Scratch wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:50 am
CarterHounslow wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:25 am
Anyway, the whole point of this thread was to help someone who was considering buying one. And yet even though I asked multiple times where their journeys were going to be from/to they won't tell me, so I can't tell them.if there are any rapid chargers on the route. If you fancy telling me at some point, drop me a message. Very odd complaining about range anxiety when it probably isn't even and issue and then ignoring help.
I am not ignoring you - I am busy with other stuff. Perhaps I wasn't very clear. What I was trying to say, was that one of our non-typical trips will involve a charge top up. If we equate this to using an ICE, it is still an issue with EVs that one has to locate a charger in advance and hope it's working. At this time fossil fuel garages are everywhere and they work. Don't get me wrong, I really want an EV. I am trying to justify it to myself, without having to have an ICE as back up. Where I am going to and from is irrelevant. It's just a journey. Thank you for wanting to help. On this subject of locating chargers, how many apps and subscriptions are actually needed to drive these longer distances?
The reason I ask is because it does vary where you live in the country. I live in Oxfordshire. In the town where I live, as it's located close to the M40, we have 3 x 50kw chargers, 8 x 100 kw chargers, 8 x Tesla Chargers. Bit ridiculous for a small town really. Although I've never used any in my own town, why would I? On my journeys to London and back and around the midlands, due to the upgrade of Electric Highway with Gridserve and Ionity, I have so much choice. Even if they all failed off the M40 there are other 50kw chargers further off, BP pulse or shell. However if you're in say Cornwall... not so much.
Check out Zap Map to see the availability of chargers. What you want to look at are 50kw and above CCS chargers (forget anything Type 2, even if they are 43kw which you can't use). You can filter them in the search.
In 5000 miles with a little planning I've not even had to be concerned, there was once where I wasn't 100% I was going to get back so I stopped on the M40 at Beaconsfield where there are tonnes of chargers for ten minutes, went on my way.
I did help one person in Scotland, their regular journey was a little risky, she was very remote, only two chargers on her journey where she needed it, that would risky.
What I do is just look before I start my journey, where am I going to charge.... check before you leave again and make sure they're working. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.