14-10-2019, 01:06 AM
Over the decades on trips on a very few occassions for various reasons I allowed the petrol to get perilously low. The stress was considerable, especially so when the wife was present. With an electric vehicle it would be the situation on very many trips. The constant planning for range and recharge facilities will be a huge burden.
If owners were content with the space and performance and common touring speeds of cars of the 1960s and earlier there is scope for considerable further efficency from fossil fuel vehicles. Not so long ago the likes of the Morris Minor were family vehicles.
There has been a lot of fuss here about going electric, esp as a lot of hydro power. But far and away the most popular new vehicles are 4 door utes, now generally of gigantic size! A major objection here is that e vehicles cannot tow large boats, which many own.
If owners were content with the space and performance and common touring speeds of cars of the 1960s and earlier there is scope for considerable further efficency from fossil fuel vehicles. Not so long ago the likes of the Morris Minor were family vehicles.
There has been a lot of fuss here about going electric, esp as a lot of hydro power. But far and away the most popular new vehicles are 4 door utes, now generally of gigantic size! A major objection here is that e vehicles cannot tow large boats, which many own.