Peugeotrider
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I did...lol they used them twice and have lay unused since.Get them bikes not cars
The youth of today !!!!
First electric car experience
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The youth of today !!!!
vickster
Squire
Shanks’s pony then
The issues for some of our young is travel to and from work is not all that straight forward. We do t all live in large towns and cities with cheap public transport, far from it ! A car can be cheaper in the long run?!Shanks’s pony then
Wasn't me that brought up depreciation. That was brought up as a reason not to own an EV - which is erroneous as depreciation is better on EVs than ICE.
The government should be encouraging a move away from fossil fuel powered cars (just as Norway and California are doing). This is about encouraging people to swap their gas guzzler for something hopefully that will help preserve the planet a bit longer by not burning stuff.
Active travel is obviously far better and I would love to see more and better cycling infrastructure. For example cycling to school is forbidden at the school my daughter attends, due to the access being from a very busy and unsafe road. Happily Surrey are supposed to be installing new cycle infrastructure. Hopefully it won't be rubbish, but I have my doubts.
Peugeotrider
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Come to where I live in northern Ireland....3 buses a day and no Sunday service at all.
Public transport here doesn't really exist almost
There are however quite a few chargers / superchargers about in NI. Which bit are you in?
Incidentally, I think often that people just think there aren't many about. Those that do drive EVs (or who look on a map in my case) are aware that there are probably more about than you think. NI has 337 ESB chargers which are free to use for a start. There aren't many Tesla chargers, that's true.
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roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Are Tesla chargers exclusively for Tesla owners, or can others pay to use them?
Seems absolutely crazy if exclusive.
Seems absolutely crazy if exclusive.
It is currently exclusive, but Musk has announced that they are going to open up to all EVs later this year. The exclusivity was previously due to free charging and the Tesla designed charging cable which doesn't work for other cars.
Non tesla drivers will need a Type 2 or CCS socket or to buy a conversion kit.
Peugeotrider
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Dungannon county Tyrone
I know of 3-4 charge points in the town,one at the petrol station at the end of my road and two at the local shopping centre.
I work in a busy body shop here and of every 40 cars that come through our door, one in forty will either be hybrid or full ev.
Maybe 6 will be petrol and the remainder diesel cars
So that's 6 chargers in your area alone. As I said. Most EVs most of the time won't need to use them.
Peugeotrider
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- Northern Ireland
Checked the address
3 are within the town's boundaries,the other 4 are in the borough of the dungannon area
cougie uk
Guru
So that's what - a 2 mile drive to the furthest one ? That's probably more in your area than petrol stations. And it's only going to increase.
A 36 bay charging station and coffee lounge has just been announced near me. I shall definitely ride down and grab a coffee - I can't see me needing to charge the car there though.
Lucky you its taken 3 months to make a start on an EV charge point at our local supermarket car park and its still not finished ! Just googled EV chargers around my work and there are a few. However much talk about EV cars and the amount on the road apart from the odd Tesla ( silly money ) its really only Nissan leafs round these parts. Hybrids , well thats a different kettle of fish. Plenty of those everywhere you look. Got a long way to go to convince the masses. As said numerous times more EV vehicles is not going to solve the climate crisis !! Less cars will.
