It would be relatively easy and inexpensive to provide charging points at each lamp post, however, charging for it would be the politically difficult part right now - what? It costs to charge an eco-warrior EV?? I'm not getting one of them....
Not for one moment - it's just a particularly egregious example. Just occasionally though, it does coincide with a genuine need.
Indeed, unless the lamp posts are on the outside edge of the kerb, otherwise dig up pavement and install meter Still, nothing is going to happen without a 'sufficient' increase in tax somewhere
Indeed Harry & that is kinda my point, I really don’t know what to believe although there appears to be at least some degree of evidence that pumping out CO for the last century hasn’t helped the environment. Technomad clearly knows his onions here & I’m not qualified to argue with him, I know another techy dude who tells me that hydrogen research is close to major breakthroughs with tank sizing, compression techniques & safety valve issues that could/would make cars that produce only pure water as a by product very real, very quickly. I’ve known him years & he sounds very believable to me, but these stories still persist of any other non ICE tech being fraught with unworkable problems & the answer can’t just be that if you use it for city or local short trip driving, it’s OK because most of us don’t just do that. Having to spend hours online planning your recharge stops on a trip to Spain (or even to Scotland) & worrying about using the aircon or the wiper blades or if you’re really getting an 8kw boost or a 4kw boost isn’t going to work for most of us. It may be that the tech, via the infrastructure could solve that but it isn’t there yet, it isn’t looking likely yet & who’s going to pay for it all anyway? Dunno what the answer is but I don’t think it’s just EV’s while we have no other way of producing enough power at source other than err...burning fossil fuels. Having said all that, I’m not against EVs & wish that Ducati would put some muscle behind it, for the good of the brand, but I am against the increasing city legislation that is putting all of us with non electric vehicles out of pocket again, having been told to buy diesels in the first place. I can honestly see a situation in my kids lifetimes at least when they’re told not buy EVs anymore because it’s poorly thought through, poorly backed & funded & poorly developed with only those that think £40-50k for a family car is OK. Hum, clearly too much time on my hands today
Charging cables do not need to exist. There have been inductive charging systems for several years now where you just drive up to the charging plate or park over it and charge up your EV. Problem is that as far as I am aware it has not been properly developed to roll out as a viable option. Surely it is feasible for each vehicle to have its own "ID" which the charging point will recognise and then allocate the cost to your "account" so it wont matter which charge point you are using. Can't be rocket science in this day and age but probably a nightmare to physically and logistically set up as it would need a complex network and all the manufacturers to sign up to the concept.
Or you could pay per hour used, so charging is free as it’s taken at the other end. All EV are equally efficient, right? Lol But actually I think you could have a car tax type system, based on car and hours used. All these cars will be connected anyway (so everyone will already be being tracked) so hours used becomes the the miles travelled. I’d imagine that’s what determines an electric motor service intervals: time in operation?
Simplistically it's all energy - we are being manipulated by varying taxes on energy. Methane emissions are apparently 21 times more damaging than CO2, however cold venting (pure methane) is allowed?
Industrial electric motors are usually inspected for safety regulations on a, generally, four yearly interval or breakdown depending on industry/criticality. I'm sure Tesla won't be using that regime
There's now no service schedule for Teslas: for the Model 3, they say change brake fluid & pollen filter every two years, battery coolant at 4 and, beyond that, it's windscreen wipers and rotate the tyres every 6250 miles. Motors are rated at 1M miles.
Lazy here. Any figures on how many miles the battery lasts? It'll be a range of course, due to differing usages depending on individual circumstances.
Induction charging is incredibly slow. Just on a phone level, it's approximately 3-4 times slower than cable charging.
Loads of viable options but most of them need some free thinking and an open mind plus the follow up of efficient organisation and sensible efficient investment. WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE SCREWED
Yes, needs massive development input, considering it first appeared as a car charging concept 6 or 7 years ago maybe more it has totally stagnated.
