The all things EV chat thread

Can someone explain this logic as I can’t get my head around it.

Yesterday travelling back from West Bromwich I stopped at one of the services. A lovely lady in a plug in hybrid was sitting there with her car on a fast charge no doubt paying a huge motorway premium for a fast charge. Given the range on this specific hybrid is 35-40miles on electric, what would be the theory in paying 80p p/kw when the car is a dual fuel and the petrol garage was 50m max from the charger.
Not like charging it will break the bank , probs a tenner to top up. Combined with the ice , probably more economical to use both.
 
Did a large journey yesterday, 230 miles round trip. I was thinking I would stop in and do a quick squirt to see us home but the car just kept finding more range.
We set off with the predictor saying 220miles .. ( bit pessimistic was my opinion!) we got to the destination and it said 54% battery and 135miles left ..
When I got home it was 30miles range left and 8% battery..
This was a mainly motorway driving with a short 10 mile either end of B-roads.

On another note a friend showed me his new Cadillac EV .. very impressed, not your usual American build material rubbish. Lots of features nicely appointed. BIG ! Ride is soft but who cares, very rarely can you unwind a sports car, might as well cruise.
 
Did a large journey yesterday, 230 miles round trip. I was thinking I would stop in and do a quick squirt to see us home but the car just kept finding more range.
We set off with the predictor saying 220miles .. ( bit pessimistic was my opinion!) we got to the destination and it said 54% battery and 135miles left ..
When I got home it was 30miles range left and 8% battery..
This was a mainly motorway driving with a short 10 mile either end of B-roads.

On another note a friend showed me his new Cadillac EV .. very impressed, not your usual American build material rubbish. Lots of features nicely appointed. BIG ! Ride is soft but who cares, very rarely can you unwind a sports car, might as well cruise.

I had an away day on Tuesday used one route going and another coming home

The route going was about 50% dual carriageway the route home was mainly country A roads with lots of bends and braking.
I did not check the actual figures but reckoned the route home used about two thirds of the battery compared to out.
 
Who pays for it and how much ?
By the look of that image it’s just a channel cut across the pavement running from a “normal” charger mounted inside his gatepost.

I would then assume that the user would be liable for the cost of the work (just like paying for a dropped kerb) and the cost of permission.

The white strip is presumably removable/replaceable to get the cable in and out.

Prob looking at £800-£1000 depending on council and contractor used.
 
By the look of that image it’s just a channel cut across the pavement running from a “normal” charger mounted inside his gatepost.

I would then assume that the user would be liable for the cost of the work (just like paying for a dropped kerb) and the cost of permission.

The white strip is presumably removable/replaceable to get the cable in and out.

Prob looking at £800-£1000 depending on council and contractor used.
Yes the big problem comes when the utility companies want to dig the pavement up.😳
 
In some roads you would have to be lucky to be able to park in ‘your spot’. Without assigned parking any personal solution is hoping for the best.

Road parallel to here it would be impossible. The road it is leading to, we know a guy who charged his Tesla via one of these roll over cable protection things occasionally but he always gets ‘his’ spot there.


Did these hang over beam things ever been used in practice? Would be cheaper to do and takes away any pavement work.
 
Yes the big problem comes when the utility companies want to dig the pavement up.😳
Depends on the rigour of the permission process. When we wanted to extend the drop kerb the permission process asked if there were gas, water or telecoms access points within 2m of the site.

Councils usually have visibility of electricity cable routes and if one ran right across where you want to dig then it’s likely your permission would be denied.
 
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