Electric Cars: Are they Really Worth it? (Ch5)

born_again

paul_c123 said:

WellKnownSid said:

................ The kids needed wees more than the car ever needed charging.

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Do they take an hour to go to the loo though, each time?

So funny..
Even a 15 min stop will allow for a quick top up. 

Many cars charge too fast now, so you do not have enough time to has a loo visit & a coffee, unless you have zero charge when stopping...

Bonniepurple

paul_c123 said:

WellKnownSid said:

................ The kids needed wees more than the car ever needed charging.

..........

Do they take an hour to go to the loo though, each time?

If male with a smartphone or reading material, an hour is an under estimate 🤣

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There is a follow up TV version of rage-bait "documentary" on CH5 tomorrow- "Electric Cars- Are They Safe?"

I can hardly wait, I've set the recorder so I can skip the 20 minutes of relentless adverts

ontheroad1970

The thing with electric is that it isn't necessary (or even desirable) to charge them to capacity when you stop.  I have the e5008 and on the way back from Gatwick to South Wales, I stopped at Leigh Delamere, and charged it for 15 minutes while I used the facilities and grabbed a cold drink.  The 15 mins charge got me home to my home charger with still plenty of range left.  

WellKnownSid

ontheroad1970 said:

The thing with electric is that it isn't necessary (or even desirable) to charge them to capacity when you stop.  I have the e5008 and on the way back from Gatwick to South Wales, I stopped at Leigh Delamere, and charged it for 15 minutes while I used the facilities and grabbed a cold drink.  The 15 mins charge got me home to my home charger with still plenty of range left.  

I've noticed a few people doing really strange things - like hooking their big-expensive super-fast-charging EV into a rapid at 85% SoC and waiting forever whereas we're in and out in our slow-charging Zoe.  Clueless!

ontheroad1970

WellKnownSid said:

ontheroad1970 said:

The thing with electric is that it isn't necessary (or even desirable) to charge them to capacity when you stop.  I have the e5008 and on the way back from Gatwick to South Wales, I stopped at Leigh Delamere, and charged it for 15 minutes while I used the facilities and grabbed a cold drink.  The 15 mins charge got me home to my home charger with still plenty of range left.  

I've noticed a few people doing really strange things - like hooking their big-expensive super-fast-charging EV into a rapid at 85% SoC and waiting forever whereas we're in and out in our slow-charging Zoe.  Clueless!

The Gridserve app even tells you that after the SoC reaches 80% the charging speed slows down markedly