Electric Vehicles

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

VW ID.4. In YELLOW.

Just googled it - looks good!
Similar styling to another car I spotted the other day and liked - can't remember what it was.

I've also seen a thing buzzing round lately that looks a LOT like a mini clubman (old school ones) - pretty sure it's electric. No idea what it was but it definitely wasn't (new) mini.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

(There are more charging stations than petrol stations now in the UK)

Is that true or am I missing some sort of sarcasm ?

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by svenrico

Is that true or am I missing some sort of sarcasm ?

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/i...etrol-stations

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

I've also seen a thing buzzing round lately that looks a LOT like a mini clubman (old school ones) - pretty sure it's electric. No idea what it was but it definitely wasn't (new) mini.

One of these? Honda-e

[Dave20046]

Yes! Thanks

I like it but I do have a major softspot for old Minis so probably nostalgia bias

[Luckypants]

Not very mini like handing, it's RWD and getting a rep for being tail happy. Honda have majored on the tech though, screens everywhere!

[embee]

Also fearsomely expensive for what it is, and very modest range on the 35kWhr battery (something like 120mls real world).
I looked at one in the showroom, very funky and "cute", but ..............

[daktulos]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/i...etrol-stations

If they're counting the lamp-posts in London as charging stations, then it's not surprising, but also not useful. Given that it takes at least ten times to fill up an electric car, you'd need so many more to get even close.

[Luckypants]

Well clearly not counting lamp posts, only those with charging capability.

Charging a car needs a mindset change. You think about charging overnight or at work or at the gym etc. You charge your car when it is busy doing nothing. Its not like a fossil vehicle where you need to stand over it filling it up, it can be left to safely charge on its own. So lamp post chargers are valid public charge points, as a 4 hour charge while you are at the cinema or watching the rugby or shopping or a 100 other things is a a decent top up for most people. My car would add around 40 miles from a lamp post charger in 4 hours.

If you need to crack on a long journey, that is when charge times becomes a big deal. Almost all the recent crop of EVs will charge at 80+ Kw, meaning a 20-80% charge is quick. What you need is 100Kw+ chargers on main routes and these are coming. Ionity, Gridserve, Shell and BP to name the main players are rolling out 150Kw to 350kW chargers. VW ID.3 and ID.4 cars can charge at 125Kw, so fill 20-80% in less than 40 minutes. That's the time it takes to get lunch. The fastest 250Kw Tesla chargers will do the same thing in 20 minutes, which is a pee stop / coffee stop.

If you want to drive 600 miles in one hit with no breaks, then EV is not for you.

[Seeker]

Triumph electric motorcycle TE-1
https://www.rideapart.com/news/49616...type-revealed/