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I have a hard time imagining an electric car working for me. There are two charging points within a 2-mile radius and I cannot park within about 15 meters of m

I have a hard time imagining an electric car working for me. There are two charging points within a 2-mile radius and I cannot park within about 15 meters of my house so it is just impossible to charge one. Hydrogen or something where I can still go to a "filling station" might work. Right now I view electric cars as a tax break for anyone lucky/rich enough to have a driveway. This might all change in a few years but I doubt there will ever be enough charging points on local roads.

jstanley 8y ago
Before there were petrol stations everywhere, it would have been hard to imagine a car working better than a horse. And yet here we are.
- fredley 8y ago
  But you still can't put the cart before the horse. Tax people who don't switch to a viable, cleaner alternative from dinosaur-burning vehicles, but not before you've made that alternative viable in the first place. Much (most?) of the UK is not ready for full switchover yet.
  - Swenrekcah 8y ago
    2032 is still 14 years away which is a long time. And according to the article it’s even then just about banning the sale of new vehicles. This should be completely doable if the UK puts half a mind to it.
    - fredley 8y ago
      Unfortunately the UK does not have half a mind to spare, and won't for a few years at least. One of the less noticable side-effects of Brexit is that it totally dominates the entire political landscape, to the exclusion of other issues. In a news magazine I read[1], they had an infographic where they measured the average number of comments below articles on a number of unrelated topics it took for Brexit to be mentioned. The figures were mostly below 10 (and look at me, bringing up Brexit in this unrelated issue!) 1: https://www.slow-journalism.com/infographics/culture/infographic-can-british-people-talk-about-anything-other-than-brexit https://www.slow-journalism.com/infographics/culture/infogra...
  - jstanley 8y ago
    I agree that the government shouldn't be meddling with this, I just don't agree that the prospect of ever switching to an electric car is "unimaginable".
PuffinBlue 8y ago
Is there a fuel station at your home or within two miles etc? Why are you happy for the filling station to not be on a local road but the charging point must be? Because of time? 30 minutes will get you 80% charge on must current super chargers. Next gen ultra chargers will probably bring that down to 10 minutes. 80% is enough for maybe 200+ miles in the latest EV - so in 14 years I'm reasonably confident that'll still be available or better. Also, why do you drive? To get to work? Petition for chargers at work perhaps? 14 years to get them onside. Charging doesn't have to happen at home.
ndnxhs 8y ago
I have a hard time imagining environmental destruction and poisonous air working for me.

jstanley 8y ago

Before there were petrol stations everywhere, it would have been hard to imagine a car working better than a horse. And yet here we are.

fredley 8y ago
But you still can't put the cart before the horse. Tax people who don't switch to a viable, cleaner alternative from dinosaur-burning vehicles, but not before you've made that alternative viable in the first place. Much (most?) of the UK is not ready for full switchover yet.
- Swenrekcah 8y ago
  2032 is still 14 years away which is a long time. And according to the article it’s even then just about banning the sale of new vehicles. This should be completely doable if the UK puts half a mind to it.
  - fredley 8y ago
    Unfortunately the UK does not have half a mind to spare, and won't for a few years at least. One of the less noticable side-effects of Brexit is that it totally dominates the entire political landscape, to the exclusion of other issues. In a news magazine I read[1], they had an infographic where they measured the average number of comments below articles on a number of unrelated topics it took for Brexit to be mentioned. The figures were mostly below 10 (and look at me, bringing up Brexit in this unrelated issue!) 1: https://www.slow-journalism.com/infographics/culture/infographic-can-british-people-talk-about-anything-other-than-brexit https://www.slow-journalism.com/infographics/culture/infogra...
- jstanley 8y ago
  I agree that the government shouldn't be meddling with this, I just don't agree that the prospect of ever switching to an electric car is "unimaginable".

PuffinBlue 8y ago

Is there a fuel station at your home or within two miles etc? Why are you happy for the filling station to not be on a local road but the charging point must be? Because of time? 30 minutes will get you 80% charge on must current super chargers. Next gen ultra chargers will probably bring that down to 10 minutes. 80% is enough for maybe 200+ miles in the latest EV - so in 14 years I'm reasonably confident that'll still be available or better. Also, why do you drive? To get to work? Petition for chargers at work perhaps? 14 years to get them onside. Charging doesn't have to happen at home.

ndnxhs 8y ago

I have a hard time imagining environmental destruction and poisonous air working for me.