On street car charging.

[t-tony]

One thing this piece doesn’t address is parking the “wrong direction” so the cable connector is close to the kerb During overnight charging. Also it appears there is a glut of use EVs as many have come to the end of a lease agreement which made them more attractive in the first place.

Is this the answer to charging EVs without off-street parking?

UK startup Kerbo Charge has this month announced the rollout of its groundbreaking self-closing cable channel for electric car owners, which run through the pavement.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

Tony.

 

[bombur]

you just know that this will go wrong with trip hazards etc. It says self -closing...bet they can fail

 

[t-tony]

Yeah, and you don't get your hands dirty either. As if.

Tony.

 

[Toby]

Not forgetting you have no right to park directly outside your property either.
Most folks who street park, struggle each night to find a space close to their house.

 

[Andybpowell]

And no one's going to get distracted when they're late for work in the morning and leave the cable laying in the road it shouldn't be dangerous but it will be costly

 

[gookah]

this is a claim waiting to happen, nothing stops someone other than the homeowner from pulling up the cable part way and introducing a trip hazard, who then is liable?

regarding being cheaper, charging my full electric car in February 2022 (just one month) added another £200 to my electric bill.
That was before all the latest price rises,
OK I may have put £200 in my previous diesel 1 series for a similar mileage, but I didn't have any range issues, could fill it in 5 minutes and it didnt cost £5000 more just for being the electric equivalent of the petrol or diesel variant of that model.
oh yes, and also it didnt cover less than 2/3rds of the summer range just because it was colder.

On the plus side, I now charge it at work and it is free fuel.

 

[bombur]

On the plus side, I now charge it at work and it is free fuel.

Get it free while it lasts, before it gets taxed as a perk!

 

[RB2]

I think if we're to be forced to go full electric then the solution might be flow batteries. Basically fill up a tank of charged liquid, use the charge, drain and repeat. My daily is a plug in hybrid and I wouldn't go full electric just now because the infrastructure isn't where it needs to be. I often tow a trailer and charging on the road would be a challange as the chargers are single spaced. I also go to the Scottish Highlands alot, car charging would be tricky or more hassle than I could be bothered with. Liquid flow batteries seem to make more sense to me.

Tenfold improvement in liquid batteries mean electric car refuelling could take minutes

What’s so special about this liquid, or flow, battery?

ec.europa.eu

 

[IanA]

Our daily is a plug in hybrid which we take to the local shopping centre, pay (cheaper than elsewhere) for parking and then get "free" charging.
Every little helps. We travel to Scotland occasionally (440 miles for us) so the extra hours for charging a fully electric vehicle would not be popular.
Batteries have made the car heavier so petrol consumption is a bit worse and the tyres are wearing quicker.

 

[Ianmc]

No issues here: my washing machine and other white goods run on electricity, my cars run on petrol. This is the natural law.

 

[andyglym]

Meanwhile in the 85/90mpg gang

 

[gookah]

yes, but you need to dress like a frogman wearing an astronauts hat

 

[Toby]

Meanwhile in the 85/90mpg gang
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Happy to spend a little more on fuel, and not wear all the kinky gear - time and a place.....