Regenerative braking doesn't make electric vehicles more efficient, it just makes them less inefficient, You might recapture around 25 to 30 percent of lost energy from regen braking , that's Teslas number not mine ..Its also a bit subjective, If you decelerate, and regenerate a small amount of power , you then use that power to increase your speed back to where you were previously . So you gain a little and you use a little , but overall your battery will discharge . Its probably better to just agree with you though.. and wish you all the best with your electric car /conversion.
Im happy for you to point out and enlighten me regarding my comments , spelling might be the least of our worries
I agree, it did read like a rant, probably was, but re reading it its actually not that bad, other than it being way off the posters original reason for posting and I apologise to them for that.
I admit to being a bit triggered by the EV argument, much preferring to adopt a horse and cart mentality to technical advancements that I feel interfere with my lifestyle. That's no less selfish than the attitudes of people with so called green credentials. I admit to digging my heels in over the promises of renewable energy .. If I was still here in 40 years time, perhaps I might have changed my mind,
In the meantime I will reduce my carbon footprint by turning the heating down and wearing a jumper .
PS If my independent research is reasonably accurate. 20% of the UKs energy needs are generated by approx. 9000 turbines.. In theory, it would require 45000 turbines to achieve 100% ..I accept that's a flippant projection and over simplified . The available space required will be shared with solar, while expensive and technical off shore installations will offset the requirement for ground space .. makes me wonder where my next meal is coming from when all this ground is filled with concrete to support wind turbines ..
regarding charging costs, the price increases have already started , OK if you can do them at home but I just happened to be reading this .
https://www.whatcar.com/news/the-tr...ric-car-using-public-chargers-revealed/n21008
Which might suggest real increases even at this early stage . When Electricity companies have you cornered do you think they wont increase the cost of home charging by imposing varying tarrifs? That's all possible through smart meters.
If you don't believe that, the following link from a very one sided report bestows the virtues of EV usage, indeed it reports the phenomena of powering your house from the remaining charge in your car ( putting it back into the grid ) but it touches on the ability of the power companies to know what and when your charging /using and depending on demand, the ability to vary tariffs.
Once the demand for EV charging increases lets say to 60% in the UK, and most users charge overnight, in that case there is no longer a low demand during the night , but a high demand, ( which the report fails to recognise) in which case the tariff will increase . Its really not that complicated, Its just convenient to ignore it. The treasury short fall due to the reduction of income from fuel duty and road tax has to be met somehow .
https://www.smartenergygb.org/en/-/...nts/The-smart-route-to-electric-vehicles.ashx
It is unfortunately inevitable that old cars will meet there demise. Classics are on there way out, prices will drop like a stone as folk clamor to offload there Historic vehicles before they are left holding a dud .. I might sell all of mine before the crash and buy a bike, might even get an electric one. Resistance is futile, but at the same time resistance to change is an important part of human beings' innate instinct to survive -
