Food for thought

[derek kelly]

 

[Minkey]

my concern is for electric emergency vehicles, imagine calling for an ambulance and being told that you will have to wait for them to he recharged before they can come out, even worse if there's a power cut

 

[derek kelly]

my concern is for electric emergency vehicles, imagine calling for an ambulance and being told that you will have to wait for them to he recharged before they can come out, even worse if there's a power cut

Wouldn’t a defibrillator give it a jump start?

 

[Stevebrooke]

Wouldn’t a defibrillator give it a jump start?

Funnily enough we had a customer with an EQC (fully electric Merc). One day it failed to start so he called Merc breakdown (RAC) and the recovery man tried to jump-start it, completely frying various circuits and doing no end of damage. The poor owner was without his car for about 3 months while we waited for parts as it was a brand-new model and the only parts available were being used to build new cars.

 

[Squag1]

From my cousin

Yup. I know someone who just bought an electric mini because it looks cool. Work is 60km each way every day. She doesn't have a charger installed at home yet. And can't until her house has some wiring updates. She's already forgotten to plug in a few times... charges off mains or filling stations... Mini range is 170-190km.... On a good day. She's a nervous wreck from it....

 

[Squag1]

The traffic jam thing is interesting, as an electric car uses almost no power when stationary, so a petrol car would be more likely to run out of fuel. The car is great, I’ll take you out for a spin in it next time I’m over, unless you’ve already been in one?


My one has a heat pump, which is 3x more efficient than a conventional space heater, so it’s pretty good. More efficient again is heated seats and the heated steering wheel, better than heating the air itself. Yet to go through a winter with it, but it seems to be good for it

 

[DEG5Y]

My one has a heat pump, which is 3x more efficient than a conventional space heater, so it’s pretty good. More efficient again is heated seats and the heated steering wheel, better than heating the air itself. Yet to go through a winter with it, but it seems to be good for it

But, as said in the OP, if you are using your heat pump, heated seats and heated steering wheel over night as you have no other form of heating in the vehicle what will be left when you are finally able to move on?
Didn't we have a situation were one of the motorways was at a standstill for a couple of nights and the drivers were at the mercy of local villagers?

At least with a fuelled car it can be refuelled easily.

 

[Squag1]

Didn't we have a situation were one of the motorways was at a standstill for a couple of nights and the drivers were at the mercy of local villagers?

Did the locals eat many of the drivers??