They could make the M25 a charger - we all spend plenty of time on there.Quite a few cars have suspension that can be adjusted - going back to the 1960s. BMW already have wireless charging tech in place. you could also just have a coil that drops when it senses a wireless charger...goodness knows what they do about rain, could it work outdoors?
Was away this weekend. Managed to charge the hybrid finally. Only had to go to Wales to do it
Surely in time, the speed humps could be electrical rather than physical?
Or just not there as they cause people to accelerate and brake heavily all the time.
I notice that video says to "switch off the engine" and "when you switch off the ignition wireless charging automatically begins".Quite a few cars have suspension that can be adjusted - going back to the 1960s. BMW already have wireless charging tech in place. you could also just have a coil that drops when it senses a wireless charger...goodness knows what they do about rain, could it work outdoors?
Was away this weekend. Managed to charge the hybrid finally. Only had to go to Wales to do it
EVs use battery power to heat and cool the cabin.
I was told you will invariably see EV taxi drivers wearing two coats in the winter, as it is so draining/expensive to have the heating on.
It certainly does drain the battery faster having the air con on. At a guess, it might run it down say 5% faster but it is hardly going to incur much of a cost in comparison to petrol prices. I have a feeling whoever told you that was exaggerating a bit.
Apparently aircon is fine, heating is the issue.
Sorry thats what I meant - heating and cooling. When I turn either on it shows a drop in projected range by a few kilometers. It is not a big deal and will be even less so as the batteries improve.
Ironically I read an article that stated a company is working on a way to charge an EV in 5 minutes, the current problem is the huge heat generated when sending that much electricity down a small cable... so their patent is to dissipate the heat with water in the casing of the cable itself... which sounds very wasteful to me i.e. we are trying to generate electricity and transfer the energy but... all that extra heat energy generated will need to be dissipated. Especially wasteful in winter.
That heat would be dissipated anyway wouldn't it?
You're not wrong, it just seems ironic since we were talking about the idea of sitting in your car whilst it was charging, with the heater on to keep warm whilst you wait for the damn thing to charge... yet outside the car they are trying to dissipate the heat building up. Sounds like the charging cable should wind it's way through the cabin and dissipate the heat in there instead.
Open the window.