Electric cars

[Molly 3]

Electric powers car's are slowly becoming a reality ,how will affect daily life ,how can power station's cope when million's of cars plug in at the same time after a days work .will battery prices go through the roof as demands rise and raw materials diminish ,could you live with an electric car now .what are your opinions .

 

[jagmanx]

Distance before re-charging would be my main concern..
Eg a day's journey form the "Sunny South" to "Bonnie Scotland"
Apart from that all good..
But as you say how will the NG cope with a surge of demand from say 5 pm till 7am
But maybe it will suit them as big factories shut down and so they can keep the supply going ( as in Off-peak pricing or night storage heaters)

 

[Lee]

I love this new technology, they tell us it is better for the environment.
How does this work? I own a car that is 14 years old and really bad for the environment, so I buy an electric car and in about 7 years the batteries will need changing but do believe l will be able to do this or will I have to scrap it and buy a new one.
Once upon a time we had a telephone which lasted for ever now we buy a new one every year.
It's a crazy world in which we live.

 

[time4t]

I love this new technology, they tell us it is better for the environment.
How does this work? I own a car that is 14 years old and really bad for the environment, so I buy an electric car and in about 7 years the batteries will need changing but do believe l will be able to do this or will I have to scrap it and buy a new one.
Once upon a time we had a telephone which lasted for ever now we buy a new one every year.
It's a crazy world in which we live.

When considering buying an electric vehicle, battery life & manufacture should be taken into account.
EG, to manufacture the battery pack for 1 vehicle, creates as much harmful emissions as an average diesel car does in 7 years!!

Phill

 

[Caz]

I really can't see how scrapping my LPG powered car and buying an electric one would help the environment at all.

So I shan't do it until forced.

 

[Ellendale]

My daily driver is an S80 LPG Volvo, 1999, 203,000 miles and it passes emissions on the MoT every year and before you say anything it gets tested on both LPG and Petrol! It costs me 58ppl, does 30mpg and the only output is?????? - H2O!!!! The seat leather is showing its' age and the lacquer on the paint is no longer peeling off cos it's all gone! It has a full service every 12 months including the LPG system and even though "We buy any car" and the local scrappies would only value it at £200 anything goes wrong and it gets fixed. With all the safety features and technology plus comfort speed and acceleration I could not get a younger equivalent vehicle for less than 10k and that ain't gonna 'appen!

 

[Lee]

I can see from the replies a lot of us are in the same wave length, I wonder if this is because we are in a similar age bracket and don't understand the throw away times in which we live in, more than the environmental clap trap that is being banded about.

 

[korky]

My daily driver is an S80 LPG Volvo, 1999, 203,000 miles and it passes emissions on the MoT every year and before you say anything it gets tested on both LPG and Petrol! It costs me 58ppl, does 30mpg and the only output is?????? - H2O!!!! The seat leather is showing its' age and the lacquer on the paint is no longer peeling off cos it's all gone! It has a full service every 12 months including the LPG system and even though "We buy any car" and the local scrappies would only value it at £200 anything goes wrong and it gets fixed. With all the safety features and technology plus comfort speed and acceleration I could not get a younger equivalent vehicle for less than 10k and that ain't gonna 'appen!

Although LPG cars are considerably cleaner than petrol or diesel equivalents and are to be commended,they still emit C02 and N0X. I don't know who told you the only emission was H20. Hydrogen fuel cell cars only produce H20.

Korky.

 

[Molly 3]

Lots of news on electric and hybrid cars , but nothing on hydrogen .?

 

[korky]

Lots of news on electric and hybrid cars , but nothing on hydrogen .?

Probably not going to be suitable for mass market due to fuelling issues,think electric or hybrid is future for cars but who knows it is early days for these technologies.Hydrogen fuel cell rail locomotives are being built right now by Alstom to replace diesel locos where electrification of the network is unviable.
Korky.

 

[tonybvi]

Aberdeen have a fleet of hydrogen buses plus there is a hydrogen fuel station. Occasionally I have seen a car in there filling up but I’ve no idea what it is or where the guy got it converted.

 

[trevskoda]

My pal has a electric vw golf which he charges of his house roof s/panels for free and excess goes back into the gride.
It will run just over a 100 mls on a charge which covers school run about 1 mile ,shops half a mile,so tot that up over a week and its not many miles.
I am like folk on mainland and keep a car to the death,but most folk here change there car every two years,first to keep up with the jones,second in case it breaks down,third they get a good trade in price,this is because cars here when they reach mot age there sold of at auction and a low price and i mean low,my last car i bought at almost 7 years old for £10,no one wanted it ,going to scrap yard with 76000 on clock.
Now as for electric,they go like stink and will beat just about any car to 60 mph,the mileage/range will soon get better and battery life acording to studies will easy last up to 40 years with only 15/20% drop of,i will if i live that long find out.
B the way GB is now talking of dropping the engine cut of date from 2040 to 2032 and france is at 2030,so if you are buying a petrol car and hoping to keep a long time you had better do so now as they will tax you of the road in a few years time.