Who will be in line for an electric car?

HI,

Before i choose my current mobility car i had a 48 hour test drive of a Mini countryman and that was plug in electric and it was very annoying. The thought of going out and having to charge the car before, during and after is just too much effort for me, so i would say no to this version. Although the hybrid, sounds good a choice.

If I lived somewhere where I could have a charge point fitted then yes I would. I only do very low mileage and have suffered with DPF problems on diesels for the last 6 years, but not been able to run a petrol. Now I can run a petrol they also come with GPFs (gasoline particulate filters) which also don't like short journeys! So really full electric would be best for me.

The current car I'm looking at is a mild hybrid (MHEV) which basically has a small electric motor and 48v battery to boost the petrol engine. Giving more power and better efficiency but without ever having to charge the battery yourself as it recharges as you drive. I'm sceptical as to how much real world difference these MHEVs actually make, but seems like a good compromise until the full electric infrastructure is improved.

Hxrry

Awesome! I think with the way things are going that they will find a way for everyone to have the electric option but I purchased a Toyota C-HR & i find average mpg is amazing compared to any other car I have owned (Y)

I couldnt cope with a plug in electric car it wouldn't suit me at all I have driven a hybrid which is better but uses more petrol than electric I would rather drive the old type cars

On another post I was talking about cars and my newest car is a peuogot yes I like it but I actually got locked inside my car but did get out in old car where a key is used thst wouldn't of happend ha ha

The hybrid is is ok for short distance as it uses more electric than petrol then with an all electric think I would stress about running out of electric I get enhanced on both but buy my own cars at the moment

Hxrry said:

Awesome! I think with the way things are going that they will find a way for everyone to have the electric option but I purchased a Toyota C-HR & i find average mpg is amazing compared to any other car I have owned (Y)

Yeah, with the petrol & diesel sales deadline less than a decade away they will definitely have to improve the electric infrastructure quickly!

I considered the Corolla Hybrid myself but I can't get on with automatic transmission so have ruled that out, as well as any other proper hybrid this time, MHEV is still available on manuals fortunately. What sort of average MPG do you get from the C-HR out of interest? Is it the 2.0 petrol Hybrid in those?

To be fair I don't think they will get rid of petrol and diesel all together becsuse thry make to much money

If you had an all electric car whst would happen if there was a power cut my friend has got an all electric car because they were cheaper than a hybrid and her opinion is she wish she hadn't botherd when you charge the car at a station you have to have it on thete for an hour if you run out of electric you can't get out the car or open the window and to fully charge it takes 12 hrs

It tells you how many miles you have left but she said it would be no good for a carer in the community she has to take her mums car which is petrol and they expensive to fix if something goes wrong

Its OK if you have mobility cars you don't pay tax in them so not so bad there we will see I am havring a hybrid engine conversion on one of my vehicles to see if it can be done which will be cheaper got ten years yet I might not be driving by then lol ha ha

Out of the two I would say a hybrid would be better

If you have an electric car and it runs out of electric then you can still use the car. You can still actually drive it too because it will still have fuel in the car lol. I test drove a Mini Countryman for 48 hours and it was electric. The charge was almost empty when i had it and i didn't charge it back up but could still use it.

Was it a hybrid or a plug in my friend has a plug in I have driven a hybrid which is fuel and electric but on a long distance drive it was using fuel more than electric and when you go at a certain speed it uses fuel more than electric

They have plenty of time to make it better though lol ha ha the plug in electric cars are cheaper to buy than a hybrid I am going to see if I can do an engine conversion on my vw t4 which costs two thousand be interesting to see ha ha alot can happen in a decade lol

It was plug in electric. I've also driven a hybrid, which is completely different to a plug in electric.

Information what to do if you run out of electric in an all electric car

Just to clarify, the Mini is a plug in Hybrid (PHEV). If you buy a full electric car (like a Nissan Leaf) there is no fuel back-up to use if the battery runs flat.

Plug in hybrid electric vehicles or PHEV for short can continue to run even when the electric battery is flat. These cars are different to just the hybrid, which do not need to be plugged in to charge. The car i test drove from Mini was plug in electric and the electric was completely flat but i continued to use it. See link for confirmation that my advice is correct. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/how-do-plug-hybrid-electric-cars-work

Obvously if it's purely electric then if the battery is flat then natrually it's not going to work.

Sorry when I asked you just said plug in I cant see the point of a plug in hybrid people will just use it as a fuel car lol

I think most people will go for a hybrid to be fair if they have to change dual cars have been around for a long time but never took off

Now they call them hybtids just made better the batteries for standard size electric would last for 100 miles and the biggest is 360 miles at the moment in all types but you have fuel in two of them so your battery won't go flat

I think people need to be careful how they choose

Don't forget how quickly battery tech has improved...even 10 years ago look at the size phones, laptops and tablets had to be and how poor the battery life was... I genuinely believe that within 5 years we'll see full electric 'normal' cars with the same range as a petrol model. Infrastructure will take longer to build but with the new tech that's still being developed we'll have fast charge points where you can just stop at a Shell garage and pump in 80% of battery capacity within 5-10 minutes. So about the same as filling a 50 litre fuel tank.

Hybrids will not be allowed when the sale of petrol and diesel cars get banned so we'll all have to go full electric eventually - but that should just push the technology even more quickly.

lisathomas50 said:

Sorry when I asked you just said plug in I cant see the point of a plug in hybrid people will just use it as a fuel car lol

I think most people will go for a hybrid to be fair if they have to change dual cars have been around for a long time but never took off

Now they call them hybtids just made better the batteries for standard size electric would last for 100 miles and the biggest is 360 miles at the moment in all types but you have fuel in two of them so your battery won't go flat

I think people need to be careful how they choose

The self charging hybrid obviously charges itself. There's a lot of PHEV's around now, i see them all the time. When i said plug in i certainly didn't mean purely electric lol, which is why i originally said that just because oit's electric it doesn't mean you can't use it when the battery isn't charged.

Overly anxious thsts why I said now and your right technology will move on and but becsusr of whst has hsppend over the last year and comring into the new year I dont think it will be as fast happening as they would like

They need to claw money back alot of jobs would be lost and the government make alot of money out of fuel they will need to build the economy back up first

Thry have also got to sort out what will happen to the millions of cars thst would have to be taken off the road they will stop selling normal fuel cars and if prople csn have an engine conversion which is cheaper

We will have to see lol it will be interesting though

My phone is playing up again misses letters out

When things do change in 10 years time they won't just scrap all of the existing fuel run vehicles that really would be ridiculous.

What will happen is the Government will ban the sale of ALL NEW petrol and diesel fuelled ones. You will still be able to buy used ones.

Full details here. https://www.whatcar.com/news/new-petrol-and-diesel-cars-to-be-banned-from-2030/n15810