Mr Malcolm Davies:

This ongoing discussion about air quality, the demise of nuclear power station, and the urgency to introduce BEVs as part of the solution, is missing some very important questions. E.G. WHY do we need to charge up a 1500 kg BEV every night in order that a 75Kg employee may drive 20 miles to work the next day, when the Telecomms and Data Comms Industry has already solved the problem with ADSL Broadband. If the majority of office workers were to be allowed (in planned stages) by their employers to work remotely from localised Data and TeleComms Centres - built within easy walking, cycling, or public transport distance of their homes, rented out by their employers, then we would solve the air polution issue overnight! (Or within a very few years if we applied ourselves to the transition programme). Clearly, those working in jobs that are essentially 'hands on' (non, fully robotised) e.g. on manufacturing production lines and in goods/food distribution etc would still need to travel to the factory or warehouse.


Surely, putting between 22KwH (Old Leaf) and 64KWh (New Kona) of mains electricity into a 1500 Kg BEV every night in order to deliver a 75kg 'payload' to work each day is the height of mechanical inefficiency? If we really MUST 'travel electric' then every BEV purchased would necessarily include a 4KW Solar Panel Installation for the owners rooftop. Thus all those who can afford £28k for the BEV plus say £6K for the chinese solar panel installation - are home and dry so to speak.  

Something doesn't add up right there.  The new 64kWh Kona will do over 200 miles on one charge.  Maybe even 250 miles.  If your journey to work each day is 20 miles, you don't have to put in the full 64hWh every night.  Either plug it in every few days, or just give it a quick top up.


Most EVs get about 4 to 5 miles per kWh.

Mr Malcolm Davies:

This ongoing discussion about air quality, the demise of nuclear power station, and the urgency to introduce BEVs as part of the solution, is missing some very important questions. E.G. WHY do we need to charge up a 1500 kg BEV every night in order that a 75Kg employee may drive 20 miles to work the next day, when the Telecomms and Data Comms Industry has already solved the problem with ADSL Broadband. If the majority of office workers were to be allowed (in planned stages) by their employers to work remotely from localised Data and TeleComms Centres - built within easy walking, cycling, or public transport distance of their homes, rented out by their employers, then we would solve the air polution issue overnight! (Or within a very few years if we applied ourselves to the transition programme). Clearly, those working in jobs that are essentially 'hands on' (non, fully robotised) e.g. on manufacturing production lines and in goods/food distribution etc would still need to travel to the factory or warehouse.


Surely, putting between 22KwH (Old Leaf) and 64KWh (New Kona) of mains electricity into a 1500 Kg BEV every night in order to deliver a 75kg 'payload' to work each day is the height of mechanical inefficiency? If we really MUST 'travel electric' then every BEV purchased would necessarily include a 4KW Solar Panel Installation for the owners rooftop. Thus all those who can afford £28k for the BEV plus say £6K for the chinese solar panel installation - are home and dry so to speak.  

Something doesn't add up right there.  The new 64kWh Kona will do over 200 miles on one charge.  Maybe even 250 miles.  If your journey to work each day is 20 miles, you don't have to put in the full 64hWh every night.  Either plug it in every few days, or just give it a quick top up.


Most EVs get about 4 to 5 miles per kWh.