I travelled the UK and Ireland in an electric car, and what a shocker: nothing went wrong | Charlotte Naughton
www.theguardian.com
Despite being an EV convert, fearmongering made me anxious before my holiday. But the summer road trip reaffirmed my faith, says Charlotte Naughton, joint production editor of Guardian Opinion

good little read, and worth noting she managed in a fairly old model. I do alot of EV miles in an older model also, and its totally fine.

My current EV beef is the price gouging on very slow charging points. Its the same electrons you mad bastards

  • JoBo
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    1 year ago

    This is key:

    For a full tank, I leave it on a local lamp-post overnight, many of which now have allocated bays to prevent ICEing (being blocked by a car with an internal combustion engine). Brighton is quite well served, but I like to think it’s at the forefront of widespread adoption rather than being an exception. Local provision has to be a gradual process, to be approached by councils delicately – my neighbours would be entitled to be upset if 10 of their parking spaces were suddenly taken over by EV-only bays that largely sat empty.

    A very large proportion of housing in the UK only has on-street parking. It’s getting easier to charge up while doing the weekly shop but being able to plug in at home, or anywhere else you’re parked up for a while, is a major factor for many people. And the earliest generation of electric cars is only just getting to the point of old-banger affordability, so range anxiety will be an issue for many, many years to come.

    It’s got to be workable on a 100-150 mile range for people who can’t buy new cars. And also for those who do buy new cars, because their ability to buy a new car depends a great deal on their ability to sell an old one.

    Nice to see an article that emphasises how much easier it is getting.

    Obviously, I’d much rather see the same article showing how easy and affordable the same trip is by public transport. But, infuriatingly, we’re not there yet. One day, maybe. Come the revolution etc etc.