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

Helios. thanks for that summary, very interesting. I will take a look at the petrol vs EV in more depth, maybe, as you say, the 1.0 litre efficient petrol is not so bad for the environment.


I am looking at what car to buy and I posted on an ev channel on facebook to find out more. I noticed many have a religious type belief in EVs. Very passionate, this is not a bad thing. Maybe this is needed to get things moving, it can override issues like logic of charging.


In the UK the focus seems to be on getting infrastructure to the most densely used/populated areas. ie cities, motorways. I can understand from the business need perspective, you want most clients. BUT as a user I want the infrastructure to be solid and reliable on the west coast of Wales or in the North East...some of the destination spots. The idea of only one or two charge points of say 50KW or more at a destination (if you are lucky). Fills me with a concern of driving there and finding either broken, no phone reception or having to queue. I get the impression that the core backbone of the UK is getting there in terms of service stations and is not an issue. It feels like the infrastructure is lagging the cars themselves ....(which are great to drive if a bit heavier and too expensive).


In the not so distant future every hotel and B&B will have chargers, perhaps 'off peak' energy demand will become a daytime second as all these cars get plugged in every night for their top up.


Perhaps fast chargers could be encouraged at tourist destinations, which inevitably are seasonal, local tourist boards step in please. Obviously we need to get rid of any need for a phone signal to charge or an app, simplify, any credit/debit card should do. Standards of connectors needs to be sorted too. I admire the early adopters and enthusiasts....would be nice if the infrastructure was ahead of he cars rather than vice-versa.

Helios. thanks for that summary, very interesting. I will take a look at the petrol vs EV in more depth, maybe, as you say, the 1.0 litre efficient petrol is not so bad for the environment.


I am looking at what car to buy and I posted on an ev channel on facebook to find out more. I noticed many have a religious type belief in EVs. Very passionate, this is not a bad thing. Maybe this is needed to get things moving, it can override issues like logic of charging.


In the UK the focus seems to be on getting infrastructure to the most densely used/populated areas. ie cities, motorways. I can understand from the business need perspective, you want most clients. BUT as a user I want the infrastructure to be solid and reliable on the west coast of Wales or in the North East...some of the destination spots. The idea of only one or two charge points of say 50KW or more at a destination (if you are lucky). Fills me with a concern of driving there and finding either broken, no phone reception or having to queue. I get the impression that the core backbone of the UK is getting there in terms of service stations and is not an issue. It feels like the infrastructure is lagging the cars themselves ....(which are great to drive if a bit heavier and too expensive).


In the not so distant future every hotel and B&B will have chargers, perhaps 'off peak' energy demand will become a daytime second as all these cars get plugged in every night for their top up.


Perhaps fast chargers could be encouraged at tourist destinations, which inevitably are seasonal, local tourist boards step in please. Obviously we need to get rid of any need for a phone signal to charge or an app, simplify, any credit/debit card should do. Standards of connectors needs to be sorted too. I admire the early adopters and enthusiasts....would be nice if the infrastructure was ahead of he cars rather than vice-versa.