General: Battery powered everything

31 to 39 of 39

- CommentAuthorwookey
- CommentTimeOct 9th 2022
Posted By: Rex That means Camber Sands or Dungerness, which is around a 200 mile round trip. And there is no way anyone will install charging facilities in the parking area.

Leatherhead to Dungeness is 85 miles

Very easy to just drive there and back without charging in many (probably most) EVs on sale today.

Lets say you are in the far corner, Lightwater. That's about 100 miles each way which plenty of EVs can do without charging, but maybe not with a big kit-surfer contraption on the roof.

There are fast chargers en-route, so A better route planner recommends a 15min charge at the Maidstone ionity:
https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=dd376b37-c5ad-4755-95be-01180b084f19

But the other 80% of your trips now involve never going to a petrol station - the car is always full in the morning. That's not really any worse, and an EV is _much_ nicer to drive than an ICE car (noise, nip, smell).

So yes. Obviously 'madness'. It'll never catch on.
- CommentAuthorWillInAberdeen
- CommentTimeOct 9th 2022 edited
Was interested to see that we are driving our cars for considerably less mileage each year for the last couple of decades. Last year, the average annual mileage was down to 5300 miles, which is about half what I had imagined.

That's about 100miles per week on average. So many new electric cars will go for a fortnight or more on a charge.

The mental model of an EV needing to be kept overnight every night plugged into a charger, on a private driveway outside a house, is maybe open to change now. The alternative model is of a visit to a rapid charger once a week (or fortnight) somewhere convenient where you would be parking anyway - supermarket perhaps.

That requires more focus on rolling out rapid chargers and distribution network capacity to shared locations, so the majority of folks without private driveways can reliably get electric cars recharged.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/nts09-vehicle-mileage-and-occupancy
- CommentAuthordjh
- CommentTimeOct 9th 2022
Posted By: WillInAberdeenThe alternative model is of a visit to a rapid charger once a week (or fortnight) somewhere convenient where you would be parking anyway - supermarket perhaps.
But as of yet I don't know of any supermarkets with rapid chargers. They only have fast chargers, if they have anything at all. I suspect we need the next generation of chargers that include storage so they appear as continuous lowish loads on the network but provide intermittent rapid charging to cars.
- CommentAuthordjh
- CommentTimeOct 9th 2022
Posted By: WillInAberdeenLast year, the average annual mileage was down to 5300 miles, which is about half what I had imagined.
Yes, me too. The figures for 2020 and 2021 are probably reduced by covid (edit: there's a note on the spreadsheet that says so :). I also wonder how many households have multiple cars and whether there's any way to construct statistics for what I would call 'primary' cars? Or even statistics for the average number of cars per household and the mileage per household rather than mileage per vehicle?.
- CommentAuthorWillInAberdeen
- CommentTimeOct 9th 2022 edited
>>>>> reduced by covid

True, but even before 2020 the average mileage had fallen below 150 miles per week, and it didn't rebound in 2021. Half of the 2020 drop was due to commuting mileage which isn't going to fully rebound IMO.

>>> households have multiple cars

Yes, that might well be a reason, more households have two cars. That's an opportunity as people can dip their toes by replacing their runabout with an EV for their short journeys, while building up confidence for their 200mile kitesurfing vehicle.

>>> supermarkets with rapid chargers

Morrisons near us have 50kW chargers AIUI, but as I said there needs more pushing. Storage would be good so they aren't adding to peak time loads.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1469098/morrisons-rapid-electric-car-charging-network

Edit : also Lidl
https://pod-point.com/electric-car-news/lidl-rapid-update-22

Another edit: you have to pay for 50kW charging at Tesco, but 22kW is free apparently
https://www.tescoplc.com/news/2022/tesco-installs-ev-chargers-at-500-stores/
- CommentAuthorwookey
- CommentTimeOct 9th 2022 edited
There are certainly supermarkets with rapid chargers. The central Tesco in Aberystwyth has two for example (which I've just filled in on OSM as they were missing). I think quite a lot of Tescos have this now. (older) Zoe owners really like the free 22kW AC charging. Not sure many other vehicles can take advantage of that?

I too am surprised mileage is down as far as 5300 (is that per driver or per vehicle or per owner?). It has been dropping for about 20 years now and was 8900 last time I looked. Hmm, but checking the data that was correct in 2005: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1101084/nts0901.ods and I thought that was the number for maybe 3 years ago. This may be the difference between driver mileage and vehicle mileage (similar number of drivers, quite a lot more vehicles, over that period).
- CommentAuthordjh
- CommentTimeOct 9th 2022
Posted By: WillInAberdeenEdit : also Lidl
https://pod-point.com/electric-car-news/lidl-rapid-update-22

Another edit: you have to pay for 50kW charging at Tesco, but 22kW is free apparently
https://www.tescoplc.com/news/2022/tesco-installs-ev-chargers-at-500-stores/

Hmm, YMMV as they say. Our local Lidl has no chargers at all, and the local Tesco has two 7 kW Pod Point units. For completeness the Aldi has 2 x 7 kW and the Asda has none. All chargers are free for customers. But I only ever used the Tesco for five minutes when my home charger was playing up, just to check which bit wasn't working.
- CommentAuthorWillInAberdeen
- CommentTimeOct 9th 2022 edited
And in time they will all need enough chargers to match the proportion of their customers who wish to recharge there - so rather more than 2 each. But just as we expect the proportion of EV drivers to increase over coming years, so do we expect the charging network to increase. For many reasons, the network could be increased more effectively at shared locations instead of (or as well as) at private locations.

For supermarkets the game will be to draw in drivers who need to recharge, who then buy groceries whilst they are there, same as with supermarket petrol stations. Rapid chargers have the advantage that the customer will recharge for just long enough to shop and then vacate the space, rather than parking for several hours.

Though it all
requires more focus
and
there needs more pushing
- CommentAuthorfostertom
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2023 edited
Posted By: fostertomContinuing my *fascinating* story from http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17569. the Bosch strimmer has burnt out its motor a second time, so enough of Bosch. Anyone want a ALL charger and two batteries?
To continue the continuation, Bosch replaced the strimmer a second time (both times failed within one year), and since then has performed perfectly - now a great favourite! I am pleased it has redeemed itself, as it's a radical, re-thought design, unlike any other, stylish, telescopic and folding at a touch. It lies next to my wife as she's gardening and gets picked up and used for a minute as readily as her trowel.

Having seen three brand new examples within two years, was interesting to see the design revisions, esp in the string spool - now much more robust. BTW, it just has a single string sticking out, and uses a special square-section string, but uses it up quite slowly, which is good in leaving less plastic for animals to choke on for the next 100yrs. The string can be bought cheapish online.

31 to 39 of 39

Add your comments



	Site Map \| Home \| View Cart \| Pressroom \| Business \| Links	Contact Us
Logout
© Green Building Press

Green Building Forum

Categories

Feeds

General: Battery powered everything

Username	Password