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The future for oil?
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Originally posted by eek View PostYou wait a few years and it won't be necessary. Haven seen the current state of the art last week self driving cars are not that long away (easily within the life time of my next car).Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostTesla (according to their marketing - does anyone know better?) will give you a 170 miles from a 30 minute supercharge. If I'm driving more than 2 hours, I stop for a cup of coffee anyway, so it's closing in on workable.
You'd be divorced or lynched. Quite possibly both.His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostThere would need to be hundreds of those supercharge points at all motorway service stations, and at peak times like Christmas there would still be queues. Currently we grumble if there's a 15 minute wait at a petrol station, can you imagine telling the kids they've got to sit and wait for 2-3 hours because Daddy bought an electric car?
You'd be divorced or lynched. Quite possibly both.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.Comment
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Originally posted by meridian View PostTurn every parking space into a wireless QI charging pad?Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostBest not to piss on it ...Comment
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I agree, 30 minutes charging is way too long, can you imagine Bank holidays !! and lets face it, in reality it it will probably take more like an hour to recharge, Most Electric cars currently require several hours to recharge, and if your car is full of luggage and people it's range will be down by a third I dare say.
Electric cars are fine for relatively wealthy people that use it as a second car for running around town, and can afford a recharging point in their garage.Last edited by BlasterBates; 15 June 2017, 16:07.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI agree, 30 minutes charging is way too long, can you imagine Bank holidays !! and lets face it, in reality it it will probably take more like an hour to recharge,Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostWhat about those of us who live in town and have to park on the street? How are we expected to charge overnight? Your solution is perfect for anyone who lives in a suburban close with their own driveway or garage, and not very good at all for everyone else.
The future doesn't lie with people having their own cars but you calling one and it self driving to your house then to wherever you want to go.
TaaS like the report says...like CityCar or ZipCar or whatever they're called but times a gazillion.
There'll be a lot of resistance but tbh I think it makes a lot of sense across the board.Comment
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