Originally Posted by Hamwich

So the idea of a car that can do 500 miles on a tankful is pretty much irrelevant if all you ever need is to be able to go 20 miles to work or maybe 100 miles at the weekend to visit a National Trust property or whatever.


Agreed. We could replace our MINI with an EV in a heartbeat as its daily mileage is almost always less than 100 and 90% of the time less than 20.

My Disco is another matter. On Tuesday, it towed the best part of 3T for 110 miles on a third of a tank of diesel. I don’t think there is an EV in concept form that might even get close to this.

Our 4/4 is often asked to do 300 miles in a day and could (funds permitting) be replaced by a 200 mile range equivalent if a recharge could be completed over a lunch stop. The charging infrastructure may well support this in 5 years time.

It is important to remember that disruptive technology is often inferior to the mainstream on launch. It then improves and overtakes. Think pagers and mobile phones, VHS and DVR or digital camera and film.

Paul
Costock, UK
Plus Four 75th - Furka Rouge - Pip
Disco 5
Teddy - 17h1 Irish Draught cross