O/T........EVs

[tarkys_ears]

I'm being talked into buying a plug in hybrid

Can anyone give first hand experience of getting a charger / moving energy company etc?

[exilecanada]

If you're trying to prove that breaking the journey for a recharge is not an inconvenience compared with going straight home, then you're wasting your time because it clearly is to most people, if not to you.

Why would you not find a charging station at the ground? Well, the number of charging stations in walking distance of Coventry's ground is probably set so there are enough for normal usage, not for when there are 20,000+ extra visitors. That's why they might all be occupied.

You don't need to be so defensive about electric cars. I'm not saying that petrol cars are better in every respect, and nor need anyone say that electric cars are better in every respect. They both have advantages and disadvantages.

What, in your opinion, are the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of transportation?

[dsr]

What, in your opinion, are the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of transportation?

Simple answer?

Petrol advantage: You can fill up at any of thousands of convenient petrol stations in 5 minutes or less.
Petrol disadvantage: Believed to be worse for the climate to drive a petrol car than to drive a car driven by gas-fuelled electricity.

Electric advantage: They tell me they're great to drive, and they are cheap to run and easy to charge if you have home charging.
Electric disadvantage: Second hand ones with good range cost a lot more than second hand petrol cars.

This is based on medern conditions, of course. In time, no doubt electric second hand models will get cheaper, recharging may well get quicker, we will have sufficient renewable electricity not to need gas-fuelled electric, etc. These pros and cons are as of now, not future proofed.

[bobinho]

Cheap to run at the moment dsr….as you suggest in the final paragraph

Once we are all in them, the charging costs will go through the roof. No way does the treasury lose out on all that money generated from petrol/diesel sales. They've started already with the road tax that used to be nothing….

[GetIntoEm]

One thing's I've seen over doing a lot of motorway miles last couple of days is that people who don't know how to drive with regen braking on one pedal driving in EVs are dangerous. Do they know their brake lights are coming on every time they take their foot off the gas?

Flying along on the motorway with brake flashes every few seconds. Dangerous.

Don't use it if you can't do it

[Burnleyareback2]

I'm being talked into buying a plug in hybrid

Can anyone give first hand experience of getting a charger / moving energy company etc?

Have a look at Ovo, I’m with them and have some great charging rates/monthly rebates for my EV.

[dsr]

One thing's I've seen over doing a lot of motorway miles last couple of days is that people who don't know how to drive with regen braking on one pedal driving in EVs are dangerous. Do they know their brake lights are coming on every time they take their foot off the gas?

Flying along on the motorway with brake flashes every few seconds. Dangerous.

Don't use it if you can't do it

Surely when they lift their foot off the pedal, the vehicle will slow down with the braking system and so the brake lights must come on? I dare say it's bad driving to keep slowing down like that, but if they do, the brake lights have to show that they are slowing.

[GetIntoEm]

Surely when they lift their foot off the pedal, the vehicle will slow down with the braking system and so the brake lights must come on? I dare say it's bad driving to keep slowing down like that, but if they do, the brake lights have to show that they are slowing.

Yes but you're supposed to maintain constant pressure, not keep accelerating and then letting your foot off when maintaining speed. Not keep braking when the road is clear in front of you