Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35909464)

it's not just lampposts it's the cable that feed them the substations that provide the power etc.. in short the whole infrastructure would need upgrading to cope with the extra load so digging up every street .

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35909471)

Considering that most commuters (who use cars) travel between 10 and 100 miles per day, why not just charge them at home at night?

Originally Posted by oliver1948uk (Post 35909475)

According to THIShttps://www.smmt.co.uk/2017/06/electric-buses-london/ 36 electric buses going into service in London next year will run all day on an overnight charge.

Some existing routes boost the charge wirelessly at the terminus from apparatus under the tarmac. Presumably car parks and even roads where cars park could be so equipped. Perhaps people could pre pay a meter in their vehicle by credit card.

Originally Posted by Taf (Post 35909466)

We're talking many amperes per hour for cars, not milliamperes for phones. The magnet field would he lethal to anyone with a pacemaker. Hmmm and passing cyclists and prams would get dragged onto the road....

Originally Posted by figgyburn (Post 35909493)

Not sure if it has been mentioned but, imagine the fun the toerags will have pulling all the plugs from cars late at night if you have to plug them into lamposts by cable to charge for the people who do not have garages and drive ins.Walk out in the morning dead battery!.

Originally Posted by figgyburn (Post 35909493)

Not sure if it has been mentioned but, imagine the fun the toerags will have pulling all the plugs from cars late at night if you have to plug them into lamposts by cable to charge for the people who do not have garages and drive ins.Walk out in the morning dead battery!.

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35909495)

but we've got 20 years to change the toerags into angels :angel:

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35909489)

So no chance for me then with my ICD.;)

Originally Posted by figgyburn (Post 35909493)

Not sure if it has been mentioned but, imagine the fun the toerags will have pulling all the plugs from cars late at night if you have to plug them into lamposts by cable to charge for the people who do not have garages and drive ins.Walk out in the morning dead battery!.

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35909508)

Typically the charger won't come out if the car is locked.

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35909227)

given the national grid teeters on the brink of not been able to cope with present demand what will happen when millions of cars are plugged in charging , remember petrol and diesel have huge amounts of energy stored in them and do not feed off the grid

How much energy in… Cars
kWh
1 litre Petrol 9.7
1 litre Diesel 10.7
1 litre Biodiesel 9.9
1 litre Kerosene 10.5

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35909505)

just a thought what happens if we get another government in the future that is pro petrol and diesel engined cars .

say in a few years the uk petrol head party form a government