On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:21:39 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:

On 26/07/2018 03:47, John Rumm wrote:
On 25/07/2018 18:21, harry wrote:

One KWh takes me 3-5 miles depending on hilliness and speed.

So 60 to 90 miles if you use the battery to depletion (which of course
you won't)

Like I said, a toy.

EVs may well become usable - Give em 250 usable miles in any weather,
and the chance to add another 100 miles in 10 mins at a refuelling
station and I would expect most people would be able to cope.



10mins to 'refuel' is too long, at least for traditional a 'stop on
journey fill up'. Think of a traditional petrol station, it takes a
couple of mins to fill yet there can still be queues. Increase the fill
time to 10 mins and there'd be chaos.

But good for sales of coffee :-)

Now all you need do is build the nukes to power it all.



The tree huggers will love that.


I drive a hybrid- I'm no tree hugger, I liked the car and it fits our
usage pattern, I rarely charge away from home. Most local driving is all
electric but I know, on a long journey, I'll be running on petrol most
of the time.

I see the hybrid like a bi-mode train. Carrying a huge weight
penalty, detracting from efficiency. Sorting out the battery
technology would be much better.