Diesel & petrol alternatives? Your thoughts please

Posted on 22/02/2022 14:35 by brue

A&J, I understand what you're saying but caravanning and motorhoming are niche markets, which some can afford and others can't even entertain. We're hopefully talking about developments in these markets, which will be expensive and fairly untested at first but things have changed since the start of this thread five years ago and we are now seeing more progress. 

It might be that we all rent vehicles in the future rather than make large financial purchases, who knows?! It's interesting to see that EVs now have more capabilities in relation to our vanning hobbies.

 

Posted on 22/02/2022 14:02 by allanandjean

Whilst there may be some for whom it is a mindset thing there are many others for who it is not.

I posted, in response to your OP and made the point that it seemed you were providing very useful info, and in an even handed way but, if you cannot afford an EV, can't charge it at home and can't do the things you want, or need, to do then that is not much of a choice to my mind.

I fear that I can see the change to mass EV ownership will be more likely to come from being given no choice, rather than being able to exercise choice oneself.

Posted on 22/02/2022 15:35 by allanandjean

Brue, I would be devastated to have to give up the van, but my comments are related to general car ownership.

I read a brief article about a new Alfa Romeo last week. It will do 38 miles as a pure EV which means that, when I arrive at my nearest supermarket 20 miles away, I will have no choice but to charge it.

I live in a terrace of 12 houses but only 4 of us have parking, and the roads are single track with no pavement into which a charge point could be fitted. 

In the last year I visited, for work, 280 blocks of flats but parking is a bit of an 'inverse square' thing as, the greater density of flats to a block, the more likely it is that lack of space for development drove this so, guess what? There is nowhere to park or to provide parking!

As I, and others have said, whilst I could probably afford the financial and logistical problems there are many, that cant and will never be able to.

 

Posted on 22/02/2022 15:57 by Oneputt

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/tips-advice/352864/can-you-tow-electric-or-hybrid-car

Posted on 22/02/2022 15:35 by allanandjean

Brue, I would be devastated to have to give up the van, but my comments are related to general car ownership.

I read a brief article about a new Alfa Romeo last week. It will do 38 miles as a pure EV which means that, when I arrive at my nearest supermarket 20 miles away, I will have no choice but to charge it.

I live in a terrace of 12 houses but only 4 of us have parking, and the roads are single track with no pavement into which a charge point could be fitted. 

In the last year I visited, for work, 280 blocks of flats but parking is a bit of an 'inverse square' thing as, the greater density of flats to a block, the more likely it is that lack of space for development drove this so, guess what? There is nowhere to park or to provide parking!

As I, and others have said, whilst I could probably afford the financial and logistical problems there are many, that cant and will never be able to.

 

Posted on 22/02/2022 16:42 by

My daughter was supposed to fly into Venice where her partner was  waiting to collect her in an EV.Due to fog the plane was diverted to Milan and the EV didn't  have the range . She got 2 busses and a train

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Posted on 22/02/2022 21:45 by Boff

So for my own amusement I plug in the route Milan Malpensa/ Venice Marco Polo into ABRP based on my EV with a 75% stating. state.   Result tells me I would require 2 charges 23 minutes and 5minutes I think 30minutes at 1 would workto cover 195miles It looks like some people are looking to fail.

On the other hand if she was going to Venice because that were the holiday was.   Then my partner would take 2 buses and a train