Diesel & petrol alternatives? Your thoughts please

It was originally the Autocar ... but I was on my phone & couldn't find it again. 😉

 When an EV can tow a caravan 200 miles, then - and only then, would I consider it.

Better still if it could tow my van for 300 miles without needing a fuel stop for three hours.  

Diesel refuelling only takes 10 -20 minutes.

My nephew has a 5 months old, all electric, Jaguar iPace but there currently isn't any pace in it. It won't charge up. A specialist from Jaguar has been out to try to sort it out but, apparently, he can't. It is something to do with the battery charger within the car and will have to go in to a specialist workshop to sort it out , " . . . but it isn't a quick job. The car has to be taken to pieces!". My nephew has been looking online and has found that this is not an unusual problem. So much for a car costing in excess of £70,000 !!

I know the situation regarding towing is still ongoing, but this was quite an interesting experiment shown on the BBC web site. We often find with our EV that we push it to the limits, we have to watch the computer screen and work out how to get the best out of the car. It requires quite a bit of thinking on some occasions, turning things off and on. This is something that drivers of fossil fuel vehicles might find challenging at first as they change over to electric. I also notice there has been a call for more charge points at services and they are certainly needed. Maybe the caravan industry could start lobbying for better drive through designs. The present ones are totally impracticable.

Here's the BBC LINK, the video is worth a look.

If you have got time >this 30 minute video< is interesting. JCB have developed an ICE fueled by hydrogen because  electric power for many of their vehicles is not practical. Their technology could well be applied to commercial vehicles and even tow cars!

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They say the same about Tesla vehicles-they’re super expensive to fix due to the complete interconnection🤷🏻‍♂️

‘Massless energy battery/storage’, this is a total game changer. Everything we thought EV’s failed at ME battery technology will supply, expected to actually make headway within the next few years👍🏻

Total genius.

But what happens when the "massless" battery becomes useless either because of a fault or it has reached the end of its life?

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Best wait until it actually appears before you attack it eh?👍🏻. These things need to be tried & tested to actually fully understand them. I think the one thing that’s guaranteed the age of the petrol head is over, it is on its last legs.

Best not to "big up" then until proven then Rocky.

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