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Volvo Cars to be fully electric by 2030.

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Old Apr 15th, 2022, 16:49   #11
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I recently, and very briefly, owned an BMW i3 REX - 17 reg. (with the 2.4gallon petrol tank to charge the battery too). Currently, it was the only way to survive owning an EV. On half a dozen occasions, I had no means or time to charge the car, so just filled the car with petrol (3 times on one trip).
Superfast chargers (50K) are great, but few and far between. I could only get the local one to work on 50% of my visits. I found that 40 mins would charge to 80% and give me maybe 80-100 miles range, but also cost £7. A gallon and a half of diesel would cost similar with a similar range and takes 3 mins to fill.
At weekends, I have a 130 mile round trip, so most of one day was always taken with the thing connected to the granny plug. I didn't own it long enough to get a 7K home charger.In South Wales, there aren't enough chargers and too many inconsiderate non-EV parkers. Then there is the issue of non-working, non-connecting or other issues. The Motor museum at Yeovil has chargers, but I couldn't use them without my own type 2 cable (£130-£200). Maybe in 3 years, this govt will get their act together and subsidise charging properly to encourage it. For now, I own 2 thirsty petrol cars, which appear to have few other vices.
Forgive me but I don’t wish to see any subsidy on this. I don’t think the state provided aid to petrol stations a hundred years or so ago.
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