Towing with an EV - trip report
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So what happens when, like this week, a storm causes all electric power to be cut off to the service station you had identified as a recharging point en route? Do you just park up and wait for it to be reattached, which could be days!?
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Having watched the video that David linked us to I can't say I'm any more pro electric cars at the moment. The figures obtained in the trials were certainly not impressive and that was on a test track. I wonder what the figures would be for 'real life' driving ? Far worse is my guess.
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When the club did a trial of electric /hibrid vehicles towing very small caravans from Bures country park site to Cayton village club site, it involved an overnight stop at Beechwood Grange site ,which shows quite a bit of range worries,
As an asiide ,the last time we were visiting Harrogate some of their Buses, were electric ,,when I asked one of the drivers if they were good, she said it would not work if we did not have extra buses that were on charge to change over , the service would have to be reduced
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That’s thought provoking🤔-massive power outage thru storm damage, no network power-emergency vehicles?, evacuation on a big scale?, power company workers getting to damaged areas to effect repairs?. . .That’s just a few issues🤷🏻♂️
Cynically. . .I believe the world of EV will be just for the minions tbh, the infrastructure workers will access Fossil Fuel transport for many years, the armed forces & Govt ministers too, in fact all our leaders will be exempt. . .Yup it’s beginning to make sense.3 -
It is time that all the emergency services, went back to the days when they had there own fuel supplies at their main depots where all the vehicles needed were kept instead of "saving? money by the staff keeping vehicles at home and closing their yards, and relying on fuel cards
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Well, maybe that is a fact, but what about those that can’t?
We live in a rural area and for many they may be able to park their car, on a public road with no restrictions, but can’t charge it there?
What about the 280 blocks of flats, of just one housing provider in Cornwall, that don’t have parking?
If EV ownership is something forced on me I could probably cope, logistically and financially, but for many people one, or both, of theses issues will mean an EV is not an option, no matter how many boxes it ticks.
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They’re also held in humungous tanks ready & on demand. They(humungous tanks) also have gravity on their side so no power needed to pump. I’ve not known of any shortage of Fossil fuel over time due to storm damage🤷🏻♂️
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I see this electrication of our lives being on a them & us basis. The minions will be forced to take up EV world but all the blue light services will be allowed both options, the armed forces too. The MP’s & govt bods generally will do whatever they want to. Possibly-EV with a fuelled up getaway vehicle in case of problems full of fossil fuel. Hybrids 1st would be the best of both worlds. I’m back on the fence now with plans to buy a FF vehicle just before we switch to Epower. Unless a lot changes👍🏻
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For a few years we had four cars at our property. All could be got off the road (fourth one at a push) However, wether all four could have been charged overnight, as all were required every day, I have no idea. Given the number of properties with multiple cars the electrical infrastructure into our estate would probably require substantially upgrading
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I was startled to pull onto the forecourt to find an ambulance. Luckily it was only there to fill up BUT my mind was processing all sorts of senerios at the speed of light in case I needed to make a swift exit!
We had a murder on a filling station forecourt locally, so extra vigilant.
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SteveL. The average EV user partially charges up about three times a week, it shouldn't be a problem.
As for other comments I think the OP presented the facts about his towing experiences with an EV very carefully and fully. It would be good if this thread stuck to the towing experience rather than divert to "what ifs." It's better to understand the facts and realities presented by those who actually run EVs and hybrids.
We've now had an EV for five years, we hoped our car might get homolgation but it hasn't however in that time we've been pleased to see reliable tow cars coming along. This isn't going to be a miracle overnight process but new developments and infrastructure will be on the way.
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So, just because there are, factually, more people who can “park at home” than not you feel able to dismiss the millions, and, factually, it is millions, who can’t by dismissing these concerns as ‘whataboutism’??
Fairness should be for all, not just those that are fortunate to be able to afford an EV and are able to park and charge it at home.
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SteveL. The average EV user partially charges up about three times a week, it shouldn't be a problem.SteveL. The average EV user partially charges up about three times a week, it shouldn't be a problem.
Two weren’t average and were doing more than a hundred miles a day. That’s the problem with averages they result from the very low and the very high. Currently I would need to charge once a week at most. My eldest son, probably two times per 24 hours.
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