Originally Posted by Thekilt (Post 2909616)

Everyone moving to SUVs already had that extra weight. A standard electric car (hatch, saloon etc) weighs about the same as a Large ICE SUV, but no one cared about the weight issue there…. Yes large electric SUVs weigh a lot but that’s where the issue is, everyone wanting larger cars. You can’t have a large lightweight car.

Originally Posted by The Thong (Post 2909618)

Until older car parks start collapsing like a pack of cards

Originally Posted by Mint Cake (Post 2909639)

I thought about this thread today when I stopped at Keele services and watched the "Tesla Dance".

A line of Teslas in the Tesla parking bays, being charged up.
Another line of Teslas, in regular parking bays, parallel to the Tesla bays, waiting for a space to become available.
Tesla gets charged up and leaves.
Tesla moves from regular bay to charge point.
Another Tesla turns up, does a circuit and finds the charge points all taken up and take a space in general population.
And on and on and on.

It didn't look like a very convienient way to make a long trip.

Originally Posted by Mint Cake (Post 2909639)

I thought about this thread today when I stopped at Keele services and watched the "Tesla Dance".

A line of Teslas in the Tesla parking bays, being charged up.
Another line of Teslas, in regular parking bays, parallel to the Tesla bays, waiting for a space to become available.
Tesla gets charged up and leaves.
Tesla moves from regular bay to charge point.
Another Tesla turns up, does a circuit and finds the charge points all taken up and take a space in general population.
And on and on and on.

It didn't look like a very convienient way to make a long trip.

Originally Posted by baggy798 (Post 2909641)

😂

Originally Posted by Forg (Post 2909645)

Every grunt & their dog in Sydney operates a top-of-the-range dual-cab Hilux or Ranger, and has for over a decade. EV weights aren't a thing, at least not 'til everyone's buying electric Dodgey Rams & Canyoneros to keep up in the road-bullying race.


I don't drive an EV, but two of the sets of chargers are near where I park at the local shopping centre. I've seen the set-of-three full, but the bank of what I think is about 10-12 hasn't ever been full that I've seen - and I usually get around to shopping at around 10am-11am on a Saturday or Sunday.

My wife's going through a desire to see movies on half-price Tuesday in the day-beds, every week, and one strange thing I HAVE noticed recently is Teslas arriving to charge at times between 9pm & 11pm. I dunno if they're parking there all night & live in one of the nearby unit blocks, or if they're doing their groceries late at night so nobody else will be around ... one fair hypothesis is also that the chargers DO get full at times when I've not been there.

Originally Posted by Ulrikas PA (Post 2909675)

This US one was interesting !

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/UqEwLle8xKU