As If Motorists Are Not Already Angry Enough.....charger Rage!

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/electric-car-row-marshals-charge-rage

Another reason why I won't be getting a lecky jam jar any time soon.

[youngmafbog]

//especially the dimly lit recesses of GB News. //

 

And maybe you shouldnt let your prejudices get in the way either, there are plenty of reports from many other sources as I expect you know.

[youngmafbog]

//The infrastructure is there//

That is simply not true or a simplification at best.

The infrastructure that is there may support the small number of cars on the road but any increase will see problems. 

As for you never experiencing problems I am suspicious. I have only been a couple of times in an EV both times on the M3 the chargers were out.  How do you plan for that? 

My s-i-l got a Mustang, its a nice car but he takes my daughters Kuga for long journeys as every time he has taken his for business there are problems.

I suspect you dont really use yours like many need to for real business.

[douglas9401]

Split the difference and get a self-charging hybrid rather than fully electric and watch the problems disappear.

 

When the charging infrastructure proper advances north of Gretna then it could become an option.

[Zacs-Master]

I agree, you can't plan for chargers being out of use or them all being used but I strongly suspect these incidences are fairly rare and are being used as click bait by the media. There's an awful lot of 'here be dragons' cobblers surrounding the EV surge. Yes, they're not really suitable for business use but for domestic journeys, they're pretty good. Costs me about £10 for 140 miles. At 50mpg the same mileage would cost me around double (at 157p / litre). 

[nicebloke1]

The problem is that people expect all sorts of infrastructure to be built over night, Rome wasnt built in a day. The manure that lay underfoot many years ago now lays above our heads, so something needs to be done.

[Old_Geezer]

Hybrids are not a real solution. They still use heavy batteries with all their fire issues, using materials from dodgy countries, and cheap labour miners, while at the same time runs (obviously less efficiently due to the extra weight) on the same fossil fuels that authorities are trying to get away from. In many ways they are the worst of both.

[Old_Geezer]

Something must be done, or be seen to be done; doesn't matter what as long as it looks good.

[douglas9401]

Aye, but I'm talking about my convenience and sanity.

 

I'm afraid I don't do an environmental or social audit when buying a car and if that makes me a bad person so be it.

[Zacs-Master]

Neither did I truth be told. I went to buy a nearly new Hyundai Tucson but the deal that they did for me on an MG was a complete no brainer (once I'd worked out that I don't often do more than 140 miles in one go). 

[nicebloke1]

OG, it is beeing done, may be not faster enough but thats why petrol and diesel has been put back, and i believe it will be many years before all petrol and diesel will be off the road, so I dont understand why people are getting so hung up about it, the ones who are getting hung up can't even afford an electric car, so why are they hung up about the infrastucture not getting done fast enough?

[Zacs-Master]

Because they're stuck in the mud, I'll-informed Luddites. Basically. 

[nicebloke1]

And we will be stuck in the mud if we don't take some action. The ones buying electric cars in my mind are leading the way, the more bought now the more progress, and the cheaper they will become.

[naomi24]

Nicebloke, //the ones who are getting hung up can't even afford an electric car,//

 

Was that in the news too - or did you make it up?

[Khandro]

I'm interupting this thread with astanoshing news which is a headline in the Spectator, so it must be true,     

"Naomi joins the Biden family business"

[naomi24]

Oh no!  I am exposed!  Khandro, you are a cad! 

[Zacs-Master]

Can we stick to the topic please?

[Gromit]

Not just at electric refueling stations.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12558111/Moment-screaming-motorist-bangs-female-drivers-windscreen-hurls-vile-abuse-calling-s-g-road-rage-incident-sparking-massive-traffic-queue-outside-petrol-station.html

[bhg481]

I honestly feel that drivers such as those in Gromit's link are mentally unfit to drive a vehicle and should receive a lifetime ban for such offences.

[ToraToraTora]

when my engine is kaput I intend to convert the Jaaaag to lecky, hopefully, by then it will be viable.