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How far are you driving though? I have a 45 mile round trip commute and my parents are about the same distance away. I am driving about 90 miles to Shropshire on the weekend to stay for a few days. Not really feasible for most families unless as a second car.
Just looked on the Nissan website, those cars start at £25K, have a range of 168 miles when fully charged, they take at least a hour to recharge to 20% at a recharging station, they can be charged at your home using a normal electrical socket and will take over 7 hours to fully charge.
Massive changes will occur over the next few years - the demise of the diesel engine and the evolvement of battery technology is gathering pace. The governments of the world are helping to push this along via inner city clean zones and some of the big automotive conglomerates are in full support. Some auto manufacturers are going through M&A purely so that battery tech and power electronics can be secured.
Picked up my 2 year old Leaf for just under £16k, its a top spec with most gadgets. I'd say the car will comfortably do 110-120 miles. I really need to get out and try it.
Not sure where you got the charging times from. Rapid charging at services takes anywhere from 30-40 mins to 100%.
Home charging on a 3 pin plug at home can easy take over 10 hours but I find its rare I get home with an empty battery so it less.
Home charges can be fit from £200 upwards at that will reduce your charge time 3.5 hours.
Majority of my driving is A roads, but when I've been on dual carriageway/motorway I've been over 90mph comfortably.
I tend to drive with eco mode on which restricts things but saves the battery. But when I've needed to open up to overtake etc I flick the eco button off and it flies.
My next car is going to be an EV. The Fully Charged You Tube channel with Robert Llewelyn (Red Dwarf) and the excellent Jonny Smith is great. Lots of stuff about EV's but also renewable energy generation and management.
Bobby Llew is very passionate about his EV's and anything involved with renewable energy. He's currently driving one of the original 24kwh Nissan Leafs and loves it.
James and Kate produce good you-tube vids of EV's which are definitely worth a watch for anyone interested in EV's.
I'll be doing everything I can to own a Tesla in the future.
Why don't they put dynamos on each wheel to recharge batteries. They would run for longer. Or is that too simple?
Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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