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Europe is different, certainly in the UK. The charging network is being built and you can go cross country with an electric car. From what I understand from wa
by Theodores 7y ago
Europe is different, certainly in the UK. The charging network is being built and you can go cross country with an electric car.
From what I understand from watching the Fully Charged Show there is plenty of charging infrastructure being put in place in mainland Europe. However, we are more like two or three plugs at a motorway service station (with one broken) fifty miles away rather than every lamp post having a plug on it.
Really it is the electricity companies rather than the auto manufacturers who are taking that part up, much like how BMW et al. don't own petrol filling stations they don't own the charging infrastructure.
- mikeash 7y ago2-3 plugs is bad. Between potential breakage and use by other cars, I wouldn’t rely on any location with less than 4, and even that would make me uncomfortable. You really need at least 6, and 8+ is best.
- Theodores 7y agoThe lamp posts are going to be good. You just call your electricity supplier and they put them in on your street - if you live in Hounslow. This is the no-nonsense solution for cities where people don't have off street parking and garages.
- mikeash 7y agoThat’s excellent for routine use but doesn’t help much for long trips.
- adwww 7y agoThey are great in a few select places where they use actual lamp posts. But in a lot of the UK they are rolling out chargers like this that block the pavement to people doing using ACTUAL green transport (walking): https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/may/04/charged-complaints-electric-car-points-pavements-pedestrians#img-1 https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/may/04/charged-compl...