If we allow fully electric vehicles on our motorways then for sure some of them are going to fail going up a steep hill. Should the highways agency be planning to install charging points at the bottom of all hills do you think??
In the UK, with its very high density of traffic flows, the impact of any single vehicle break down on the traffic flow - due to 'running out of energy or fuel' - can be considerable. I would like to popose that all motor vehicles - regrdless of the energy source or fuel used - should employ far more intelligent journey planning and trip computer systems. Increasingly, in our busy daily routines, we are learning to rely on so called intelligent systems and visual aids - such as Satellite Navigation Systems - to look after us and do the planning for us. To this end it would be beneficial if it became normal, by design, for the SAT NAV system, built into so many modern cars, to be integrated into the cars trip computer system to require that a 'journey plan' be entered into the SAT NAV before starting off which would then advise on such things as when and where to stop for fuel or energy 'top ups' both prior to and during each and every journey planned. If properly designed and implemented, such a system could greatly reduce the number of 'unexpected breakdowns' on any journey much to the benefit of all. Clearly, for this scheme to work really effectively, it would be necessary for the location, availability. and even possibly 'forward booking' status of all electric vehicle/hydrogen powered charging points to be updated and added to the SAT NAV data base on a regular basis - by the inclusion of a SIM based mobile phone air interface into every such SAT NAV system, We have all this technology now - why not make use of it?
In the UK, with its very high density of traffic flows, the impact of any single vehicle break down on the traffic flow - due to 'running out of energy or fuel' - can be considerable. I would like to popose that all motor vehicles - regrdless of the energy source or fuel used - should employ far more intelligent journey planning and trip computer systems. Increasingly, in our busy daily routines, we are learning to rely on so called intelligent systems and visual aids - such as Satellite Navigation Systems - to look after us and do the planning for us. To this end it would be beneficial if it became normal, by design, for the SAT NAV system, built into so many modern cars, to be integrated into the cars trip computer system to require that a 'journey plan' be entered into the SAT NAV before starting off which would then advise on such things as when and where to stop for fuel or energy 'top ups' both prior to and during each and every journey planned. If properly designed and implemented, such a system could greatly reduce the number of 'unexpected breakdowns' on any journey much to the benefit of all. Clearly, for this scheme to work really effectively, it would be necessary for the location, availability. and even possibly 'forward booking' status of all electric vehicle/hydrogen powered charging points to be updated and added to the SAT NAV data base on a regular basis - by the inclusion of a SIM based mobile phone air interface into every such SAT NAV system, We have all this technology now - why not make use of it?
