John Rumm wrote:
On 14/06/2019 13:11, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 13 June 2019 19:30:59 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 13/06/2019 11:35, whisky-dave wrote:
On Saturday, 8 June 2019 14:09:23 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 07/06/2019 14:05, whisky-dave wrote:

Do you really refill you petrol/diesel tank everytime it
drops below 70% ? Seems a bit too much like hard work to me.

The answer might be yes, if there were very few filling
stations, and the queue to get in one during the day was 40
mins.

So in reality a no then .

Correct, that's because there are lots of filling stations, and
they can provide a full "charge" in a few mins. It takes no
planning to make a long trip in a petrol or diesel car.

Not a situation that EV drivers can as yet enjoy, hence my thought
experiment to level the playing field a bit.

But EV drivers can add a full charge to their vehicle without having
to leave the house or garage and do so while sleeping. Something
petrol or diesel car owners can't do, but they do get to sniff their
fuel.

Some can but not all. Firstly you are assuming the EV owner has ready
access to charging facilities where they park. Probably true while EVs
are playthings for the wealthy virtue signallers, but not going to be
the case when they are more mainstream. Also note that EVs with more
useful battery capacities may well have difficulty reaching full charge
overnight at domestic charging rates.



Neighbour got an E Golf in January and a home charging point by his
off-road parking area where he can easily manage to park 4 cars.
His daily commute is about 45 mile round trip and most days an additional
evening activity such as 7 aside football adds about another 20 well within
capacity of the vehicle,trouble is he is not most disciplined person
and frequently forgets to plug the car in.
That has meant a near thing on doing a second day and one occasion he had
to work from home after forgetting two nights in a row. Fortunately he runs
his own business * and not going to the office is
a decision he can make,an employed person would have to an understanding
employer if it happened often.
While his inability to discipline himself is his own problem I reckon there
will be some domestic arguments in the future when spouses argue with each
other and older children about who and when should have connected up. Not
unusual to have a four car household nowadays with older offspring still
living at home and that means a charger will be in use constantly and it
will be a disciplined household to manage without someone making mistakes
occasionally.


GH