FabSwingers.com forum: Electric cars

By *lem-H-Fandango OP Man
over a year ago

salisbury

If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?"

that’s just mean....... probably

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By *r.BlondeMan
over a year ago

Chester/Wirral

Depends on owner of said Car. If it was my wanker neighbour then yes.

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By *lem-H-Fandango OP Man
over a year ago

salisbury

I would imagine that d*unken students will be captivated by them....

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By *ddibleMan
over a year ago

Exeter Bristol Salisbury

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?"

Yes

If I was a cult!

Why spoil someone's morning for your own amusement?

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By *r.BlondeMan
over a year ago

Chester/Wirral

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?

Yes

If I was a cult!

Why spoil someone's morning for your own amusement?"
Schadenfreude

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By *lem-H-Fandango OP Man
over a year ago

salisbury

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?

Yes

If I was a cult!

Why spoil someone's morning for your own amusement?"

Like a religious cult?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And risk electrocuting myself?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?

Yes

If I was a cult!

Why spoil someone's morning for your own amusement?"

Would you be ok if someone stole the fuel from your vehicle?

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By *lem-H-Fandango OP Man
over a year ago

salisbury

"And risk electrocuting myself?"

It's just a plug.

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By *lem-H-Fandango OP Man
over a year ago

salisbury

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?

Yes

If I was a cult!

Why spoil someone's morning for your own amusement?

Would you be ok if someone stole the fuel from your vehicle?"

Nobodies stealing anything.

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By *ddibleMan
over a year ago

Exeter Bristol Salisbury

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?

Yes

If I was a cult!

Why spoil someone's morning for your own amusement?

Would you be ok if someone stole the fuel from your vehicle?

Nobodies stealing anything. "

No it's not stealing and I wasn't having a go at you, but put yourself in the place of that person getting up the next day to run their kids to school thinking their car was charged. As fun and mischievous as it might seem at the time, it could really disrupt a families life

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And risk electrocuting myself?

It's just a plug. "

There's a socket installed in the lamp post?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?

Yes

If I was a cult!

Why spoil someone's morning for your own amusement?

Would you be ok if someone stole the fuel from your vehicle?

Nobodies stealing anything. "

Ohhh, I thought you meant they were stealing electricity.

Why would you want to do that to someone?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

sooner or later would would not need to plug it in it will recharge itself some day if they can think of it in the long run

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?"

Are we talking illegally charging is in pinchin the lecci or legally as in a charging point?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Question 2

Does this car have a dash cam?

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By *ix-foot-two-stuMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?"

You probably couldn't. I have an electric car. When they are charging, the cable is locked into the car's inlet and you have to stop the charge and unlock the car for the solenoid in the inlet to let go of the cable. The same will certainly apply to a lamppost charging cable. And remember, there are at least 7kw going through these cables, so anyone stupid enough to snip them will light up like a Christmas tree.

It is a very good point all the same. Charging from street lamps is a very new and potentially problematic thing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Question 3

Last one how big a fucker is the driver?

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By *ix-foot-two-stuMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"There's a socket installed in the lamp post?"

One stumbling block for EV adoption is the lack of off road parking for so many people. One answer is using street lamps.

Now street lamps use LEDs, they draw less current and so they have enough spare capacity to charge cars, so councils have been installing charging ports.

https://www.zap-map.com/london-borough-switches-on-lamp-post-chargers/

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'll be concerned for my health when the whole world's electric

Can't be good for us

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By *lem-H-Fandango OP Man
over a year ago

salisbury

"If you saw an electric car charging from a lamppost, would you disconnect it?

Yes

If I was a cult!

Why spoil someone's morning for your own amusement?

Would you be ok if someone stole the fuel from your vehicle?

Nobodies stealing anything.

Ohhh, I thought you meant they were stealing electricity.

Why would you want to do that to someone?"

Well, I wouldn't. I wouldn't smash a car window, or break an aerial off, or a wing mirror, or put a traffic cone on the roof. But i have thought these thoughts. Which means other people also will act upon them.

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By *ix-foot-two-stuMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"I'll be concerned for my health when the whole world's electric

Can't be good for us "

Know what you mean. All those houses with electricity and people using them fangled electric phones.

