not so much.
I often can't park that near my house, I wouldn't want to run a cable out of my door or window and down the street. Particularly when it takes all night to charge.

For the cars as they are now to work you'd need regular charging points everywhere along residential streets, public car parks etc.

but aside from that, until you can drive 600 miles, charge up in a few minutes and then drive the same again etc. I'll stick with my diesel car thanks.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:00, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I see them being mostly used
by companies as pool cars for short range stuff, myself.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:01, Reply)

yeah.
won't work for anything else.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:03, Reply)

There's a company up here that's already bought a fleet of Nissan Leaf's for this purpose.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:04, Reply)

benders

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:05, Reply)

What I really dislike about electric cars
is the gay-arse names they're given. Leaf? FFS.
( Kroney, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:06, Reply)

I noes rite?
The Stealthy Car of Death would be a much better name.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:07, Reply)

It just means that I equate electric cars with vegetarians and hippies.
Therefore petrol is meat and I fucking love meat.
( Kroney, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:08, Reply)

That is true.
I can't see electricity taking off as a serious alternative. The range limits it to city driving where, as you say, most people can't park near their houses.

The simple fact is that people won't change until they don't have to change their lifestyle to embrace it.

And people like me won't change because we fucking love petrol.
( Kroney, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:02, Reply)

exactly

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:03, Reply)

Not at the current prices we fucking don't.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:03, Reply)

I do
although now it is unrequited as petrol's clearly fallen out of love with me and is just using me for my wallet :(
( Kroney, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:05, Reply)

And to think I complained when it got to a quid a litre.
I didn't know I was fucking well off.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:06, Reply)

A pound a litre would save me
over £60 a month.
( Kroney, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:08, Reply)

My car would cost about £38 to fill up when I bought it last year.
Now it's £47. The good thing about not working come the end of the month is I'll save a fair bit on petrol since I won't have to travel to stupid out of the way places for meetings. Or work.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:10, Reply)

Mine cost just under £45 to fill up when I got it.
now it's well over £60 and it even touched £70 a few weeks back.

Fucking outrageous.
( Kroney, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:12, Reply)

Thieving gypsy bastards.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 6 Jun 2011, 17:13, Reply)