More bad news for EVs

[Diasi]

There's more bad news, Petrol Ped did a caravan towing test & BMW lent him their top-of the-range EV with the largest capacity battery on the market, but once it was towing a caravan the range dropped by 60% from around 300 miles to around 120 miles.

Plus to charge the car the caravan would have to be uncoupled &, apart from a motorway services, left outside on the road as there wouldn't be room at the charge points.

[JBR]

There's more bad news, Petrol Ped did a caravan towing test & BMW lent him their top-of the-range EV with the largest capacity battery on the market, but once it was towing a caravan the range dropped by 60% from around 300 miles to around 120 miles.

Plus to charge the car the caravan would have to be uncoupled &, apart from a motorway services, left outside on the road as there wouldn't be room at the charge points.

Yet more reason why I shall avoid electric cars as long as I live!
Actually, I'm sure that popular support for them will dwindle up to and beyond the government's hopeful ICE cut-off date now of 2035, apart possible for little local run-abouts.

[Michael Rolls]

welll, another nice mess they've got us into!

October 03, 2023, 07:33:34 PM

What about the shopping ?

I don't shop - I get Tesco to deliver. The amount of space the motor battery takes up in the boot would make the Mondeo impractical for a family of four going on holiday - they would need a rooftop box

[klondike]

LPG cars have a similar problem. I don't think they ever really caught on here but they were quite popular in Europe some time ago. Might even be now - I've lost contact.