Vehicle use data needs to be realistic
The conclusions reported in the story ‘Most UK cars only driven for one hour a day leaving ample time for EV charging’ on the E&T website are misleading, given that so many properties built in the 1950s, ’60s and even ’70s did not provide off-road parking. Many that did had garages separate from the main dwelling with no possibility of providing mains electricity, making it difficult to provide EV-charging facilities without considerable expense.
This article would provide a more balanced view of the opportunities for EV parking if the percentage of time vehicles were parked could be modified to include off-road parking that has access to mains electricity. This would show how many vehicles could not have the option of being charged while parked, and how big this problem is, due to planning decisions of the past that we have to live with today.
Let’s take off the rose-coloured glasses and actually look at how...