Electric Motorhomes at Scale, Can't be Far Away Now.

[DangerMousy]

Another point - what about the environmental cost of digging out the heavy and rare metals, transporting them, making the batteries, transporting them, and then disposing of them? Are not in danger of leaving a huge problem for future generations to deal with. OK for us crinkly folks, but our children and grand children will have a lot to sort out.

What about the environmental cost of extracting the crude oil, transporting it, refining it, transporting it again, and then burning it? Are we not in danger of leaving a huge problem for future generations to deal with - rising global temperatures, air pollution, oil spills, reliance on a finite resource that can't be recycled? OK for us crinkly folks, but our children and grandchildren will have a lot to sort out.

 

[Blaydon]

What about the environmental cost of extracting the crude oil, transporting it, refining it, transporting it again, and then burning it? Are we not in danger of leaving a huge problem for future generations to deal with - rising global temperatures, air pollution, oil spills, reliance on a finite resource that can't be recycled? OK for us crinkly folks, but our children and grandchildren will have a lot to sort out.

I completely agree. That is why we need to look at alternative fuels for ICEs. There are some really interesting results coming through from F1 development and we all know it is through the extreme end of motoring that the best ideas are developed.

Strange if its only 4 years old.....the I-Pace come with an 8 year/100k miles warranty, why isn't he claiming under it?

Yes he is in negotiations with Jaguar, but at the moment they are offering to buy back the car - for £17,000. Not all warranty documents are as good as others.

 

[autorouter]

I completely agree. That is why we need to look at alternative fuels for ICEs. There are some really interesting results coming through from F1 development and we all know it is through the extreme end of motoring that the best ideas are developed.

Yes, it's possible to synthesise a few jerrycans of fuel suitable for F1 from plant material. But the millions of litres required for everyday transport is not going to come from available agricultural land anytime soon. The logistics just don't make sense.

And I certainly wouldn't believe environmental statements from an industry that, as I recall, fought tooth and nail to avoid a ban on lead additives to petrol in spite of the clear evidence of harm.

 

[Blaydon]

I ran my Landrover Discovery on waste oil from the canteen for years. Good economy and the exhaust smelt of chips. Not all alternative fuels have to come from agricultural land.

 

[CAB96]

No one has mentioned the fact that a significant number of motorhomes are kept in storage, not on the driveway. Unless substantial infrastructure is installed at these locations, it cannot be assumed that any motorhome is going to start its journey with a full charge. Whilst some of the journeys will be within a 100 mile or so radius and this viablethis viable "run to the sun" may involve five or six days of long runs. Add in that theseAdd in that thesemay well be "off-grid" and it starts looking problematic. I submit that thiI submit er to the reality of motorhome usage.

That does not address the points raised in my post though

OK.

Storage.

Ah yes, you are referring to the plethora of posts that we see on here, bemoaning the fact that someone's storage site doesn't have a diesel pump, so they always have to make sure they have enough range to fill up next time they fetch the Motorhome from storage?

Next.

Run to the sun.

On this I quite agree.

Those pesky French and those annoying Spaniards are refusing to install electric charging points.

I think we should complain to the European Union and get the Commission to make them install charging points at strategic locations, for the Brit EV Moho's on their annual migration.

Oh, wait a minute, we can't do that anymore

(p.s. apologies for inadvertently mangling your quotes, this phone cursor keeps jumping about the text box).

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