Would you wait 45 minutes when filling up to get it free?
Poll: Would you wait 45 minutes when filling up to get it free?
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Discussion
sandman77 said:
NickCQ said:
Sure I would, but I wouldn't be waiting there myself, I'd pay someone £10 to take it down to the filling station for me on Saturday morning before I woke up. Leaving £30-40 of pure savings.
Labour must be really cheap where you live.As has been suggested it would depend on a number of other factors.
My current daily lasts about a fortnight between fill-ups, which cost £50-£60. If we were talking the same sort of frequency, and that the 45 minutes was really 45 minutes then, yeah, I'd consider it.
As has been pointed out though, many current EV's would need that more frequently (especially as the 45minutes wouldn't fully charge it), and as this gains popularity the 45 minute wait could be much much much longer.
The most crucial decider for me though is what car would it be. I'd not be prepared to drive many of the current EVs, and can't afford those I would be prepared to.
Also, while I have the opportunity to charge it on my drive daily, some people don't have that luxury.
My current daily lasts about a fortnight between fill-ups, which cost £50-£60. If we were talking the same sort of frequency, and that the 45 minutes was really 45 minutes then, yeah, I'd consider it.
As has been pointed out though, many current EV's would need that more frequently (especially as the 45minutes wouldn't fully charge it), and as this gains popularity the 45 minute wait could be much much much longer.
The most crucial decider for me though is what car would it be. I'd not be prepared to drive many of the current EVs, and can't afford those I would be prepared to.
Also, while I have the opportunity to charge it on my drive daily, some people don't have that luxury.
The EV parallel would be having to do that once every now and then on a long journey, the payoff being day-to-day someone comes round at night and refills your tank for you.
Would you trade your current time spent visiting petrol stations (say 15 minutes a week, as a pretty conservative number?) for such a service?
It depends on your usage pattern. I've used a charger away from my house maybe 4 or 5 times this year. The rest of the time I don't even think about it.
Would you trade your current time spent visiting petrol stations (say 15 minutes a week, as a pretty conservative number?) for such a service?
It depends on your usage pattern. I've used a charger away from my house maybe 4 or 5 times this year. The rest of the time I don't even think about it.
Yes, the majority of time I would, I make about £10/hour,full tank is about £50,its a no brainer.
Would I buy an EV though, no. Primarily because I often do long journeys in one stint where a 45 minute wait would be irritating, secondarily because I enjoy working on my cars, modern and electric vehicles don't really allow this.
Would I buy an EV though, no. Primarily because I often do long journeys in one stint where a 45 minute wait would be irritating, secondarily because I enjoy working on my cars, modern and electric vehicles don't really allow this.
phil4 said:
The most crucial decider for me though is what car would it be. I'd not be prepared to drive many of the current EVs, and can't afford those I would be prepared to.
The OP hasn't mentioned any significant additional costs such as buying a new car. Either he's going to buy us all a Tesla and install a shed load more supercharging stations, or he has a source of free petrol/diesel and a fleet of tankers trundling around the UK, never more than 45 minutes from any fuel station. Or he's full of s
t, but I'm sure that's not the case, he seems like a genuine guy.I'll have a Model S please.
sandman77 said:
NickCQ said:
Sure I would, but I wouldn't be waiting there myself, I'd pay someone £10 to take it down to the filling station for me on Saturday morning before I woke up. Leaving £30-40 of pure savings.
Labour must be really cheap where you live.
If I could get the same range (>650 miles) with the price of a new EV car costing the same as an ICE version then I would swap in a heartbeat but sadly, while the new car cost may eventually come down to ICE levels in the next 3-5 years, I don't the range issue being solved for decades until a better replacement for Lithium batteries exists.
RobM77 said:
sandman77 said:
NickCQ said:
Sure I would, but I wouldn't be waiting there myself, I'd pay someone £10 to take it down to the filling station for me on Saturday morning before I woke up. Leaving £30-40 of pure savings.
Labour must be really cheap where you live.this could be very profitable.
even more so when the cars become self driving
no staff costs 
SystemParanoia said:
RobM77 said:
sandman77 said:
NickCQ said:
Sure I would, but I wouldn't be waiting there myself, I'd pay someone £10 to take it down to the filling station for me on Saturday morning before I woke up. Leaving £30-40 of pure savings.
Labour must be really cheap where you live.this could be very profitable.
even more so when the cars become self driving
no staff costs Good point!
Absolutely.
I generally fill up at Asda and the usual weekly shop takes about 45 minutes so it'd make absolutely no practical difference. Even if I had to hang around the car, we generally go to the supermarket together so the wife could go shopping while I waited or vice versa (sitting in the car is arguably preferable to wondering around Asda).
I generally fill up at Asda and the usual weekly shop takes about 45 minutes so it'd make absolutely no practical difference. Even if I had to hang around the car, we generally go to the supermarket together so the wife could go shopping while I waited or vice versa (sitting in the car is arguably preferable to wondering around Asda).
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