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> by taking a ferry where you could charge anyway Charging off bunker fuel, ouch. How common is it for Irish cars to take a ferry?
by usrusr 7y ago
> by taking a ferry where you could charge anyway
Charging off bunker fuel, ouch. How common is it for Irish cars to take a ferry?
- patrickk 7y agoAnecdotally, the average person would do it once per year at most. More perhaps, if you have relatives in the UK and like to drive there with small children in tow.
- pjc50 7y agoThe next step may have to be electrification of the ferry. Orkney has actually been looking at an intermediate step, the "plug in" ferry while docked for the MV Hamnavoe: http://www.orkney.gov.uk/OIC-News/UKs-first-large-ship-to-shore-commercial-connection-to-be-installed-in-Stromness-as-part-of-green-power-project.htm http://www.orkney.gov.uk/OIC-News/UKs-first-large-ship-to-sh...
- Brakenshire 7y agoFerries in the Irish sea or the North sea can't use unrefined bunker oil because of the Emission Control Area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_Control_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_Control_Area
- usrusr 7y agoThanks, that is an answer I like to hear, just like the others (paraphrased "not often enough to make much of a difference"). Still, between the hectic on- and offloading and the acute awareness of fire hazards customary on ferries, I have a hard time imagining boatside car charging ever becoming mainstream.