14-10-2019, 09:41 AM
Interesting topic. This week end I had a visitor who as a motoring correspondent road tests many cars. He set out from Heathrow where he picked up the £70,000 E.V. (200 mile real range) and drove to Bath where he stopped overnight with friends. Here his problems started as he was not able to make a satisfactory connection to their household supply and therefore did not get a full charge. However he set out from Bath heading for us in South West Wales with about 50% in the battery at about 10 am with theoretically nearly enough to make it thinking he would top up on the M4. However with a lack of working fast chargers en-route he eventually turned up 6 hours later. I could have done it quicker in the A7.
The bonus came when he was able to leave it overnight at the local Tesco who had fortuitously just installed a charge point and get a full charge for free!
He left us heading across country for Shrewsbury where I assume he arrived. My conclusion is therefore that they are not yet really practical for longer trips.
The bonus came when he was able to leave it overnight at the local Tesco who had fortuitously just installed a charge point and get a full charge for free!
He left us heading across country for Shrewsbury where I assume he arrived. My conclusion is therefore that they are not yet really practical for longer trips.