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Electric Vehicles - Impact on electrical network. Survey of vehicle uptake.

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Dear IET forum,

I am carrying out research into the impacts of the projected surge of electric vehicle uptake on the local network infrastructure. The results will be used as part of my Technical report for Ceng. Please could you spare 2 minutes completing the survey in the link below? Its very short I assure you and completely anonymous. My aim is to understand a sample of peoples views on them personally taking up ownership of electric vehicles and if the pandemic may have changed their future car ownership behaviours. 

When complete i can post the results here and if you are interested make a comment and i can send you the finished technical report.

Much appreciated, thank you in advance.!
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CC7GJSB

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    Hi Clive,

    It's an Audi but I expect most cars to perform the same in the real world, just as MPG claims for petrol/diesel. I have not tried to be accurate yet, but I was hoping for cost per mile to be about 1/3 when charged at home. Real world is about half.

    As I say, if you live in Ipswitch where hills are a novelty then it may be different, but here in the hills and valleys (like a lot of the UK) it's not going to get anywhere near test track results. My previous cars used to do between 40 and 55 MPG so around 10 to 15p per mile at current fuel costs. Electric real world is going to be around 5 to 10p per mile depending on your costs and how heavy your foot is. Charging costs away from home vary a lot at the moment, probably not worth it unless you get it for free or have no choice (I have seen figures quoted up to 50p/KWh = 25p/mile).

    Perhaps the advert you saw was comparing running a Ferrari to a Zoe?
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    Hi Clive,

    It's an Audi but I expect most cars to perform the same in the real world, just as MPG claims for petrol/diesel. I have not tried to be accurate yet, but I was hoping for cost per mile to be about 1/3 when charged at home. Real world is about half.

    As I say, if you live in Ipswitch where hills are a novelty then it may be different, but here in the hills and valleys (like a lot of the UK) it's not going to get anywhere near test track results. My previous cars used to do between 40 and 55 MPG so around 10 to 15p per mile at current fuel costs. Electric real world is going to be around 5 to 10p per mile depending on your costs and how heavy your foot is. Charging costs away from home vary a lot at the moment, probably not worth it unless you get it for free or have no choice (I have seen figures quoted up to 50p/KWh = 25p/mile).

    Perhaps the advert you saw was comparing running a Ferrari to a Zoe?
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