Long motorway journeys (I do 400 miles per week on motorways) are the killer for electric cars. Even the iPace - which I seriously thought about - will struggle to make 200 miles on a rainy winter motorway at night. The interesting thing about the calculator (
https://www.jaguar.co.uk/jaguar-range/i-pace/electric-vehicles/index.html) is that it reminds us all how tires, temperature, rain and wind make a big impact on energy use, whether electric, diesel , petrol of any other source. My Discovery Sport regularly uses more fuel returning South because of the prevailing SW wind etc etc.
I read that we will need 7 new power stations to create the energy needed if all cars are electric by 2040.. and I don't here any talk about that from Westminster.. (Ha!)..
A bizarre statistic I discovered over the winter as I attempted to use the train more: some diesel trains have 8 x the level of Nox pollution IN THE TRAIN than you have in a car.. so, from a selfish point of view, I'll stay healthier in my car! (
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35717927).
It's a complex subject but the usual rules apply: "You can't be Right and Alive at the same time" - so might as well get the transport you fancy!
