GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles

Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by gambiting on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:58AM (#20683904)

I think there is a massive difference between long-range commute and just living in a city and needing a place to charge. Yes, if I wanted to drive down from Newcastle to London, or hop on the ferry to Amsterdam and drive down to Berlin, absolutely no problem - there is enough charging points along motorways that you will get pretty much anywhere without any issues.

But if you live in Newcastle, say in Jesmond, fancy terraced house with no private parking space - where are you going to charge your car? In one of the 2 public spaces that are nearby? Drive few miles out to a quick charger near the motorway? At one of the public car parks where the charging time is limited? Like, I can't see any way to do that that wouldn't be a massive inconvenience every few days.

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by esotericn on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:02AM (#20684894)

I'm not sure why you seem to be basing this on the current layout of chargers.

Right now it might be inconvenient, sure. Owning a Tesla was a few years back before superchargers existed.

I've moved out now but I didn't find it an issue to charge in London in a suburban apartment, and I deliberately went out of my way to only ever use free chargers. If I'd used the pay ones it really would have been trivial.

If Newcastle doesn't have that now, it will soon.

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