I'n new to this EV idea
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:01 pm
For some reason that i cannot possibly imagine the idea of getting an electric car only occured to me a couple of days ago, but already i have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that i want to replace my current car with one.
I've been looking into it a bit, but i'm pretty busy right now and really should stop resarching electric cars and do some work, so i thought i'd be lazy and ask you people some questions, as you seem to know what you're talking about.
1. From what i can tell, there currently aren't any EVs that are fast enough to go on a motorway. Correct?
2. The current one available in the UK that seems the best is the G-Wiz - top speed 50mph. I'm assuming that there's a law that says that something that can only go upto 50mph can't go on the motorway. Is that true?
3. Are they allowed on normal national speed limit roads? And could i therefore make longer journeys by avoiding motorways and dual carriageways?
4. I don't live anywhere near London. Is this a problem for the current cars or likely to be for future ones?
5. I noticed someone somewhere say that you pay a certain price, fully or per month, and then an extra £100 ish a month for lease of the battery. Is this always the case, is it likely not to be the case for future models?
What i would obviously want (though i realise this may be too optimistic), would be an EV that could get to 70 on a motorway without too much trouble, and accelerate enough to be able to safely overtake old people on country A-Roads. I looked at the site www.greencarsite.co.uk/electric-vehicles-cars.htm. It has a list of future EVs that look potentially good, eg the Mitsubishi i MiEV.
6. There didn't seem to be a huge amount of information on these future models, including whether they'll be available in the UK. Do you think any of these future models will be available in the next year or so in the UK?
7. How expensive do you think they'll be? eg how expensive do you reckon that Mitsubishi will be, as it looks rather good.
I think i'll leave it at that. Sorry for being lazy and asking all this, and thanks in advance for your responses.
James
I've been looking into it a bit, but i'm pretty busy right now and really should stop resarching electric cars and do some work, so i thought i'd be lazy and ask you people some questions, as you seem to know what you're talking about.
1. From what i can tell, there currently aren't any EVs that are fast enough to go on a motorway. Correct?
2. The current one available in the UK that seems the best is the G-Wiz - top speed 50mph. I'm assuming that there's a law that says that something that can only go upto 50mph can't go on the motorway. Is that true?
3. Are they allowed on normal national speed limit roads? And could i therefore make longer journeys by avoiding motorways and dual carriageways?
4. I don't live anywhere near London. Is this a problem for the current cars or likely to be for future ones?
5. I noticed someone somewhere say that you pay a certain price, fully or per month, and then an extra £100 ish a month for lease of the battery. Is this always the case, is it likely not to be the case for future models?
What i would obviously want (though i realise this may be too optimistic), would be an EV that could get to 70 on a motorway without too much trouble, and accelerate enough to be able to safely overtake old people on country A-Roads. I looked at the site www.greencarsite.co.uk/electric-vehicles-cars.htm. It has a list of future EVs that look potentially good, eg the Mitsubishi i MiEV.
6. There didn't seem to be a huge amount of information on these future models, including whether they'll be available in the UK. Do you think any of these future models will be available in the next year or so in the UK?
7. How expensive do you think they'll be? eg how expensive do you reckon that Mitsubishi will be, as it looks rather good.
I think i'll leave it at that. Sorry for being lazy and asking all this, and thanks in advance for your responses.
James