Dot wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:50 pm
Terry I wanted a car with very little bells and whistles and I didn't like the electric one, and plus all the other hoops you have to jump through to even get to plug the thing into is worse than the bells and whistles. BTW I used to be a Blue V8'er when we had ours but changed to Red when my Terry was offed a job with naughty Peter B. Neither of them impress me now but I will follow Gizzy which ever way he goes.
Just like you had to learn how to open the fuel flap, remove the fuel cap, get the fuel bowser to turn on, then put the nozzle in the tank and play with it to get the tank full without it clicking out after very little fuel had actually gone in ... you had to learn all that, with an electric car, charging at home just requires you to plug it in, it won't go again until you unplug it so you can't drive off with the cord still plugged ... how much easier than that do you want?
Using a charger at a shopping centre etc, the newer EV's do the whole "handshake" when you plug in, your phone connects to the charging station and you can see from anywhere how much the battery is charged and it automatically debts your account with who ever you choose to be your EV charging service provider, you don't have to go anywhere to pay, it's all done on line. The free chargers are even better, RAA have a discounts with Chargefox and if for some strange reason, you run out of charge, they will tow you to the nearest charging station ..... but running out of charge is even harder than running out of fuel, the car will reduce speed for the last bit of battery capacity to ensure you make it to a charging station, but the alarms would have sent you around the bend well before then ....
T1 Terry