Article and a nice graphic Electric cars: Best and worst places to charge up
The Scillies have no public electric chargers, contrast Orkney which has loads. Scillies could actually be a good candidate for full electrification of their transport.
Suspect the fact that Orkney is its own local government area, while Scillies are (an ignored) part of Cornwall, might be a factor.
And "Ulster says No" to EV/everything/the modern world. Surprising, not. (Imagine that in Ian Paisley's booming tones).
I completely agree that small Islands generally are a no-brainer for electric vehicles.
My view is that journeys are very short, and thus relatively tiny average daily mileage. EV is an expensive car compared to ICE ... but for sure, no need to have much in the way of charging, home charging, even 13 AMP would be fine.
Don't remember seeing any EVs in Guernsey a couple of months back![]()
Per mile travelled a scillies car has to be terrible, with short journeys, cold engines and the small mileage per unit of overhead in transporting fuel and distributing it. But the number of miles is miniscule.
So small, cheap, maybe older, EVs could be a nice addition but I'd have thought the bigger benefit requires complete electrification to get rid of fuel transport and distribution. Plus electrification, from renewable sources, of space heating.
And then there's fuel in boats?
Mind you in the case of the Channel Islands we can rule out a general lack of cash as being any reason for a lack of EVs!
small boats with excellent (though expensive) electric outboard motors
Once you pass the Telford Supercharger ..
Speaking as someone who lives near the "fringes" or Wales as we call it. Thanks.I think much better that Tesla put their efforts into adding sites on primary trunk routes, or increasing the stalls at existing ones, rather than building on the fringes.
I went to Anglsea some months back, had enough range for return to Telford but actually easily found a destination charger, so used that and had a lovely return drive on a virtually empty A5 as I then had no range worries at all![]()
Where I live day tripping into Wales is common and at the moment it doesn't feel comfortable.
My view is that journeys are very short, and thus relatively tiny average daily mileage. EV is an expensive car compared to ICE ... but for sure, no need to have much in the way of charging, home charging, even 13 AMP would be fine.
Don't remember seeing any EVs in Guernsey a couple of months back![]()
Portsmouth?No superchargers south of London![]()
Cheers but I meant still within the m25 or reasonably close by :/Portsmouth?
reasonably close by
Have you ever tried doing a roadtrip to South London? You'll need to make sure you stay over 24 hours when you get there so you have enough charge to go anywhere else after!That seems to me to be the opposite of what I want from a supercharger
That seems to me to be the opposite of what I want from a supercharger