Electric Vans: Embrace them or loath them?

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Its really the range of miles that stops them been of use at the mo, Nissan do a little eletric van, ND200, I've seen kicking around when I'm down in Newcastle but for me its 80 + return trip just to get to CTD, factor in a few other stops and your easily beyond 100 miles, so how would the electric vehicle get on with its weight and then the return in mileage from the weight. I also wonder what the impact will be on the cost of diesel/petrol when the electric car becomes more common and reduces the amount of fuel used, surely the cost of petrol will go quickly, hitting the van/truck drivers hard.

 

[Dan]

Always wondered with all the moving parts on a vehicle why can't they recharge a battery as your going along..?

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

So you'd use the same energy you'd gain.

KERS on F1 cars are the nearest to that. When braking (so when they want to lose energy) they use the kinetic energy to charge a battery they can use for overtaking etc

 

[Andy Allen]

Hark at you... ... Mr physics... 🙂

 

[Deleted member 49260]

KERS on F1 cars are the nearest to that. When braking (so when they want to lose energy) they use the kinetic energy to charge a battery they can use for overtaking etc

Oh God that's another hour of my life lost on wiki - I've lost days on just tiling info....

 

[ATZ Tiling]

We work in rural Scotland, where you need distance between refuelling. They don't recommend charging from a generator so not handy. Sparkies who work with us have them and bugger off regularly to charge their vans, often 2 hrs at a time. Bit of a pain in the rear. Plus they can't get paid for time lost, surely? Hybrids seem more likely for me.