Electric Car Battery Retention

[jimmy b]

On jimmy b Said:

I truly understand the term EVangelist now.

 

If an EV was made available, that did the things we all take for granted, such as versatility (big boot space) and speed of “refueling”, I’d seriously consider having one. But as petrol is very unlikely to dissappear in my lifetime, I’ll carry on with it.

 

Petrol engines are still being designed/developed for future car use.

 

The argument about the environment just does not work for me. From my day job, I know about the price we all pay and will pay for the batteries. Both in their manufacture and future disposal.

Jimb

This post was about BEV range retention but you’ve turned it into an anti EV rant again.

In answer to a couple of your points.

The last time I saw, over 90% of BEV drivers in the UK charged their vehicles overnight at home. No need to drive to a petrol station and stand there refuelling it. Just plug the car in when you get home and unplug when you go out. In this scenario it’s obviously much quicker (time taken) to refuel a BEV. I hasten to add this is not my experience as I don’t own one, but a comment I saw online from a happy BEV owner.

From figures I’ve seen, the vast majority of car journeys in the UK are under 50 miles so “refuelling” is probably not that frequent for many motorists. Speaking personally I fill up about once every 3 weeks.

The “Boot Space” seems to be a new anti BEV myth that I’ve not seen before so I did a quick Google. Obviously there must be BEV’s that you’ve personally experienced with tiny boots though.

 

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

For about 10 years I was doing about 20-25k per year and calculated that I spent an entire day each year just refuelling and waiting in the queue to pay (before pay at pump). Would have saved time with an electric but having to unwind the cable and plug in would still take a minute every few days so still an hour or two a year. Not least of the advantages when work form home some days was allowed was the time saved scraping the windscreen. Yes electric cars can save that chore with preheat and de-ice but so can IC cars if you are spending that kind of money.

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

I had a temperature problem with a lithium battery on a much smaller scale recently. I usually charge my Samsung smart phone using an old USB charger in my bedroom and for some reason changed the charger to use one of the fast chargers instead. The phone refused to charge saying it was too cold (about 12C at the time), the phone,a Galaxy A14 has a 5000mA battery and is about 2 years old, bought because I was afraid my ancient Nokia 1100 was about to become a small brick, but it is still getting signals.

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