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tamore said:
the one things i absolutely loved about my old phev was being able to have the car warm/cold for when you wanted to get into it. one of the little extras which you really miss when you have to go back to a petrol/diesel. only heavy snow meant i had to do something before driving it off.
one of the things I love about getting in my ICE vehicle is just being able to jump into it without having to coil up a wet/icy lead and put it in my car 
irocfan said:
tamore said:
the one things i absolutely loved about my old phev was being able to have the car warm/cold for when you wanted to get into it. one of the little extras which you really miss when you have to go back to a petrol/diesel. only heavy snow meant i had to do something before driving it off.
one of the things I love about getting in my ICE vehicle is just being able to jump into it without having to coil up a wet/icy lead and put it in my car Evanivitch said:
irocfan said:
one of the things I love about getting in my ICE vehicle is just being able to jump into it without having to coil up a wet/icy lead and put it in my car
Then get a tethered charger...Ever thought you might be a "can't do" instead of a "can do" person?
InitialDave said:
My house charger has the lead permanently wired in, aren't most of the higher wattage ones like that?
Its a mix, here type 2 socketed are generally recommended because we have a mix of type 1 and type 2 cars. Tethered ones are generally cheaper (than untethered + cable)
RobDickinson said:
xjay1337 said:
Which are huge issues...........but you ignore them!!!
"Electricity is impossible", man on the internet I grew up in terrace hell, I've lived in many areas of the UK, they all had electricity surprisingly.
You say, with quotations, implying that I said - "electricity is impossible"
It's like arguing with a belligerent child.
You will always be right, even when you're wrong.
Ive read this thread....
Electric cars are coming, no getting away from it. 30 years from now there will be more electric cars on the road than IC engine'd ones. This has to happen. we can no longer rely on petrol/diesel cars for personal transport. Electricity is where it is going and that leaves us with ways to develop the electrical infrastructure, there are a lot of questions about those without drives, ways to allow them to recharge will have to be worked out. Load demand of several chargers going on at night will also have to be managed, I believe that we will see more and more three phase supplies to houses. We will also see houses being fitted with batteries.If these are being charged all the time then the large demand on the utility network can be tempered. Also we will not be recharging from empty all the time, majority of runs being low miles people will be charging up everytime they come home to keep the battery topped up.
we will find a way to do this and it will work. we have to make it work.
Electric cars are coming, no getting away from it. 30 years from now there will be more electric cars on the road than IC engine'd ones. This has to happen. we can no longer rely on petrol/diesel cars for personal transport. Electricity is where it is going and that leaves us with ways to develop the electrical infrastructure, there are a lot of questions about those without drives, ways to allow them to recharge will have to be worked out. Load demand of several chargers going on at night will also have to be managed, I believe that we will see more and more three phase supplies to houses. We will also see houses being fitted with batteries.If these are being charged all the time then the large demand on the utility network can be tempered. Also we will not be recharging from empty all the time, majority of runs being low miles people will be charging up everytime they come home to keep the battery topped up.
we will find a way to do this and it will work. we have to make it work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qoHCMy-laA driveway, carparks, even in on street parking locations?
Evanivitch said:
irocfan said:
one of the things I love about getting in my ICE vehicle is just being able to jump into it without having to coil up a wet/icy lead and put it in my car
Then get a tethered charger...Ever thought you might be a "can't do" instead of a "can do" person?
Not that using public petrol pumps is any more pleasant!
irocfan said:
tamore said:
the one things i absolutely loved about my old phev was being able to have the car warm/cold for when you wanted to get into it. one of the little extras which you really miss when you have to go back to a petrol/diesel. only heavy snow meant i had to do something before driving it off.
one of the things I love about getting in my ICE vehicle is just being able to jump into it without having to coil up a wet/icy lead and put it in my car 
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