Are they for the buses mate?
While yeāre busy at them get them to check if Woderick misled the electorate prior to the referendum like a good little lad.
It appears townsfolk have finally recognised that the emperor doth wear no clothes.
Battery powered vehicles donāt cut it in the real world for non commuter type trips
There is a big segment ready for EVās. Their use in those specific areas are most definitely of huge benefit to all around them.
Unfortunately, in other segments they are plain useless and that needs to be realised.
There are markets for both.
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Itās no different to vw telling lies about diesel.
And thereās the statistic that something like 95% of all car journeys are well well well within the range of all EVs.
Oh, and youāre not poisoning the atmosphere for others, thereās that too.
For the vast majority of people they are great. Five lads whining on twitter is a calamity these days. Just the way itās gone.
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Exactly right.
I was in one group, and while there I saved a huge amount of money by driving an EV for about 6 years. The trade off there is managing the limitations that come with driving an EV. Range, public charging, limiting speed etcā¦
Then my circumstances changed and the overhead of managing the limitations was no longer worthwhile. That put me in the other group.
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+1 thereās no reason for urbanites and suburbanites to complain too much about the range just because their EV is a bit of a pain in the arse the couple of times a year they want to go to Kerry or West Clare
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My first EV had an advertised range of 280km and did about 160km in the depths of winter if you were careful. Lads buying new EVs with range of 400km+ and complaining about range are some laugh.
Donāt get one if you canāt charge at home. That was the main reason we no longer have one, that and boot space.
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Rent a car for the odd time, or car club/share.
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I have a phev. Itās perfect for me. Electric around Dublin and petrol for the many trips to the Deise.
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Thatās the way I plan to go for next vehicle.
I find its the lads who dont own an EV complaining about a range of 400km being the bigger laugh. 400km will get people to most places and back on a home charge without having to rely on public charging.
The availability of reasonable priced family styled cars is not good which is a factor for a lot of people. Not having a 7 seater or 3 iso fix seats in the rear is an issue that needs to be sorted with more range from manufacturers. The EV9 is about the best at the moment for that sort of clientele, but its a very divisive looking unit, plus its north of ā¬85k to buy new.
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Get a PHEV lads you can always rely on petrol to get you home plus there is cheaper tax.
The Golf version is nice.
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Thats what I have. Great car.
Havent seen that, got myself a bus for hauling shit around. Short commute to work so im saving the environment with the EV part
non commuter type trips?
so it doesnt cut it on a trip to the shops?
the new Dolphin has a range of 400km.
Would a person living in Dublin drive 400kms in a week? i doubt it
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