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My 1982 licence specifies the unladen weight of a three-wheeler driven in those circumstances as 'up to 425kg'.I drove an EV once. Clover dairies milk float on the Stone Road back in the late 60's during a student summer job. Two pedals, a goer and a stopper and a large curved metal bar to steer it by. The batteries were a large bank of lead acid accumulators sitting under the platform at the back.
Carried a fair bit of weight when it was fully loaded up. Each night the floats would be parked and plugged into chargers outside in the yard, now all long gone and covered in houses. I didn't have a car licence at the time but as they were three wheelers I was allowed to drive it on a bike licence (I'm still not sure if that was legal as there was an unladen weight restriction, I think of 8 cwt on that. While a Reliant was OK, all those batteries on a milk float might have pushed them over the top.)
Still the cops were hardly likely to get into a high speed pursuit with a milk float (I remember some motorway cops were driving around in Daimler Darts back then.)
Well I've milked that post for all it's worth ARF ARF !! (Do ya get it ..... ..... I should get paid for this shit.)
I am delighted to report that the French do indeed have electricity. This makes electric cars there viable.I eagerly await your reports of electric cars in France.
It's just as well - around 5% of the UK's electricity starts out there.I am delighted to report that the French do indeed have electricity.
Thanks for the update.I am delighted to report that the French do indeed have electricity. This makes electric cars there viable.
In other news, there appear to be no pubmen over here whatsoever...
Even as an EV owner that… seems impractical at 20 cars as the minimum. It would require a lot of digging. It also has some weird issues like what do you do with multi-business shared car parks (like the tech park)
Kingsmead flooding and electric chargers may not be such a good idea though. Oh hang on, didn't they promise it wouldn't ever flood again when the planning was being done?Even as an EV owner that… seems impractical at 20 cars as the minimum. It would require a lot of digging. It also has some weird issues like what do you do with multi-business shared car parks (like the tech park)
Kingsmead not having any is frankly criminal though, it should have been a prerequisite by the council for the build in the first place
It should be possible to ensure that the chargers are only supplied with safe electricity from hydroelectric plants?Kingsmead flooding and electric chargers may not be such a good idea though. Oh hang on, didn't they promise it wouldn't ever flood again when the planning was being done?
Just a thought.
Trouble is if you don't do stuff like this, as well a fill roads with on street charging and upgrading places like the Hough from 2 to 12 or more chargers as an absolute minimum, not to mention quadrupling the number of motorway chargers and having it all as 100kw plus charging, then come 2030, we're stuffed.Even as an EV owner that… seems impractical at 20 cars as the minimum. It would require a lot of digging. It also has some weird issues like what do you do with multi-business shared car parks (like the tech park)
Kingsmead not having any is frankly criminal though, it should have been a prerequisite by the council for the build in the first place
Very true, but I think 20 is a bad minimum to be honest, it’ll catch a lot of businesses without the means to do it and the charging providers will rip them off because they have no choiceTrouble is if you don't do stuff like this, as well a fill roads with on street charging and upgrading places like the Hough from 2 to 12 or more chargers as an absolute minimum, not to mention quadrupling the number of motorway chargers and having it all as 100kw plus charging, then come 2030, we're stuffed.
It's almost as if Boris decided on the EV only policy without properly thinking it through or having any sort of plan besides the initial headline.
It should be set as a proportion of the workforce.Very true, but I think 20 is a bad minimum to be honest, it’ll catch a lot of businesses without the means to do it and the charging providers will rip them off because they have no choice
Wouldn’t have affected us as our landlord is planning to fit a bunch anyway, he put in the cable for it when the 3-phase to our building had to be replaced.
It's almost as if Boris decided on the EV only policy without properly thinking it through or having any sort of plan besides the initial headline.
Trouble is if you don't do stuff like this, as well a fill roads with on street charging and upgrading places like the Hough from 2 to 12 or more chargers as an absolute minimum, not to mention quadrupling the number of motorway chargers and having it all as 100kw plus charging, then come 2030, we're stuffed.
It's almost as if Boris decided on the EV only policy without properly thinking it through or having any sort of plan besides the initial headline.
It should be set as a proportion of the workforce.
I've had my latest EV since mid October and apart from driving it down to the south of France the same day I bought it and then back again, I've only used a public charger once since then. Normally, I only charge it at home or work. Since I got it I've done I've done just over 6000 miles and in that mileage have used public charging facilities far, far less than you will have in your ICE vehicle.People seem to park their petrol and diesel cars without needing to top up the fuel in car parks. Why do EV owners expect to charge up on the go? do it at home. Oh perhaps it is because EVs are not as efficient and the technology isn't there yet. After all, if it was superior to petrol/diesel then HGVs would all be using it, the fact they are not shows how battery powered vehicles are an inferior technology at present. In fact, HGVs will probably be using diesel for decades to come.
I'm not anti-EV, I just believe that to make progress the next technological step should be upwards over the current technology. Not a step backwards and requiring governments to ban the alternative. Nobody forced you to stop using a CRT TV, a dumbphone etc, governments didn't have to ban them.
Leaded petrol was banned of course, but that should never have existed and only existed due to a big act of deception.
How do you suggest those in terraced houses, older flats and other pre charger communal living charge their cars? And don't people on long journeys require a petrol station stop to refuel? Why shouldn't electric cars be able to do the same?People seem to park their petrol and diesel cars without needing to top up the fuel in car parks. Why do EV owners expect to charge up on the go? do it at home. Oh perhaps it is because EVs are not as efficient and the technology isn't there yet. After all, if it was superior to petrol/diesel then HGVs would all be using it, the fact they are not shows how battery powered vehicles are an inferior technology at present. In fact, HGVs will probably be using diesel for decades to come.
I'm not anti-EV, I just believe that to make progress the next technological step should be upwards over the current technology. Not a step backwards and requiring governments to ban the alternative. Nobody forced you to stop using a CRT TV, a dumbphone etc, governments didn't have to ban them.
Leaded petrol was banned of course, but that should never have existed and only existed due to a big act of deception.