Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Arapiles

How many people do more than 400km per day?

In real world driving,how many EV’s currently available,can do that type of mileage from one charge?

And remember,in reality one needs a fair margin or you will have no forward progress on the side of the road somewhere.Or have to find a charging point somewhere and possibly sit in a que and then wait for an hour or so for the vehicle to charge.

For the record,we did 398 km yesterday in our daily,loaded.Didn’t go anywhere today though.

Our work vans often do well over 350 km a day,and that is loaded,ladders on roof,etc.
Sometimes towing.

I am not against EV’s at all,I think they are a great idea,but for the majority,they don’t suit,or are too inconvenient in their current form.
That’s one of the reasons their sales are so poor.

Lots of who har about them by some on here,but who actually owns one?
And if they do,is it their daily driver?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

In Australia, 75% of people (about 7 million) commute less than 20 kilometres a day, says the ABS.
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Less than 20 K a day,75% of people?

Does that include their commute on public transport,or their commute in their vehicles?

It wasn’t too long ago someone was harping on here about the average K’s done a year by cars is 15000.

So someone has their maths not right.

I think EV’s would work as a second car for the majority of people - and I think a lot of families know this - but won’t pay what it costs to get into one and is worried about warranty and how long they’d get out of one.

They simply don’t make economic sense and until they do, their sales will always fall short of where they should be.

Originally Posted by scarry

So someone has their maths not right.

should of been obvious when he said 75% of people is only 7.5million lol

Around 7.4 million people (or 73% of employed people over the age of 15 years) commuted a distance of less than 20 km to work.

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Originally Posted by vnx205

Australian Bureau of Statistics

last time i checked aust has 26million people.

if the ABS cant be that right, they need to be dissolved.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

So if you cannot charge at home because you have to park in the street, you would have to drive to the charging station, wait in line until it is free because every other EV in the area is doing the same and then wait for anything up to a few hours to charge up.

Not really practical.

1. Fast charger, so 80% in half an hour;

2. Doubt that I'd be waiting for a space.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

1. Fast charger, so 80% in half an hour;

2. Doubt that I'd be waiting for a space.

Already issues with waiting at chargers in the US.