Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I can't see any potential problems with this... apart from maybe every car getting unplugged at night by pissheads, and people making a living from tripping over charging cables.
Electric cars
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MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Mrs Q has a 6 mile drive to work (currently I have about a 15ft one) so she could manage with even one of the current generation of EV's charging up in our driveway overnight
T & P
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FWIW I’ve often wondered about this whenever I’ve seen a car plugged to a lamppost in Chelsea, where it’s starting to be relatively commonplace.
Given that a substantial minority of people are just cunts, more so of a Friday night, I am amazed the cars being charged overnight manage to make it to sunrise with the charging cable still present, let alone still plugged in.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Yeah but you need a Hummer for your commute.
Cid
Proper break this time
Same reason people don't smash in wing mirrors that often. The cunts just get used to things being a part of their environment and the novelty wears off.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I freelance so pre-Covid my commute was immensely variable, I got lucky in that my current client extended my contract middle of last year (finishs end of August now) I've filled my Audi about three times so far this year and it spends most of it's life these days parked in the drive (no doubt teuchter will be narked by that)
Dovydaitis
Official fishco fish groupie
Mr dovy has an electric kona as his company car. Aside from the tax benefit, it’s actually a really nice car and cheap to run. He had a seat ateca before and to fill the tank, it was north of £55 a time, being diesel it would last 500ish miles. The kona has a range of about 300 miles with a full tank, yes temperature does affect it.
So far in the month we have had it, it’s done 4500 miles for about £100.
So far in the month we have had it, it’s done 4500 miles for about £100.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
50% of car journeys in Birmingham are less than 2 miles, although you'd want to see the vast majority of those converted to walking and cycling, not to EVs.
The range and availability of electric cars seems to be a bit whack. They pretty much all fall into 3 categories none of which suit me. Small car with tiny boot, marque brand which is too expensive for my budget or the most common one - fucking suv's. As I don't have a family and I'm not yet an old man with a bad back I have no interest in suv's.
Are there any good mid sized non-suv electric cars out there for under £35k?
Are there any good mid sized non-suv electric cars out there for under £35k?
T & P
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Not brand new, I don't think. You could probably pick up a 2-3 year old e-Golf for under 35K though. They're lovely.
It annoys me that they have discontinued the e-golf.
It has to be a new car because its a company car. Oh well, hybrid here I come...
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
T & P
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Stupid name, but I've just looked the car up and it actually looks pretty good!
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Either he's really small or that's an SUVStupid name, but I've just looked the car up and it actually looks pretty good!
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Or both, or all three.
Leafster
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That's Alex from the Car Throttle Youtube channel. He's a shortarse.
Leafster
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So does the VW ID3 which a closer equivalent to the eGolf.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Utter stupidity. And to think somebody signed off on that and got paid for doing so. Stupidity knows no bounds.
That actually looks like a decent option. It also looks like a bloody confusing car, I'm defo going to need to spend a few hours in a dealership.
Jeez. Blocking the pavement for those with restricted mobility. Creating incredible trip hazards for those with limited vision. I can't help thinking they will also be knocked over at some point.
I'm sure the chap in the red top with the hi-viz on is thinking oh shit the crap will be raining down on me after this goes viral.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Twats.
Could have combined this with bollards at the kerb edge to stop people driving or parking on the pavement (or possibly opening doors...although would then justify the widespread adoption of gull wing doors so maybe a good thing...)
OK. Having done a fair bit of research in the last couple of days I can see why the ability to charge at home is important. What follows is a general rant and its not aimed at you beesonthewhatnow I just quoted because its about home charging or lack of.
The public charging network and infrastructure is a fucking mess. In a time honoured British tradition that has happened since they built the railways we've let the glorious free market do what they want and as ever its a dogs dinner. Eventually the government will have to step in and sort out the mess a bit of simple legislation at the start would have prevented.
Five problems with electric car charging and how to fix them - Which? News
Today's electric car charging infrastructure is disjointed, complicated and far from user friendly - we need this to change now before it's too late
So many (virtually all really) of the above problems are resolved if you can charge at home plus it is significantly cheaper. Leaving aside the argument whether petrol / diesel is too cheap (I really can't be bothered with that on this thread) its absolutely insane that if you can't charge at home you may regularly pay more for a 'full tank' of electric than you would for petrol or diesel and you'll get half the amount of miles from it. Where's the carrot in that?
Also as a company car driver I can claim back a certain amount per mile (currently 14p for my diesel). How on earth are we supposed to set a rate when a kW/hour cost can be anything from 7p up to 70p. This is not the difference between filling at Tesco and a Motorway service station, the cost difference is massive. This absolutely does not work for vast majority of company car drivers. And before people start moaning about company car drivers the concept of a company car as a perk disappeared a long time ago. If you have a company car these days its because its absolutely required for the job.
I reckon I can still make it work because I live in London and there is some free and cheap public charging around but I'm only doing it because it saves me £200 per month on company car tax. It's still going to be a real hassle though when it really doesn't need to be.
Fuck the fucking free market and their short sighted stupid bollocks. How many times does this have to happen?
Leafster
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It's interesting to compare what happened when petrol vehicles were first around. In the UK, the first petrol cars appeared in the 1890s but it wasn't until 1919 that the first filling station appeared! Before 1919 you had to buy petrol in two gallon cans from chemists or hardware stores.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
But all petrol worked in all cars.
And good luck getting a lift to the filling station to buy a gallon of electricity when your battery goes flat.
Leafster
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Teaboy have you put something like Zap Map on your phone to see where your local charge points are? I suspect that my next car will be an EV and although it's a long way off and I can most likely have a charge point at home I thought I'd see what the local infrastructure was like at the moment. It's not that good yet. 
