 2021, 12:56:40 ami wonder if it's such a great idea filling cars full of microchips and complexity.There's something to be said for straightforward, robust, simple engineering that can easily be fixed....but which did go wrong on a weekly basis.I learned everything I know about cars from buying a Fiat127 in the late 80s. I spent every Sunday for 2 years stripping it to bits to find the latest fault, then rebuilding it.
This is true I work at Mercedes and when I started there just over 12months ago the compound was full with new and every different model now we have half a dozen cla shooting brakes and and few different 4x4 plus some pre sold eqc and about 4 v classes of which I think 3 are the electric model and that's it.The worse thing is that we are struggling to get hold of parts particular nox sensors due to the semiconductors and chip shortages