I lived in East London for most of the 1950's and I can still remember trolley buses and all the overhead cables.

Using that system for lorries would be a very expensive white elephant - lorries make deliveries to local level of the distribution network so we would need cables everywhere.

Lorries and similar high power systems probably need a hydrogen powered solution. We have finally got around to trying this for trains after the high cost and time delays on the GWR electrification.  London now has it's first hydrogen powered bus.

If we are seriously going to try and solve these problems (and I am not getting into the ' whys and wherefores').  We need a grown up solution - simply stating a need such as - we want electric cars and we want them by date xxxx  - and then hoping that private enterprise will magic up an ideal solution which gives maximum benefit to mankind is just not good enough.

If we must use battery powered cars then we should insist that they are made with standardised battery packs that can be swapped at a network of 'electric garages' and then charged at dedicated stations.  They could retain an on board charging system to accommodate charging in areas remote from the 'electric garages'.

Regards

Geoff Blackwell

I lived in East London for most of the 1950's and I can still remember trolley buses and all the overhead cables.

Using that system for lorries would be a very expensive white elephant - lorries make deliveries to local level of the distribution network so we would need cables everywhere.

Lorries and similar high power systems probably need a hydrogen powered solution. We have finally got around to trying this for trains after the high cost and time delays on the GWR electrification.  London now has it's first hydrogen powered bus.

If we are seriously going to try and solve these problems (and I am not getting into the ' whys and wherefores').  We need a grown up solution - simply stating a need such as - we want electric cars and we want them by date xxxx  - and then hoping that private enterprise will magic up an ideal solution which gives maximum benefit to mankind is just not good enough.

If we must use battery powered cars then we should insist that they are made with standardised battery packs that can be swapped at a network of 'electric garages' and then charged at dedicated stations.  They could retain an on board charging system to accommodate charging in areas remote from the 'electric garages'.

Regards

Geoff Blackwell