Outside of London the rapid charger network is piss poor. I was in Wales recently and had a look for the nearest 3 rapid chargers to where I was :
1- Crewe, 67 miles away
2 - Wolverhampton, 68 miles away
3 - Swansea, 91 miles away.
Utterly not feasible there yet.
I find some areas of London have shit coverage too, East London beyond Whitechapel and Camberwell/Dulwich are pretty ropey.
I've been working for Zipcar for the last year and spent a lot of time recently driving and charging their electric fleet of cars (e-golfs), and its mostly been a pain in the arse, and there's a number of things about the charging network that is frankly unbelievably shit. I'll chime in on the EV thread so as not to go off on a massive rant here.
Also in my experience of driving them around I find electric cars utterly soulless and devoid of character, I clearly think of the engine as the soul of the car and have not adjusted yet. After spending time with any traditional car I've bonded with it and often named them, but couldn't imagine naming an electric car, would be like giving my washing machine a name.
Outside of London the rapid charger network is piss poor. I was in Wales recently and had a look for the nearest 3 rapid chargers to where I was :
1- Crewe, 67 miles away
2 - Wolverhampton, 68 miles away
3 - Swansea, 91 miles away.
Utterly not feasible there yet.
I find some areas of London have shit coverage too, East London beyond Whitechapel and Camberwell/Dulwich are pretty ropey.
I've been working for Zipcar for the last year and spent a lot of time recently driving and charging their electric fleet of cars (e-golfs), and its mostly been a pain in the arse, and there's a number of things about the charging network that is frankly unbelievably shit. I'll chime in on the EV thread so as not to go off on a massive rant here.
Also in my experience of driving them around I find electric cars utterly soulless and devoid of character, I clearly think of the engine as the soul of the car and have not adjusted yet. After spending time with any traditional car I've bonded with it and often named them, but couldn't imagine naming an electric car, would be like giving my washing machine a name.