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Electric Cars and potential tolling of Motorways

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  • 15-03-2023 11:03pm
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    veryangryman
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    Anyone who drives one of these electric beasts any long distance will have noticed that you get better mileage using the regenerating braking in Eco mode, usually meaning using the R roads to maximise mileagfe and delay the inevitable "f-ing queue" outcome at the rare CCS/Chamedo charging points.

    I also noted an idea of the government that when we have a charging network and further uptake of EVs that they may start tolling roads more to make up for the lost revenue. Little dicky of them given the ripoff rates to use the charging network but alright...

    The thing is... people going long distance will more and more use the old roads more for said max mileage. Have they thought this through in Gov?

    Thoughts? I guess when more range is available in the E cars it wont be such a huge deal



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    Limerick74
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    As an EV user I can concur that taking the regional 80kph roads is better than doing 120kph on the motorways for battery range.

    If distance based road charging is eventually introduced to the national primary network as being investigated under CAP23 then there is an opportunity to link the tolling to the use of high speed charging stations along the road in an integrated payment system. Taking the technology one step further would be introduction of electric road systems (ERS) like they have in Germany and Sweden where your vehicle is charged as you travel along the road (using conduction or induction technology). A toll operator in Italy is looking to introduce ERS (induction) on an existing toll road and allow free charging for toll road users Electreon to pave its electric road in a toll road in Italy - Israel Electronics News (techtime.news).

    The range on future electric vehicles would not have to increase significantly if ERS systems were rolled out as the cost and scarcity of materials for larger batteries is an issue. Hopefully future battery technology can increase range without increasing battery size, but that technology is yet to be discovered. An interesting area to watch.



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