Cost of driving Electric Car up to twice the price of diesel
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Interesting Article in yesterday's Times: https://www.thetimes.com/article/049cb752-bc66-4c4...
ATG said:
In other news, motorway service sandwiches are much more expensive than sandwiches made at home.
Honestly, what was the point of writing that article and why on earth bother to draw attention to it?
I imagine the point of writing the article was to inform the reader, and forgive me for drawing attention to it but last time I looked the title of this forum was about Electric Vehicles.Honestly, what was the point of writing that article and why on earth bother to draw attention to it?
zzrman said:
ATG said:
In other news, motorway service sandwiches are much more expensive than sandwiches made at home.
Honestly, what was the point of writing that article and why on earth bother to draw attention to it?
I imagine the point of writing the article was to inform the reader, and forgive me for drawing attention to it but last time I looked the title of this forum was about Electric Vehicles.Honestly, what was the point of writing that article and why on earth bother to draw attention to it?
Finding an expensive way of doing something then telling the reader it's expensive, is not a story
zzrman said:
ChocolateFrog said:
Not read it but I'll guess it's to do with expensive fast chargers.
Never used one (unless it was free), which I imagine is not at all uncommon.
Correct.Never used one (unless it was free), which I imagine is not at all uncommon.
more than ten years before sales of new ICE/hybrid cars are banned is an impulsive fool who deserves to be
parted with his/her money by the currently (well known) high cost of public chargers.
I think that people starting threads like this are ICE drivers who desperately want to believe that EVs
are a dastardly scam, so they go looking for clickbait nonsense which reinforces their prejudice...
PBCD said:
As DonkeyApple keeps saying, anyone who buys/leases an EV without access to cheap home/work charging
more than ten years before sales of new ICE/hybrid cars are banned is an impulsive fool who deserves to be
parted with his/her money by the currently (well known) high cost of public chargers.
I think that people starting threads like this are ICE drivers who desperately want to believe that EVs
are a dastardly scam, so they go looking for clickbait nonsense which reinforces their prejudice...
I posted the link because I thought the article was interesting. I don't think they are a scam. They are personally of no use to me at all unless someone produces a small 4WD one which will get me around Andorra and up to the ski slopes and back whatever the weather.more than ten years before sales of new ICE/hybrid cars are banned is an impulsive fool who deserves to be
parted with his/her money by the currently (well known) high cost of public chargers.
I think that people starting threads like this are ICE drivers who desperately want to believe that EVs
are a dastardly scam, so they go looking for clickbait nonsense which reinforces their prejudice...
SV_WDC said:
Schmee talked about this in his recent Taycan video. The cost of a public fast charger worked out at more per mile than his F12.
Although as the article (and he) pointed out, at home charging makes it significantly cheaper
I'm not sure you are allowed to say the first part on this forum but the second part is ok Although as the article (and he) pointed out, at home charging makes it significantly cheaper
So who are these people who actually spend their own money on always charging at the most expensive places on offer rather than at home? I'd be astonished if I actually met one.
Even if you do have to charge en-route then a bit of thought can normally get you to those Tesla Superchargers open to the great unwashed at a fraction of the cost of other chargers.
The sad thing is that that this sort of clickbait misinformation actually works. Stayed with a friend recently who told me that the problem with EVs is that you have to replace the battery after 10 years ...... ironically after telling me how much he had just had to spend on his ten-year-old Merc.
Even if you do have to charge en-route then a bit of thought can normally get you to those Tesla Superchargers open to the great unwashed at a fraction of the cost of other chargers.
The sad thing is that that this sort of clickbait misinformation actually works. Stayed with a friend recently who told me that the problem with EVs is that you have to replace the battery after 10 years ...... ironically after telling me how much he had just had to spend on his ten-year-old Merc.
Well if you are sufficiently informed, which is not too difficult, then you would know this already. If you home charge it’s cheaper, if you live in a property with no charging facility that will cost more and fast charging more on top. Educating yourself of the likely cost prior to purchase no matter what is, that’s your responsibility. Some people are just too lazy to do the maths.
There are plenty of people like me, living in a big city, where an electric car would make sense, even with a small battery but.....
I, as do millions of others, live in flats or terraced houses with no space, other than a road nearby, to park a car, let alone charge it cheaply.
Currently an electric car only makes sense if you have a drive, a home charger and probably running it as your 2nd/3rd/4th car.
ie you are rich and a PH CEO
Unless those in charge force the private charger companies to radically drop their prices, I don't see things changing, just getting harder for ordinary working folk.
The cost of charging publicly makes filling the tank of my sports car seem like a hell of a bargain.
I, as do millions of others, live in flats or terraced houses with no space, other than a road nearby, to park a car, let alone charge it cheaply.
Currently an electric car only makes sense if you have a drive, a home charger and probably running it as your 2nd/3rd/4th car.
ie you are rich and a PH CEO
Unless those in charge force the private charger companies to radically drop their prices, I don't see things changing, just getting harder for ordinary working folk.
The cost of charging publicly makes filling the tank of my sports car seem like a hell of a bargain.
98elise said:
zzrman said:
ATG said:
In other news, motorway service sandwiches are much more expensive than sandwiches made at home.
Honestly, what was the point of writing that article and why on earth bother to draw attention to it?
I imagine the point of writing the article was to inform the reader, and forgive me for drawing attention to it but last time I looked the title of this forum was about Electric Vehicles.Honestly, what was the point of writing that article and why on earth bother to draw attention to it?
Finding an expensive way of doing something then telling the reader it's expensive, is not a story
I was shocked when I found out, surely it must be worth an article?
CheesecakeRunner said:
croyde said:
The cost of charging publicly makes filling the tank of my sports car seem like a hell of a bargain.
The cost of ultra rapid charging ranges from 43p/kWh to 90p/kWh. Which cost where you referring to?Gassing Station | EV and Alternative Fuels | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff