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Mike Ruff, GW editorKeymaster
The UK government is to review the potential hazards electric cars may pose amid concerns about how electric cars can be moved when they breakdown, gi
[See the full post at: Government to review EV dangers as Transport Minister “astonished” by sudden EV breakdowns]James WalpoleGuestThere needs to be emergency disconnection of the driveline to the road wheels to permit towing.
anthony w edwardsGuestA hard shoulder would be a cracking idea.
Stephen RoundGuestwhat aboutin major hold ups (traffic jams etc) could many EVs run out of charge making it near impossible to clear the road
CarlGuestI gather increasingly people are afraid to use the inside lade, because in traffic if someone stops, you ‘don’t gonna get past’ them….
CarlGuestlane
Les GornallGuestI own a Nissan Leaf and after a long journey I found I was approaching my last charger with enough battery to get me to my home charger plus another five miles. In retrospect I should have charged up 10 miles worth (10mins total time or less) and continued. However, on descending into the valley in which my home is situated, the temperature dropped by about 5 deg.C and this rolled off the low end capacity of the batteries. Consequence – I came to a dead stop in a narrow lane a mile from home. Fortunately there was a domestic layby in front of some cottages and I was able to stop off the road but had I not made that I would have been stopped dead in a blind dip on a fast narrow road. A high speed impact would have been inevitable. It was snowing and visibility was a problem. Fortunately kind neighbours lent an extension lead and in an hour the lights were back on and we got home. However, once the power was off the wheels locked and there was no way of pushing the car to safety. This is a major problem. Even rolling a car onto a set of dolly wheels for towing would not be possible with human pushing alone. Having said all this I would never go back to an ICE powered car.
S NicolGuestThis is inevitable as the Battery Range Depletes after a few years, so there will be many people run out of power early before reaching home & be Stranded on Roads throuout the Country . Electric Car Batteries are just like many batteries fitted to Drills, Phones etc they lose Power efficiency & need to be charged more frequently.
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