Talk Morgan Forums Community Vehicle Talk (non-Morgan) Time for Electric Power?

Dave,

you are right, the people in London making decisions are detached from the reality of living in either modern or old "low end" residential areas, urban or rural.

My son lives in a glorious village, in Wiltshire.
He lives in a solid and rather nice 1950s council house, with ample parking. BUT the people who control the installation of EV points have said "no" to all applications as the supply to the village isn't sufficient, it would mean a new substation and expensive re-cabling.
The nearest petrol station is 6 miles away, otherwise it is Salisbury or Shaftesbury.

As you say, it is impossible to know how the Green Revolution will end.

@pj
There are several companies offering apps to control leasing your private charge point, you have total control over availability and pricing.

There are plenty of apps that let you rent private parking spaces already.

JustPark https://www.justpark.com/how-it-works/rent-out-your-charger
All the guides tell you the tax position etc.

I've just seen an interesting solution on Reddit to the challenge of charging an EV when one doesn't have a driveway. I'm not entirely sure the execution is ideal, but it just goes to show how inventive solutions can be out there.

Someone on my daughters road uses one of these rubber anti-trip ramps to house the cable in across the footpath, like you see in offices

Do hope nobody trips over it. Could be expensive if they get hurt.

Well, you've only got to look at the typical pavement on the photo above to see how many trip hazards there are...that the council can't be bothered to attend too

The overhead arm reminds me of a local BP Petrol Pump where we lived in the 1960s. An arm swung the hose over the pavement at about 10 feet up.
So why not for an EV cable?

10 feet would be ok, you'd need to have it out of jumping range. You wouldn't want the local yoof using it to swing from. The one in the pic I posted looked like it might be a bit low.

I was just checking a fact in my copy of Morgan First and Last etc by GH Bowden (1972) when I discovered this and thought it might be of interest what Peter Morgan's view on electric MMC product could be.

"Peter Morgan is also not ignoring the possibility that his firm may one day produce an electric car. As Morgans have never produced their own engine this would, of course, be dependent on having access to someone else's power unit.
But if the world was tending towards electric cars and a good motor was available, he would be quite open to the idea of using it while preserving the general appearance of the car.
No doubt Morgans would be able to continue their policy of producing cars with a high power-to-weight ratio unit even if they were powered by batteries, for the car would still remain that much lighter than most of it's competitors.
However it is difficult to see electric cars becoming at all widespread until the battery as we know it today has been revolutionized..."

So in fifty years I am still waiting for the revolutionary battery that will persuade me that Hydrogen is not the future that I'm happy to wait for as the real alternative, meantime I have ensured both our ICE cars provide plenty of smiles along the way and enjoy them to the full 190 bhp from each car is enough for me and the good lady .