[WizzyWigg]

Originally Posted by retrotecchie

@WizzyWigg

What's not to like there, Wizzy!

I watched the BBC thing about heat pumps and stuff. It really did prove that neither electric cars or heat pumps are the way to go until we have a grid capable of handling the anticipated capacity.

If anything, it put me off EV's even more, and heat pumps are a no-no for me anyway.

Wow I'll definitely watch once I can off-load 4 grandkids ranging from 4 to 11. Evening time I do pop the old goggle box on but it tends have a soporific effect 😴.

[geoffers]

Originally Posted by retrotecchie

@WizzyWigg

What's not to like there, Wizzy!

I watched the BBC thing about heat pumps and stuff. It really did prove that neither electric cars or heat pumps are the way to go until we have a grid capable of handling the anticipated capacity.

If anything, it put me off EV's even more, and heat pumps are a no-no for me anyway.

@retrotecchie
@WizzyWigg - I'm totally in agreement with you re: full EVs - so many negatives & few positives that I can see.

However.... I've just gone for a hybrid which I think is the way to go, certainly for city dwellers doing short journeys, with no range anxiety for longer ones.
The major benefit I can see is that since the average car's usage is to Tesco & pick the kids up from school, this can be done in leccy mode without any local exhaust emissions, so it does help clean up our cities

Also I can charge from a 13 amp socket (max current = 8amps ie 2kW) so with the Next Drive tariff the majority of my fuel cost has dropped from around 22p a mile in my old petrol car to around 3p a mile electric & 6p a mile hybrid (don't do many long journeys, and certainly don't use motorway charge points which are more expensive than petrol!)

[retrotecchie]

@geoffers

Ah, now if they made a diesel hybrid....I'd be first in the queue!!!

[WizzyWigg]

Foot power and OAP bus pass for me. 👴

[geoffers]

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