Random EV thoughts.....

Post written by Stephen Homles on LinkedIn but I came across it on Reddit. We've seen plenty of ridiculous questions regarding EVs so Stephen did the same for ICE.

I am thinking of replacing my electric car with a petrol car and have some questions.

1. I have heard that petrol cars can not refuel at home while you sleep? How often do you have to refill elsewhere? Is this several times a year? Will there be a solution for refueling at home?

2. Which parts will I need service on and how often? The car salesman mentioned a box with gears in it. What is this and will I receive a warning with an indicator when I need to change gear?

3. Can I accelerate and brake with one pedal as I do today with my electric car?

4. Do I get fuel back when I slow down or drive downhill? I assume so, but need to ask to be sure.

5. The car I test drove seemed to have a delay from the time I pressed the accelerator pedal until it began to accelerate. Is that normal in petrol cars?

6. We currently pay about 1.2p per mile to drive our electric car. I have heard that petrol can cost up to 10 times as much so I reckon we will lose some money in the beginning. We drive about 20,000 miles a year. Let's hope more people will start using petrol so prices go down.

7. Is it true that petrol is flammable? Should I empty the tank and store the petrol somewhere else while the car is in the garage?

8. Is there an automatic system to prevent gasoline from catching fire or exploding in an accident. What does this cost?

9. I understand that the main ingredient in petrol is oil. Is it true that the extraction and refining of oil causes environmental problems as well as conflicts and major wars that over the last 100 years have cost millions of lives? Is there a solution to these problems?

10..I have heard that cars with internal combustion based engines are being banned to enter more and more cities around the world, as it is claimed that they tend to harm the environment and health of their citizens?? Is that true??

I may have more questions later, but these are the most important ones to me at the moment. Thank you in advance for your reply.

Not to mention that it's the main customer of that particular material often associated with the child labour and dodgy mining practices

I'm sure the oil industry steers well clear of that however, they never get involved with any person or organisation of ill repute

You don't have to wait on the car but you might have to wait for a sunny day.

Prague which is the same population as Dublin & Suburbs and similar area too:

I think it's 45-50 DC on the same area, roughly.

Latvia is doing very well given it's small size...

Bratislava, a city size of Cork Metropolitan Area (400k), is not bad either:

Cork for comparison - whopping 5 pieces😣

If you were the guy in the white ID4 this morning in Dingle you couldn't have been luckier. A blue ID4 was pulling out as I was unplugging my car so you had the 2 sides to choose from!!

A girl in a focus quickly pulled into one space and asked me "can I park here if my car has no cable?". I told her not to as it's like blocking a petrol pump and there are only 2 of these charging points on the entire dingle peninsula. I gave her directions to a nearby carpark and off she went!! Thankfully in Dingle this last month I've seen no ICE cars blocking the charging points.

Stopped at Mayfield this afternoon for a nosey at the new chargers and a quick coffee. An elderly lady pulled in to a bay in an A3 hybrid. Her and her son were struggling big time with the cables. They were trying to put their charging cable into the end of the DC fast charger cable!!

I went over and got her sorted (it's ac only so she moved to the regular charger which is untethered). Both of them had loads of questions about cables, the ESB app, how long would €20 credit last, apps for finding charge points etc. It's obvious that some dealers aren't too bothered about helping out some people after the sale is made. Did anyone here get much advice from the dealer after the sale or was it a case of "here's the keys and good luck"?

Does a new M3 come with a granny cable (sorry if this was asked before)?

I was up near Achill last week and was able to charge my ID.4 using the supplied granny cable, but my neighbour in his M3 had to use whatever public (not supercharger) facilities he came across. There are a few public sites around the area which would keep you going, but I was surprised he didn't get the cable with the car and he hadn't seen one before?

Would there be any issues using a branded granny charger with a different make of car?

There was zero parking available in Dingle yesterday so yes very lucky. Saw a few id4 s around and yes a few model 3 as well. Is yours grey? If so I walked by you in car park across from church. You wont spot me though in my non ev 😀

Worth reading the first half for a great history lesson

Disappointing end ☹️

Should have used a Tesla Model 3 LR for that trip and would have been a doddle and much cheaper!