So If I am doing a 500 + mile trip and more I will only need to top up once and 20 minuets latter could set off again fully charged. I could travel up or across the width of GB and it would only need 20 mins at a top up and then just return?? To the same convenience at a petrol or diesel vehicle? Someone travelling long distances can just top up with diesel anywhere at any garage without a special app or navigator. Even when fully drained the battery only takes 20 mins to replenish?? If I am travelling anywhere long distance, I do not like stopping unless it is too top up with fuel which only takes a few moments OK I am an old git now so I need a slash. I can stop anywhere for that but even at the pumps it aint going to get in the way.
The other thing, the availability of plug-ins for e vehicles is pathetic I think the nearest is 20 miles away from me. When one arrives at the one plug-in at a supermarket one finds it is taken for x amount of time, no idea where the driver is do I hang around because he has pissed off off to god knows where or do I drive around to some other town to find another plug-in. There may be plenty in Swansea or Cardiff, Wrexham or what ever but few any where else until one finds a supermarket. On the road there may be plenty of Diesel pumps along the way at plethora of places. Finding Diesel or petrol is simple just drive anywhere in any direction do not need a map or an app but for e it is another matter. Unless living in a well populated area in Wales they are just not many e charge points and when found often only a single or twin.
What is the longevity of any battery, how many full recharges do they take until efficiency drops. How long until the battery might need replacing and how much for a new battery £. Driving a normal fuel vehicle is easy even travelling very long range without very much planning no real fuel anxiety. Another thing. I live in a remote holding, I am fortunate in having electricity but it is off a spur even the when they repaired the line from the transformer which is on my land the guys from the electricity supply side repairing it where amazed at how low rated the cable was on the HT side of things, I did not ask about an e vehicle but they told me that that line and equipment would need changing if I had bigger demands on it. Probably OK for a single dwelling but run machinery needing a lot of power you might need it all changing. I need 4wheel drive vehicles here, including the tractor it is not a luxury it is a necessity No road comes to the property it is off road I have my own post code no one shares that with this property. When the line came down last time in the storm it was for over a month and that is not unusual it can and has happened most winters so what then!