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Title: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Nickbat on 08 May 2010, 01:00:12

The era of carefree motoring may soon be over, according to a study which reveals that drivers of the new generation of electric cars are plagued by nagging fears of being left stranded by a flat battery.

They narrow their horizons and rarely venture far from home, abandoning the old notion of the freedom of the open road.

A six-month trial involving 264 drivers found that almost all experienced “range anxiety” and travelled only short distances.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article7120160.ece

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Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: tidla on 08 May 2010, 09:39:27

electric cars are nonsense, cant understand why they have not dropped all electric idea ages ago. as clarkson says, where do the think the power comes from in the first place.

Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: HolyCount on 08 May 2010, 10:43:29

Be "range envy" next  ::)

Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Chris_H on 08 May 2010, 11:33:56

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electric cars are nonsense, cant understand why they have not dropped all electric idea ages ago. as clarkson says, where do the think the power comes from in the first place.

I don't agree.  I think electric drive is the way to go with motors in each wheel.

There are a lot of issues to sort out though, of which, the power source is probably the most pressing.

Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Banjax on 08 May 2010, 11:34:55

i had a horrible 1990 Astra 1.4L with no working fuel gauge which gave me the same problem  :-/ :y

Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 08 May 2010, 13:37:59

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i had a horrible 1990 Astra 1.4L with no working fuel gauge which gave me the same problem  :-/ :y

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Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Banjax on 08 May 2010, 16:33:09

don't worry Liz everyone else did - i remember having to trek across a muddy field to get to a phone to call the aa for petrol (the days before mobiles...remember them?  ;D)

it was that hideous "corpse blue" colour favoured by early 90's Nova saloons and low spec Astras  :(

Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Kevin Wood on 08 May 2010, 22:27:28

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I don't agree.  I think electric drive is the way to go with motors in each wheel.

There are a lot of issues to sort out though, of which, the power source is probably the most pressing.

Agreed. Power source is easy though. Diesel engine plus alternator. :y Or get a bit more imaginative and use a gas turbine. Once you've got a decent traction system with some innovative control software you can make these sub-optimal engines more driveable. ;)

Kevin

Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 08 May 2010, 23:39:18

I have the very same problem trying to choose between an Aga and a Stanley - life can be so very difficult at times :( :(

Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: VXL V6 on 08 May 2010, 23:41:18

I think the electric car manufacturers should take a leaf out of Sir Clive Sinclair's proven method of overcoming power problems of the C5.....

Fit some pedals  ;)

Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Nickbat on 08 May 2010, 23:54:57

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I have the very same problem trying to choose between an Aga and a Stanley - life can be so very difficult at times :( :(

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Title: Re: Help, I've got range anxiety!
Post by: Kevin Wood on 09 May 2010, 01:46:36

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I have the very same problem trying to choose between an Aga and a Stanley - life can be so very difficult at times :( :(

There is a cure for this type of range anxiety. ;D An induction hob. 8-)

Kevin