Electric Vans: Embrace them or loath them? - TilersForums.com

[Dan]

Electric Vans. Who's for them, who's against them? Who thinks they'll be using one in the next 10 years?

Seems to be a lot of chatter about fossil fuel vehicles coming to and end in the next couple of decades.

I can see the race to make a good one starting very soon.

Anybody actually had a price on any?

 

[LM]

I can see myself going down this road in the time frame you suggest Dan. I often wonder though why Clarkson's perposal of hydrogen fuelled vehicales hasn't caught traction as the only by product is water.

 

[Ajax123]

I have a hybrid Mitsubishi outlander. Brilliant vehicle.

 

[Dan]

Not sure which forum it was on or if they still post but years ago I remember a member with a fully electric van.

Wonder if they're still rocking one.

Would love a Tesla van if I was in a trade. Could probably whistle it over with the heavy tools or tiles lol

tesla semi - Google Search - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tesla+semi&oq=tesla+semi&aqs=chrome..69i57.12259j0j4&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#xxri=12

The Tesla semi truck can apparently 'road train' so one truck at the front with a driver and the rest follow with no driver. Reducing drag and saving energy.

Can't wait hear more.

They seem to be working on cars or taxis or trucks.

I await a awesome self-drive van.

 

[One Day]

The proposals are to have battery swap-out stations where the vehicle simply swaps batteries rather than waiting ages for a recharge. If the battery technology and infrastructure improves, then it's definitely the way ahead.

(Now if only they actually used Nikola Tesla's technology instead of just his name!)

 

[Dan]

Makes sense.


.... The battery swap out not the name usage lol

 

[Andy Allen]

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

 

[Dumbo]

As @impish I think the main thing is the next jump in battery technology. The guy who invented the lithium ion battery has invented a new one which is glass sodium . The only down side is he invented lithium ion in the late 70s I believe . Let's hope they fast track this one as I believe the only thing holding electrical vehicles back is range and recharge time

 

[Dumbo]

Not sure which forum it was on or if they still post but years ago I remember a member with a fully electric van.

Wonder if they're still rocking one.

Would love a Tesla van if I was in a trade. Could probably whistle it over with the heavy tools or tiles lol

tesla semi - Google Search - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tesla+semi&oq=tesla+semi&aqs=chrome..69i57.12259j0j4&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#xxri=12

The Tesla semi truck can apparently 'road train' so one truck at the front with a driver and the rest follow with no driver. Reducing drag and saving energy.

Can't wait hear more.

They seem to be working on cars or taxis or trucks.

I await a awesome self-drive van.

Don't like the idea of road trains imagine trying to get on or off a motorway and being blocked by a load of lorries .

 

[GoneGuy]

Electric vans are a good idea. Mainly for big cities as where I live there are plenty of hills and mountains which would reduce the range of the van.