Top Gear go electric caravanning

A.D I suggest the Ferry. 

Four charging points have been installed In the council carpark where our local Coonp is and since installion it seems they are not working more often than working

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I think we'll all just have to play it a bit by ear!! 

One problem could be that, as electric cars get more popular (assuming they will) and as diesel will be used less, deisel could well become more difficult to get (like LPG), or could increase in price making it less affordable....  We could get a technological breakthrough, making electric cars more viable in towing for long distances, or even a different type of 'green car' (hydrogen??).  Whichever way we go, I guess affordability will be an issue...

David

The rises in costs  will it seems affect us of a certain age, more than many younger of the population. 

OHs son cannot understand how we can live as we do on our pensions ? 

As I have posted before next year may well be our last doing as we do , it may even be before the end of the year ,with all that is happening

Only just found this thread (late to the party). 

Top gear is a great entertainment show, but that is all it is. I was looking forward to the EV caravanning section as much as anyone, but it was never going to be sensible. 

I admire them for finding 3 ultra-lightweight vans to tow, but the Polestar has the lowest tow limit of the three (1500kg) and was still well under it's limit, so it wasn't about caravanning in its normal sense. 

If it had been a consumer program about real caravanning, it would have shown charging via hookup on site, and what you need to overcome (and therefor how the infrastructure could be quickly and easily improved) to charge with a 'van while towing. 

The chilli eating challenge was hilarious, and the best bit was the unshown drag race on the beach at Bamber Castle. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=584831002573135&ref=sharing

What really annoyed me was the "drive a car until it runs out of fuel" bit. What did they think would happen? A fleet of battery wielding angels show up born on bolts of electricty to recharge them? Utter rubbish. 

What they should have done was had a race to the end including a charge stop. Pick the right charger and they would have only needed a "volt and bolt" (Splash and dash), showing how easy (or not) it is to charge, and how fast you can add range when you battery is low. As little as 5 mins on a rapid for Flintoff would have take hime easily over the line.