Chairman's Rant, July 2019

**LPH_UK** · 16-07-2019, 08:54

Originally Posted by ChrisCar6

That's true Norm, but the point is 'they' have to make it a viable alternative to petrol/diesel, so the cars would have to be designed for quick battery pack changes and the infrastructure to supply them invented. You pay an annual subscription to EverReady to lease a battery pack plus 200 battery changes a year or whatever, they have a network of 'filling stations' on the road network, and you just rock up and say "fill her up guv"; the Duracell rabbits whip the flat one out and slot in a full one. Likely to take 5 minutes to do and you're back on the road. An hour or two later they have that battery recharged ready to punt out again. Bugger that sit-around-while-the-charger-does-its-stuff malarkey.

A lot of the issue is around people's expectations. Because we are used to filling a car from empty to full in 5 mins and that can give you up to 800 miles in some cars that's what we use as the benchmark for EVs. Eventually you will have a generation of people who have only ever had EVs, if it takes 30 mins to charge then they will used to that and accept it as part of the car owning (well leasing) experience.

**ChrisCar6** · 16-07-2019, 09:40

Originally Posted by LPH_UK

A lot of the issue is around people's expectations. Because we are used to filling a car from empty to full in 5 mins and that can give you up to 800 miles in some cars that's what we use as the benchmark for EVs. Eventually you will have a generation of people who have only ever had EVs, if it takes 30 mins to charge then they will used to that and accept it as part of the car owning (well leasing) experience.

It'll have a drastic effect on work travel. Time is money.