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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 29/7/2017

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not that long ago someone ran a little test.. they took an electric car from london to edinburgh..

it took four days to make the journey.. about the same as it took a stage coach from a couple of hundred years back.. :)

we are a long way from electric battery power being a viable option for anything other than short journeys..

towing a caravan might be a viable option at least it would save on the hotel bills over the four days journey.. he he..

trog

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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 30/7/2017

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bessie500.. the only thing that is changing with electric cars is the growing availability of super high power charging units..

the basic battery technology is still the same.. it needs a whole new battery (storage) technology to produce something that will store the same energy as a tank full of petrol..

there is no real evidence that technology will provide an answer to our mobility problems except maybe a blind belief held by some that it will..

currently it takes me about five minutes to fill up my fuel tank.. it takes hours to fill up an electric fuel tank.. overnight filling up with one charge per day.. mass filling up on the move.. nah i cant see it.. he he..

trog

only time will tell Trog, Volvo are the 1st car manufacture to announce that they will not be making any diesel or straight petrol cars anymore from 2019, only electric and hybrids,

When you consider how many cars they’ve supplied the caravan fraternity over the years, I’d be pretty certain they will have done their homework before making that decision.

Give it 10 years I reckon electric cars will be more common than you think probably outselling diesel by then

bessie