{"id":2303,"date":"2021-07-28T06:47:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/leading-the-charge-can-i-make-it-from-lands-end-to-john-ogroats-in-an-electric-car\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T06:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:47:56","slug":"leading-the-charge-can-i-make-it-from-lands-end-to-john-ogroats-in-an-electric-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/leading-the-charge-can-i-make-it-from-lands-end-to-john-ogroats-in-an-electric-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading the charge! Can I make it from Land\u2019s End to John o\u2019Groats in an electric car?"},"content":{"rendered":"

New petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2030, and sales of electric vehicles are rising fast. But with drivers reliant on charging points how practical is the greener option? One writer finds out<\/p>\n

Range anxiety hits hard on the A9 in the Highlands of Scotland. For the uninitiated, this is the fear that an electric vehicle (EV) won\u2019t reach its destination before running out of power. I\u2019m driving through some of Britain\u2019s loveliest landscape \u2013 mountains, rivers, lochs and firths \u2013 but I hardly notice. I\u2019m focused hard \u2013 on the road in front, but mainly on two numbers on the dashboard. One is how far it is in miles to where I\u2019m going; the other is the range in miles remaining in the battery. Sometimes, especially on downhill stretches when what is known as \u201cregenerative braking\u201d means the battery is getting charged, I tell myself it\u2019s going to be OK, I\u2019ll make it. But going uphill the range plummets. Squeaky bum time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plus, I\u2019ve read Michel Faber\u2019s Under the Skin<\/a>. I know what happens to men stranded on the A9. To range anxiety add the fear of being processed and eaten by aliens.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nNew petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2030, and sales of electric vehicles are rising fast. But with drivers reliant on charging points how practical is the greener option? One writer finds out
\nRange anxiety hits hard on the A9 in the Highlands of Scotland. For the uninitiated, this is the fear that an electric vehicle (EV) won\u2019t reach its destination before running out of power. I\u2019m driving through some of Britain\u2019s loveliest landscape \u2013 mountains, rivers, lochs and firths \u2013 but I hardly notice. I\u2019m focused hard \u2013 on the road in front, but mainly on two numbers on the dashboard. One is how far it is in miles to where I\u2019m going; the other is the range in miles remaining in the battery. Sometimes, especially on downhill stretches when what is known as \u201cregenerative braking\u201d means the battery is getting charged, I tell myself it\u2019s going to be OK, I\u2019ll make it. But going uphill the range plummets. Squeaky bum time.
\nPlus, I\u2019ve read Michel Faber\u2019s Under the Skin. I know what happens to men stranded on the A9. To range anxiety add the fear of being processed and eaten by aliens. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2030, and sales of electric vehicles are rising fast. But with drivers reliant on charging points how practical is the greener option? One writer finds out Range anxiety hits hard on the A9 in the Highlands of Scotland. For the uninitiated, this is …<\/p>\n

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