Westminster Council disincentivise EVs from tomorrow

[SteveKTMer]

GT9 said:

SteveKTMer said:

Thanks, can you post the presentation again or let me know which thread it was on ? I did search but didn't find it.

Can't remember the thread, this document covers it though.
https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/283056/do...

The ideal scenario for 2050 is 'Leading the Way'.
All scenarios have multiple increases in wind capacity by then.

Thanks, that was the document I was thinking of. The shock, or one of them, is the significant reduction in total rail and road power. Some people, or groups of people, won't be driving cars as we know them now.

[Terminator X]

GT9 said:

SteveKTMer said:

Thanks, can you post the presentation again or let me know which thread it was on ? I did search but didn't find it.

Can't remember the thread, this document covers it though.
https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/283056/do...

The ideal scenario for 2050 is 'Leading the Way'.
All scenarios have multiple increases in wind capacity by then.

When I read what NG said originally they were relying on "technological improvements" to see them through eg tech unavailable today and unknown but assumed to arrive at some point in the future to "save the day". That all seems to be missing now when you look for it today although I will try to find it

TX.

[GT9]

SteveKTMer said:

Thanks, that was the document I was thinking of. The shock, or one of them, is the significant reduction in total rail and road power. Some people, or groups of people, won't be driving cars as we know them now.

That's not the case at all Steve.
The reduction in energy is due to the extremely efficient use of energy per mile that an EV can achieve.
Which is the fundamental reason why EVs are even a thing.
You know when someone says their EV is doing 3 or 4 miles per kWh, well that's 3 of 4 times better than an ICE averaging 40 mpg.
The EVs are averaging 120 to 160 mpg equivalent tank-to-wheel consumption.
Why?
Because an extremely efficient electric motor is providing the propulsion, rather than a highly inefficient engine.
And because the motor can reverse the flow of energy during braking to provide regen back to the battery.
This is all despite a marginal increase in kerb mass...
What the EV gives up in 'lightness' it makes up for in 'slipperiness' by virtue of not needing to pass lots of cooling air through the car for the engine's radiator or the brakes.

[uknick]

To bring this back on original topic, I parked in Westminster last week with my hybrid i3. The RingGo app has the wrong price for the car at £3.69 per hour when it should be £2.95. RingGo are aware of this but don't yet have a date for it to be fixed. They say they'll refund the difference if you ask.

[48k]

uknick said:

To bring this back on original topic, I parked in Westminster last week with my hybrid i3. The RingGo app has the wrong price for the car at £3.69 per hour when it should be £2.95. RingGo are aware of this but don't yet have a date for it to be fixed. They say they'll refund the difference if you ask.

Brilliant

You can bet if the charge should be higher, they would magically be able to fix it overnight.

[uknick]

48k said:

uknick said:

To bring this back on original topic, I parked in Westminster last week with my hybrid i3. The RingGo app has the wrong price for the car at £3.69 per hour when it should be £2.95. RingGo are aware of this but don't yet have a date for it to be fixed. They say they'll refund the difference if you ask.

Brilliant

You can bet if the charge should be higher, they would magically be able to fix it overnight.

That thought did occur to me. How hard is it to change one number in a data array? Answer, very when you’re making money from the error.