NFR - What vehicles are we all driving

[H4usuallysitting]

Anyone gone all electric or hybrid....what are we we all driving & any problems with your vehicle?

[Cornishnick]

Just gone Hybrid route. So far very impressed. You thinking of making the jump?  If so, pleased to chat if you want info, this message board not the place really.

[HV71]

Have a Volvo XC 90 hybrid. Really pleased with it - charges quickly and do many short trips using electric only. Impressive acceleration for such a big car and very comfortable on long journeys - no problems at all in the 3 years since I bought it

[Woolly Mammoth]

Has anyone got a Horse and Cart ?

[H4usuallysitting]

Has anyone got a Horse and Cart ?

I've got a sherbert dab

[filham]

All electric seems so attractive apart from cost and recharging problems. Interesting to hear how owners overcome the recharge/range limitations.

[Holders]

A friend has just bought an electric and he's pleased with it, except that it will only do 70 miles between charges! Until they get that up to something more practical - like, say, 200 miles - I can't see it catching on. And they need to provide charging points, of course, you can hardly knock on someone's door and ask to plug in.  It must take longer to charge than to fill up so concourses will need to accommodate a lot of vehicles while people hang around waiting. The only place I've seen charging points is in Ireland, none in the UK though there must be some somewhere. As ever, like fibreoptics, we're years behind.

I can't see why we didn't go hydrogen for vehicles, which could be filled as quickly as LPG and is produced by electrolysis of water so the source is the same as for electric cars.

[bucksfulham]

I've got a Kia Niro hybrid. No problems. 65 mpg on a run and around 50 overall.

[Brightster#2]

I think I'm the opposite here lol. I have a 2012 Dodge Ram pick up truck 5.7L V8. 

[Southcoastffc]

A friend has just bought an electric and he's pleased with it, except that it will only do 70 miles between charges! Until they get that up to something more practical - like, say, 200 miles - I can't see it catching on. And they need to provide charging points, of course, you can hardly knock on someone's door and ask to plug in.  It must take longer to charge than to fill up so concourses will need to accommodate a lot of vehicles while people hang around waiting. The only place I've seen charging points is in Ireland, none in the UK though there must be some somewhere. As ever, like fibreoptics, we're years behind.

I can't see why we didn't go hydrogen for vehicles, which could be filled as quickly as LPG and is produced by electrolysis of water so the source is the same as for electric cars.

There are plenty of charging points in Putney and at motorway services. Just Google Zapmap to find locations.

[ScalleysDad]

Has anyone got a Horse and Cart ?

Nearly. A 1972 series three landrover, tax exempt and of January MoT exempt. One day I intended to drive her up from Exeter for a home match but at forty mph tops it would take a while. This season has failed to summon up the enthusiasm but maybe next year.

[Cornishnick]

A friend has just bought an electric and he's pleased with it, except that it will only do 70 miles between charges! Until they get that up to something more practical - like, say, 200 miles - I can't see it catching on. And they need to provide charging points, of course, you can hardly knock on someone's door and ask to plug in.  It must take longer to charge than to fill up so concourses will need to accommodate a lot of vehicles while people hang around waiting. The only place I've seen charging points is in Ireland, none in the UK though there must be some somewhere. As ever, like fibreoptics, we're years behind.

I can't see why we didn't go hydrogen for vehicles, which could be filled as quickly as LPG and is produced by electrolysis of water so the source is the same as for electric cars.

There are plenty of charging points in Putney and at motorway services.

If your aim is to be "green", hydrogen by far the best option, but who is going to stump up the money to create the supply network. It will of course still need energy and raw materials to build the equipment, create, distribute and dispense the hydrogen.  Electric has limitations and will have a limited life especially once people have first hand experience of how much a replacement set of batteries will cost. Remember we still have to generate the power for electric cars and that means either fossil fuels, nuclear or renewables, all of which add to the overall demands for electicity. Hybrids a good short term alternative as most of the energy is recaptured from driving. Sure that needs a petrol engine but none of methods available in the near future are totally green.

[H4usuallysitting]

I'm hearing the Kia Niro EV 64Kwh has a range of 250+ miles.....what also interests me is the maintenance costs of fully electric vehicles - I'm hearing the Nissan Leaf annual service is around £150, plus tyres

[ffcthereligion]

Im actually just on the train to look at a Jeep Wrangler!

[Mike the White]

Jeep? That's just a Fiat on hormones!!

[Woolly Mammoth]

All electric seems so attractive apart from cost and recharging problems. Interesting to hear how owners overcome the recharge/range limitations.

The cost of Electric Cars will come as a bit of a shock.

[GloucesterWhite]

All electric seems so attractive apart from cost and recharging problems. Interesting to hear how owners overcome the recharge/range limitations.

The cost of Electric Cars will come as a bit of a shock.

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Took me a while before I got that - but it is a bit early in the morning.

Driving a Volvo V40 but have put a deposit down on a Polestar 2.

[bobbo]

VW tiguan

[HV71]

Driving a Volvo V40 but have put a deposit down on a Polestar 2.


That is very exciting.....

[GloucesterWhite]

Driving a Volvo V40 but have put a deposit down on a Polestar 2.


That is very exciting.....

Yes, but an 18 month wait for delivery. Wife not too pleased though!