Be better keeping diesel particulates, and reverting back to candles, carrier pigeon, slide rules and outdoor sports.

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By *ortobello SionnachWoman
over a year ago

Dublin

"I'll be concerned for my health when the whole world's electric

Can't be good for us

Know what you mean. All those houses with electricity and people using them fangled electric phones.

Be better keeping diesel particulates, and reverting back to candles, carrier pigeon, slide rules and outdoor sports."

If you look into how environmentally unfriendly the battery production is you might think twice about which pollutes the most.

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By *ix-foot-two-stuMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"If you look into how environmentally unfriendly the battery production is you might think twice about which pollutes the most. "

The media bangs on about how environmentally unfriendly it is to manufacture an electric car (it isn't particularly) but conveniently forget about the impact of manufacturing the ICE cars AND THEN the environmental impact of finding drilling sites, manufacturing and operating oil rigs and the transport infrastructure of getting petrol/diesel to the pumps.

Electric cars are FAR greener overall than ICE cars.

Especially now the technology and economy of scale of wind farms means they produce energy for HALF the price of the (subsidised) new Hinckley Point C nuclear power station. What a waste of money that is.

I did the research before I bought my electric car.

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"I would imagine that d*unken students will be captivated by them...."

Don’t worry, they won’t be intelligent enough to work out how to disconnect it.

Mind you after their year out they might suss it out.

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By *ix-foot-two-stuMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Some reading material.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec/25/how-green-are-electric-cars

While it's correct that the production of the battery accounts for a large amount of CO2 emissions, over the overall lifecycle of the car, they are fewer than for ICE cars.

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By *ortobello SionnachWoman
over a year ago

Dublin

"If you look into how environmentally unfriendly the battery production is you might think twice about which pollutes the most.

Electric cars are FAR greener overall than ICE cars.

I did the research before I bought my electric car."

Clearly you didn't on battery production though

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Where is my dog going to pee now?

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By *lbert_shlossedMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Mine changers wirelessly from an induction loop built in my drive.

It's easy peasy lemon squeezy

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"If you look into how environmentally unfriendly the battery production is you might think twice about which pollutes the most.

Electric cars are FAR greener overall than ICE cars.

I did the research before I bought my electric car."

Did you research it’s worth after 5 years?

Good luck getting Jack for it after that.

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By *lbert_shlossedMan
over a year ago

Manchester

"I'll be concerned for my health when the whole world's electric

Can't be good for us

Know what you mean. All those houses with electricity and people using them fangled electric phones.

Be better keeping diesel particulates, and reverting back to candles, carrier pigeon, slide rules and outdoor sports."
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Classic

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By *lem-H-Fandango OP Man
over a year ago

salisbury

Bring back the horse and cart I say.

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By *ky19Man
over a year ago

Plymouth OYO Hotel

I want a Toyota Prius.

But as usual, by the time I get my hands on one, everyone else will have moved on to something else.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Bring back the horse and cart I say.

Has someone stolen your horse and cart? How rude...

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"Bring back the horse and cart I say.

Has someone stolen your horse and cart? How rude..."

At least those pesky car thieves can’t use a relay to steal the code off of them

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I will stick to my two stroke RG250.

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By *ix-foot-two-stuMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"Did you research it’s worth after 5 years?

Good luck getting Jack for it after that."

All electric company cars are written off 100% after 12 months.

And Ioniqs are holding their value very well so far. Although the new Kona blasts it in terms of range. Still, it’s good to be an early adopter, and it’s saved us a packet in fuel and tax.

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

"Bring back the horse and cart I say.

At least the horse knows it's way home when it's rider is pissed.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Bring back the horse and cart I say.

At least the horse knows it's way home when it's rider is pissed. "

In a few years time, so will your self driving car

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most definitely and then stick 50p on the bonnet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Did you research it’s worth after 5 years?

Good luck getting Jack for it after that.

All electric company cars are written off 100% after 12 months.

And Ioniqs are holding their value very well so far. Although the new Kona blasts it in terms of range. Still, it’s good to be an early adopter, and it’s saved us a packet in fuel and tax."

What does it cost,money wise,to charge an electric car,and what distance approx will that charge do?

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