Future of Caravaning

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  • Mitsi Fendt
    Mitsi Fendt Forum Participant Posts: 484
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    edited January 2019 #32

    Two points to make. Electric vehicles will not doubt evolve in the next twenty years. The vehicles of today are vastly different than those of twenty years ago.

    Doubt if I will be on this planet in twenty years let alone worrying about the towing capability of my electric car.

  • Wildwood
    Wildwood Club Member Posts: 3,582 ✭
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    edited January 2019 #33

    True, the reservation I have is how we are going to set up a decent refueling system at a sensible cost particularly in areas with no off street parking and on the road. At the moment there seems to be sensible plan and this will hold back sales eventually.

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,647 ✭✭✭
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    edited January 2019 #34

    I think that there's a "no" missing before "sensible plan", ww.wink

  • rayjsj
    rayjsj Forum Participant Posts: 930
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    edited January 2019 #35

    The 'pausing' of the building of the latest Nuclear power stations, means that electricity generation for the charging of masses of electrical vehicles is a long, and getting longer way off. Even beyond 2040 if they are not careful. Individual vehicle power generation (PHEV)  IS viable and the Mitsibushi 4x4 has a reasonable towing limit.Just the range is a bit rubbish at present.

    Most of the air quality problems are about Cities and Suburbs..a lot of us are rural dwellers, and most of us drive older vehicles WE are not the problem however. Making laws about older vehicles for the whole Country is too broad a brush. 

    PS our air quality is great...despite Tractors and overflying airliners. 

     

     

     

  • hitchglitch
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    edited January 2019 #36

    My electric car has a 10 amp charger so I could plug it into the motorhome. 20 hours to charge from empty to full although you would not normally run it flat. So the Club is not really going to have an issue with that as many people have awning heaters and the like taking that much power. Also, if it were plugged in there would only be 6 amps left for everything else and most would find that unacceptable.

    If fast or rapid chargers were provided at Club sites they would need to be dedicated units and a proprietary supplier and you would pay for the electricity used.

    I think that electric motorhomes or tow cars are some way off yet; plenty of time for the Club to monitor what is needed.

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