electric cars.

[exosteve]

Is there something I'm missing?
I work on a relatively posh estate.
And all of a sudden 5/6 houses in a short row have had what appears to be a big circuit box fitted on there house.
Its also got what looks like a wire spool and a 110v looking plug on.

On top of that.I've seen a commercial advertising a hybrid car doing 148mpg..
Think its a government free fitting scheme to get people buying electric cars?
Fook that.prices will rocket for power.I stick to veg.

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by exosteve

Is there something I'm missing?
I work on a relatively posh estate.
And all of a sudden 5/6 houses in a short row have had what appears to be a big circuit box fitted on there house.
Its also got what looks like a wire spool and a 110v looking plug on.

On top of that.I've seen a commercial advertising a hybrid car doing 148mpg..
Think its a government free fitting scheme to get people buying electric cars?
Fook that.prices will rocket for power.I stick to veg.

Yeah the rave in Kensington now is the Tesla car, sports looking thing with the worlds biggest screen/dash. 55k to about 110k

Looks cool but meh...

[perelaar]

Probably charging stations, indeed. The Tesla is nice, as a toy, but not as a daily car (have a look at the maintenance schedule and prices...).

I saw a Tazzari Zero on the highway today, bloody dangerous. Everyone zipping past at 70 mph, I think it couldn't do more than 40.

[macabethiel]

I have driven a number of Mercedes hybrids and the mpg claims are a joke.The real world mpg is a few mpg only. They are popular as a company vehicle because you pay very little tax as a benefit in kind. The increase in purchase price is offset by the government as a sweetener.

[Fez_uk]

My colleague has just got a electric and it does something proper cheap per mile, But if it needs fixing it won't be a case of taking it to the local garage

[elty001]

gay is all I can say.

[briggie]

hydrogen fuel cells is the way forward

[Ianinessex]

Originally Posted by briggie

hydrogen fuel cells is the way forward

Great minds ................

[don simon]

Have they sorted out a long enogh extension lead for proper journeys yet?

[jims-terrano]

I would actually have a leaf or something along those lines if they were not so costly and of course the hire fees of the batteries. Suppose I could charge during the day and my solar will will charge it

[Fez_uk]

But to produce the hydrogen you need electric

[Sweety]

Often get stuck behind nissan leaf's on the plus side when you put your foot down in the old dirty oil burner T2 to overtake them it's like driving a 400bhp hot hatch

[rustic]

Originally Posted by don simon

Have they sorted out a long enogh extension lead for proper journeys yet?

Problem is the voltage drop, and tangled cables...
what they need is a mesh above all motorways, and on the back of the car is a stick that makes contact with the mesh like bumping cars, or like scalectric have slots with electric pick ups each side.

In the old days, say 50-70 years ago.. there were road based electric trolley buses, a bit like trams, but without the rails.
So in all these years, have we really made any progress?

People have to buy these cars in order for technology to progress, imagine modern computers if Sinclair hadn't invented his first computer, or IBM with the PET computer and I still have a Dragon 64, with software, first written by Micro Soft.

Same with mobile phones.

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by rustic

In the old days, say 50-70 years ago..

I know you've had your terrano for a long time but..

[perelaar]

Originally Posted by rustic

In the old days, say 50-70 years ago.. there were road based electric trolley buses, a bit like trams, but without the rails.
So in all these years, have we really made any progress?

These are still being used, for example in Bucharest in Romania. Work fine, and less air pollution in the city.
No solution for longer distances of course, but for a city centre I like them.