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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWith my future car, I could charge it at work. (Not that I was earwigging the other day, but I know we are getting some charging points set up here soon) So charging at work all day is an option. And when I go shopping, I can plug it in at the charging stations which are popping up left right and centre, so I\u2019m not worried about a rapid charge. But hang on what about when I\u2019m seeing family and friends. Nearly all of my family members and friends don\u2019t have off-road parking for more than one car. And if I\u2019m visiting my family in Edinburgh then I definitely wouldn\u2019t be able to charge it outside their homes when visiting. In fact, I think I can count on one hand the number of times I\u2019ve managed to park right outside my Auntie and Uncles\u2019 house, and I passed my driving test 15years ago. So clearly this would not be an option either. And what about when I\u2019m working from home, or I get sick and need to take time off work or at the weekends? All these things are playing on my mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But let\u2019s\njump back to November 2020, I\u2019m sitting having my lunch and I\u2019ve made the\nmistake reading the BBC news site. The article in question – ***Fair\nwarning this annoyed me a lot!***<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Electric vehicles: Your questions answered By Justin Rowlatt <\/strong>Chief environment correspondent<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Q) \u201cWhat if you don\u2019t\nhave a drive?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n A) If you can find a parking space on the street outside your home, you can run a cable out to it but you should make sure you cover the wires so people don\u2019t trip over them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Once again, you have the choice of using the mains or installing a home fast-charging point.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n WHAT! I\u2019m sorry but does Justin think that nobody walks anymore? Are the public footpaths just for show? Clearly, he doesn\u2019t understand the UK housing and parking situations like the rest of us. Not everyone lives on a quiet street with hardly any foot traffic or are able to park right outside their homes to run a cable. Also (and this might just be me) but have you tried remembering to bring your bins in after work when it\u2019s dark and wet? Imagine having to bring the bins in from down the road AND then making sure you\u2019ve run the never-ending charging cable from the house over the busy public footpath to your car and making sure that it\u2019s safe so people with walking and visual impairments are safe and don\u2019t fall over. Ow and never mind children running around and not paying attention then going flying and breaking bones! The lawsuits are going to be insane! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Apologies for ranting and Ok I agree maybe this won\u2019t happen and\nI\u2019m only thinking of the worst possible scenarios. But it is most definitely\nsomething a lot of us are worried about. Maybe we should change the phrase from\nRange Anxiety to Night-time Charging Anxiety instead. Sadly I already checked\nwith the council and they have zero plans to start setting up charging points\non the communal parking zones ☹.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wait you said you wanted one. But why? That is true I\u2019ve only really talked about why I can\u2019t have one right now not why I want one in the first place. I\u2019ll be totally and 100% honest with you before last year I wasn\u2019t all that bothered about going electric with my driving. In the home yes, I\u2019m all for solar panels, wind farms and getting a green boiler and such forth. But then came Tesla<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before lockdown 1 and furlough (see the previous blog for that fun time in my life) I worked on Customer Support. Tesla at that time were new and ordering them was a little bit of a headache, so whenever I saw one on the road I would just scowl at them \u201cyou have no idea how many headaches you give me!\u201d. Then one day they came in to give us some training and explain how their side works (much later than needed but still appreciated), it made more sense if not still annoying at the time how they\u2019re ordering and update process worked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After the training, we got to go outside and look around a Tesla Model 3. OW\u2026 MY\u2026 DAYS! The space! The lack of distractions! The boot! Honestly, I think I could store my whole house inside that car \u2013 or a dead body. It was sooooooooo quiet, so sleek, so not like all the other cars I\u2019d seen before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And with a range of 396miles (WLTP) it did more miles than my beloved DS3 with a full tank. I\u2019d already seen dozens of charging points for them bobbing around so I already knew that long-distance driving would not be an issue. And even if the monthly rental might look more expensive than a normal fuelled car it\u2019s actually cheaper. Think about it with your standard Petrol\/Diesel you\u2019ve got to pay for the CO2 emissions which means the tax is going to go up every year, and then there is paying for the full tank of fuel lets say at least once a month at an average of \u00a342 and then there is the breakdowns and repairs if you\u2019ve chosen to maintain the car yourself and not do with your funder! It\u2019s a lot! But with an electric car no CO2 emissions, no spending \u00a342 at least on fuel a month, in fairness less chance of it breaking down as there are fewer parts for it to go wrong. See no brainer. So really when you break it all down it\u2019s a lot cheaper per month on an electric car than on a standard fuelled one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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