Michel wrote: ↑27 Jul 2017, 06:38white exec wrote: ↑26 Jul 2017, 21:51
At the moment, there is no evidence that the British government is capable of anything..
Quite correct sir!
A very astute observation sir
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Michel wrote: ↑27 Jul 2017, 06:38white exec wrote: ↑26 Jul 2017, 21:51
At the moment, there is no evidence that the British government is capable of anything..
Quite correct sir!
white exec wrote: ↑26 Jul 2017, 21:51 I think it's a marketing 'spoiler' by Toyota, to buy them extra time. Battery (or capacitor) development is one thing; defying the laws of physics/energy transfer is something else.
Interesting that BBC Breakfast's item on BEVs yesterday concentrated on the practical problem of thousands of garage/driveway-less street dwellers who would need to plug in overnight. A rather limp suggestion centred on uprated street light posts. Trouble is, not everyone has one of these outside...
Far more farsighted could be shallow-burying high-frequency cables in the road, not far from the kerb, and allowing any parked vehicle to inductively charge itself, wherever it was positioned. Extend this to buried cables along carriageways, and range of EVs would be hugely extended, and allow PSVs and HGVs to operate unhindered too.
BMW are reportedly already operating this with a fleet of parts-delivery trucks in Germany, where it is allowing BEV HGVs to operate round the clock.
All this does, however, require some central thinking and government coordination. At the moment, there is no evidence that the British government is capable of anything resembling this, or has any inclination even to explore it.
white exec wrote: ↑27 Jul 2017, 09:56 Shallow burying need not involve wholesale digging up, just slot cutting.
Gibbo2286 wrote: ↑27 Jul 2017, 10:29white exec wrote: ↑27 Jul 2017, 09:56 Shallow burying need not involve wholesale digging up, just slot cutting.
How would shallow burying fit in with the current rules regarding the recommended depth of electric cables?
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white exec wrote: ↑30 Jul 2017, 12:24 Agree, Jim, what nastier than noisy, smelly, vibrating diesels, working their way round residential streets and town centres, while only covering tiny mileages, even to the depot? I'm sure they'll start to disappear soon, on the heels of new electric buses.