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You are right about cycling, in Wales at least there is a drive to reduce car use alongside the EV cut-over. Quote:
EDIT: Article on increase in charging points last year that just came up via Twitter https://transportandenergy.com/2023/...-70-in-a-year/
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Same here in South Bucks, and bizarrely the two chargers installed at my local Morrisons were ripped out after just a few months... I've not noticed any chargers in our public carparks either, so lots to do around here too.
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Perhaps the real question is (and I'm assuming you have a charger at home) if you didn't, and didn't commute to a workplace with a charger, would you be happy to only top up when you are out and find a free charger? Perhaps it would work, but I feel like I'd always be nervous if the car wasn't charged. Maybe there are cultural changes needed as well. |
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Would I have an EV without home charging? Hard to say as I live in a poorly served rural area, no rapid chargers within 15 miles so I'd have to rely on slower AC chargers. My best option would be the local Aldi chargers which charge my car at 50mph (11kW AC charger) as they are the fastest and cheapest. This would be quite inconvenient as an Aldi shop generally takes 20 minutes, so not much gained. As I say to everyone, the car should be charging while I get on with something else - so perhaps I'd have to start using Morrisons 12 miles away that has a very unreliable rapid charger. I'd like to say I'd have the EV without a way to charge at home but practicalities might outweigh my desire to reduce my emissions. Cost wise, I'd be paying slightly more to run and own the EV than a diesel equivalent if relying on public charging but it would be close so its a cost I'd be willing to pay. There are solutions to not having a drive, my personal favourite is the cable channel in the pavement to allow the resident to safely run a cable across the pavement. Someone in our village has this solution as he has no drive. His charger is on the wall of his shed in the front yard and he passes his cable through the fence and lays it in the cable channel - hey presto, charge-o! |
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I know (now) that you can drive an electric car on the accelerator pedal alone - the regenerative braking is set to engage when you take your foot off and... ok, it can be adjusted in many ways which isn't the issue.
This youtuber (Technology Connections) points out a flaw on his new Hyundai Ionic 5 - when one pedal driving mode is used the brake lights don't come on until the car comes to a complete stop which is perfectly legal under US regulations (he cites the regs). He's in North America so I don't know whether this affects all electric cars or just the NA market. He points out in his video that GM solved the problem a while back by using an accelerometer but he considers that too complicated. Here's a link (30 mins long vid): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0YW7x9U5TQ Do EU cars do the same?
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Saw that video.
It's no different from engine braking albeit a bit more severe. If you're the correct distance behind and paying attention. It isn't an issue. Green number plate, expect vehicle to slow quickly without brake lights showing. Sent from an S20 using Tapatalk with that kin cr4p blocked
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