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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
@RichardCoulter
It can't be achieved on current form. People are twigging that they'll be caught short on long journeys, particularly when the en-route garages have their chargers already engaged with a half-hour wait or, worse, broken.
Public demand for hybrid petrol vehicles will likely force the government's hand to relent on the deadline date.
Trouble is, if the government doesn't smell the coffee soon enough, manufacturers will have reduced or stopped petrol car manufacturing.
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Uh huh…. Not sure where you got that from, however
https://heycar.co.uk/blog/electric-c...nd-projections
Also, The vast majority (circa 95%) of people that are EV owners charge solely at home
Most EV sat nav now comes with route planning inc charge stops which also includes real time availability of chargers , there’s also 3rd part apps such as zapmap & Chargemap
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To add, I’m not proposing that EV’s in their current form work for everyone BUT in time things will improve making ownership acceptable to the masses.
In my car I can go from 5% to 80% charge in 21 minutes on the fastest chargers, which I generally only need to use if I’m driving somewhere like Maidenhead. Put the car in charge, nip to the loo, grab a coffee and a cigarette and I’m pretty much good to go.
Never had a problem with a charger being out of order or unavailable