2030 - No new ICE cars to be sold

I read that ,and it seems to blow a massive hole in what  Marketing and a real life scenario  do not quite match 

But who in their right mind would leave home on a long journey  knowing they only had enough power for a 45 mile journey? There are lots of interesting videos on youtube testing the range of EV's. The Kia Niro comes out quite well. The current maximum range seems to be  about 200 miles for those vehicles with extended range batteries. In that distance it's likely you would need a break somewhere, probably two in my case so you top up the battery. It's not quite rocket science?

David

Would you get 200 miles towing a caravan

That’s the point though isn’t it? Beautiful car, built to be driven and enjoyed, and environmentally much better. Sadly the infrastructure required to keep it moving wasn’t there when required and the journey became very stressful.

We have motored under similar circumstances with our dual fuelled 4 litre Jeeps. We have had two that had both LPG and petrol tanks. Once the LPG ran out, they switched to petrol, no difference in performance, but the cost per mile trebled, so we made sure we didn’t run out of LPG, especially when towing. We always did a bit of research for LPG stations if we were venturing somewhere new, and it was rather easy in truth, until a pump wasn’t working, or the LPG delivery hadn’t been. Then the fun and games started. Let down by the infrastructure, not the vehicles.

At the moment EVs are brilliant for local journeys, charging at home, but  you’d need to factor in more time and a good dose of luck to charge up mid journey. 

If indeed the car is pictured outside their house why didn't they use a granny charger overnight?

"That’s the point though isn’t it? Beautiful car, built to be driven and enjoyed, and environmentally much better"

are they though?, a report just published reports that EV produce 60 pct more CO2 during manufacture than an ICE vehicle and that you would have to drive your EV some 50k miles to make as green as an ICE vehicle, i believe it was Honda and Mclaren that did the testing on Volvo EV. I know this is now rather than the future and i am sure improvements will be made.....maybe.....

Heard on West Midlands news a couple of days ago that Birmingham are going to install 9,000 public chargers - -  over the next 10 years! To me that doesn't sound very many for a city the size of Birmingham especially as there are many anecdotal stories of public chargers being out of action. What the piece didn't state was whether the council would install 100 now and 8,900 in 10 years time. Perhaps they are unsure that the EV revolution will actually take off.

I have given up on all the hair tearing and angst around what is more eco friendly, to love and retain something old, or accept something new and replaced every few years. Not just for cars either.

Doing our bit, we haven’t reproduced, don’t eat meat and I have only flown once since 1982, OH has flown twice. Our eco impact is negligible compared to most folks, so I don’t beat myself up about it, but recycle, reuse and don’t feel the need to constantly renew my material possessions or decor every year or so. 

We will get an electric car when it suits us, when the infrastructure is better and when we can afford a nice one, like that Porsche. 

But then, the Ineos Grenadier is launched next year........🤔

Not many domestic properties have 50KW excess to supply a charge over the household requirements I suspect during the daytime

Yes but a domestic electrical supply will be sufficient to charge an EV overnight via what they call a Granny Charger which can be plugged into the normal 13 amp socket as I understand it. It takes a lot longer of course. From the picture in the newspaper article there seemed no reason why they couldn't have done that? There are also generous Government subsidies for installing a proper charging system at home, if I have remembered correctly it costs about £1000 to install but by the time you take into account the subsidies I think you end up paying about £300.

David