Might be tempted to get another Stag at some point.....if we are allowed to that is?
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Might be tempted to get another Stag at some point.....if we are allowed to that is?
I live not far off the North Pennines fringe and work in the North Pennines. The nearest chargers are 10 miles from my home (though l can easily charge at home as l have a drive but half the houses here don't).
If you were responsible for unlocking that chicken and egg problem in that area what would you do, please?Ben@Forest wrote: ↑2 Aug 2021, 5:44amI live not far off the North Pennines fringe and work in the North Pennines. The nearest chargers are 10 miles from my home (though l can easily charge at home as l have a drive but half the houses here don't).
In the area l work chargers they are few and far between in a very hilly landscape. Over around 800 sq miles it's four or five locations Today I'll be driving at least 112 miles, l really wouldn't trust doing that in an EV.
Ahem...Ben@Forest wrote: ↑2 Aug 2021, 5:44amOn the other hand was passed by a run of mainly MG Spitfires...
If you add how far you drive we can do some estimates...francovendee wrote: ↑2 Aug 2021, 8:28am From a purely monetary view, would buying and running an EV make a long term cost saving?
Thanks for this. Without wishing to pry into your personal affairs, could you you give some figures, please?
Definitely government should intervene to ensure sufficient and well-positioned charging points. They intervene in petrol and diesel, maintaining a network of strategic filling stations: many are the motorway service areas but there are more, which were usually the ones which got fuel first during various disruption.
I don't own an electric car, yet.Oldjohnw wrote: ↑2 Aug 2021, 8:48amThanks for this. Without wishing to pry into your personal affairs, could you you give some figures, please?
Some of us are looking ahead with this.
My own situation is I have a 5 year old VW Gold TDi Blue motion. I do about 7k miles pa of mixed distances. I currently get about 55-60mpg locally and about 72mpg on longer (50miles+) trips. I am hoping to move next week. This will I imagine reduce my local trips to a couple of thousand miles pa then a couple of holidays/visits to my son which will involve a 500mile round trip.
I am not interested in anyone telling me how to reduce mileage or do without a car. I know my own circumstances and I have already halved my mileage and am seeking a further 50% reduction.
Thanks.
This seems to be a major issue in switching (!).biketips666 wrote: ↑2 Aug 2021, 9:38am I suspect you may be getting put off by the ticket price of new electric cars.
You were right the first time. : - )
"Think of a note, don't play it."
I agree with most of that. It would be great if all of those were addressed in national and local policy.NUKe wrote: ↑2 Aug 2021, 9:32am the best environmental impact is for us all to drive less, A car creates almost as much pollution being made as it does in ten years of use EV's are still a drain on valuable resources, the best solution for the world is for personal ownership to be dropped in favour of pooled ownership. the average journey of the Chelsea tractor is still around 3 to 5 miles. Even if its electric, its still a drain on the earths resources. Our small town is constant stream of people driving around to go the 1 or 2 miles to the shop. the local School I cycle past has a long of cars quite often SUVs some of whom I know have driven less than a couple of miles and worst still there is a cycling/walking bridge which would have made it less than 1/2 a mile