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[Nickbat]

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

Sorry, you've got to have a good chortle...

 

[tidla]

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.

[HolyCount]

Be "range envy" next 

[Chris_H]

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.

[Banjax]

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

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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

 

Sorry BJ, I just had to laugh!

[Banjax]

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?  )

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

[Kevin Wood]

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. 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

[Dishevelled Den]

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

[VXL V6]

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 

[Nickbat]

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

 8-)

[Kevin Wood]

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. An induction hob. 8-)

Kevin