On 27/07/2018 19:27, harry wrote:
On Friday, 27 July 2018 19:08:18 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
On 26/07/2018 07:47, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 26 July 2018 03:47:37 UTC+1, 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.

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



How often do you make a journey of even fifty miles? Most of my journeys are under twenty miles. Many are less than five.

Journeys of 50 miles or more about twice a week.
Journeys of 20 miles or more at least once a day on average.


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Adam

Then my electric car is perfect for you.

Except that most people need a vehicle that can also undertake the
occasional long journey, maybe fully loaded, mid-winter and possibly
even without any notice. Some need that facility more often than others.

In our case, an electric vehicle would be ideal for my wife's driving,
while still having my car for the longer and unexpected journeys -
except for the high cost of buying EVs new or for replacing the battery
of older, second-hand ones. Her current car cost around £2500, has so
far lasted her 9 years and has only done 17,000 miles in that time. What
would an EV have cost? When would the battery have needed replacing and
at what cost? How much depeciation would there be, particularly as the
battery aged?

SteveW