Comments on: 250 Plug-in Electric Car Charging Stations to be Installed Across the UK

By: omegaman66

omegaman66 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:13:51 +0000

I think I will just continue to drive and not stop for an hour at a recharging station and recharge when I get home. Recharging stations are pointless by themselves. The only place someone is going to recharge other than at home is some place that also provides another service that the driver planned to stop at already. Such as at work or to eat or a store etc.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:55:21 +0000

I agree with OptimisticMF, with the added comment that ethanol and biodiesel will be able to fill the gap.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:48:06 +0000

OhmExcited Says (8):
My question is what electric cars are they actually driving over there? Do the Europeans make them and forget to tell us? Will they swallow their pride and buy an American Tesla or Chevy?

The short answer is yes to both – we do have all electric cars on the road (they’re not very good) and if it’s a good car (with the steering wheel on the right side) we’ll drive it no matter who made it.

But the truly wonderful Tesla is a battery driven Lotus with a body made in the UK. So we can be proud of that too. Let’s work together on this one.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:49:44 +0000

Sure, having the UK install the plugs is great…but…what about the U.S and Canada?

By: OptimisticMF

OptimisticMF — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:02:43 +0000

I thought the point of the Volt was to avoid this kind of thing? You plug in at home when you can, if you’re out, the genset kicks in. You ride the existing liquid fuel distribution system for the next couple decades until we have improved battery technology to the point that we don’t need to fill up anymore.

We need to broaden our energy supply and concentrate on designing and building a next generation electric grid.