Whether the cost is £7k or £18k it’s still unacceptable.
Exactly. At the moment the fact that EVs are cheap to run, as you mentioned, will change significantly as revenue streams from IC vehicles, servicing and fuel costs , start reducing over time. Then the real costs of owning an EV will surface. There probably will be a significant loss in service options if Tesla is anything to go by and likewise recharging costs. Choice will diminish.
Absolutely true, but any seasoned EV driver would never arrive anywhere except at his home charger with 5%! Similarly, neither would any sensible diesel California driver either!
At least the California driver could carry a Jerry can with some fuel. Don't think you can carry a spare battery.
RAC can assist, so expect others will follow. but of course better to avoid the issue to avoid delaying your journey.
At least someone is forward thinking. So EV drivers do run out of power so not as intelligent as some think.RAC can assist, so expect others will follow. but of course better to avoid the issue to avoid delaying your journey.
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The mentality or lack of intelligence for some drivers will still be the same, whether they drive ICE or EV vehicle.
Yep, that's the Tesla experience. Just a different way of driving and planning. And they probably used the Tesla app to switch on the car's heating so that they were greeted by a warm car after skiing. After our Tesla I find it so strange to be blasted by cold air in the Cali, waiting for the lump to warm up. Also, I remember driving back down a mountain here in Switzerland and at the bottom having 15 kM more range because of regeneration instead of hot brakes!
You could always use the California Parking Heater to de-ice and warm up the vehicle .
It's probably not so great if you want to venture into the depths o southern Italy, or Slovenia, at least today.
True - what's the range of the heater remote?
On mine line of sight. I've done it from well over a mile.
ah, but with no engine induced vibrations, rattles will be reduced. You can lower the volume of the stereo to the point where a couple of AA batteries would cover you for a couple of days
I wonder if VW will ever produce this. There is growing concern that e vehicles will never deliver the claimed global benefits.ah, but with no engine induced vibrations, rattles will be reduced. You can lower the volume of the stereo to the point where a couple of AA batteries would cover you for a couple of days
VWs goal is not to provide "global benefits". Their goal is to make money, and when there's demand in EVs, and there's money to be made, they will produce them. Rightly or wrongly.
Very true. If the market goes away or becomes very limited then VW will certainly reconsider.
Doubt it, VW seem to struggle with their own ‘We Connect App’! They have a long way to go.
All of the EV Power for charging doesn't seem to take into account the switch to Heat Pumps in the same time scale requiring even more electricity generation.
The in-laws are moving down this way so have been looking at houses…None of the new builds (built, being built or just approved) in our area have any provision for Heat Pumps or Solar panels. They all have Gas boilers + electric car chargers as standard.
Heat pumps instead of Gas/Oil heating is on the GOV list.
In order for Heat Pumps to work well in heating a building you also need super efficient insulation of walls and windows to keep the heat in. The last thing you want is good ventilation as is often quoted with dealing with the Covid 19 Pandemic. So besides a heat pump extracting heat from the outside air/ground you also need a heat exchanger to extract heat from vented air to heat up outside air to provide adequate ventilation within your hermetically sealed home of the future.
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