Electric vehicles

[Reckless Rat]

All well and good, Derek but a lot depends on what you have to use your car for. A zoe or similar is fine if all you want to do with it is a bit of local commuting. In my instance I have family in Germany who I visit several times a year. Due to our rural location travelling there by train is nigh on impossible, and there are no flights from anywhere near here to Stuttgart. That means I have to drive. Its a 900km journey each way. Now, ti break the journey we have an overnight stop in Beaune, Burgundy but I seriously doubt whether a fully charged Zoe would do the distance from here (Ales) to Beaune in one go and more so the second leg from Beaune to Stuttgart. I think it would probably run out of volts somewhere between Karlsruhe and Sindelfingen. I can do the whole trip in my 18yr old E Class diesel on 3/4 tank as it returns over 55mpg on a run like that.
Horses for courses. There is a niche for electrics but they are far from the best solution for all transport needs.

I now have to do the journey either in my MGF or the wifes 107 because the greens in Baden Wuttemburg have banned my old diesel from Stuttgart. Progress is wonderful.