today for the first time ever I saw a charging point at a motorway services being used
took them 10 minutes to work out how to plug it in then they were gone again 10 minutes later
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| Author: | StuartW [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four cabs |
Cambridge Council splashes out on 20 electric charging points for taxis - but only FOUR can use them https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/c ... s-14836184 There are just two electric Hackney cabs and two electric private hire vehicles in the city More than £600,000 is being spent by a Cambridge council on 20 electric chargers for the city's taxis - but there are only FOUR vehicles capable of using them. The city council could have bought 12 electric taxis with the money. Currently there are just two electric Hackney cabs and two electric private hire vehicles in the city. Cabbies say it would cost about £60,000 for one of the taxis - of which there are only two models. And it takes 30 minutes to charge a taxi - which would last for just 80 miles. Taxi drivers say they cover about 100-150 miles a day and between 150-200 at weekends in the city - which could mean about one hour a day at least charging up electric taxis. Two of the rapid electric vehicle chargers have already been installed in an effort to encourage more of the city’s taxi fleet to make the move to less polluting electric vehicles - but cabbies say it is "too soon." They also say they believe buses are the bigger polluters. The rapid chargers, which can provide 80 per cent charge to an electric taxi in just 30 minutes, have been installed in Adam and Eve Car Park off East Road, using funds granted following a successful bid to the government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). The cost Funds, totalling £426,000 from OLEV, along with additional contributions of £100,000 each from the Greater Cambridge Partnership and the city council, will be used to install more than 20 rapid chargers in Cambridge and surrounding areas by 2020. Six chargers will be installed by the end of September at three locations: Castle Hill car park, Arbury Court car park and an on-street location in Newmarket Road. One of the taxis drivers could buy is also the first fully-certified electric taxis to hit the roads of London last year (2017) as part of the rollout of the so-called TX eCity London Taxi from the London Electric Vehicle Company. Paul Bradley, a taxi driver who has recently resigned as vice chairman of Cambridge Hackney, said: "The other is a Nissan Leaf which does about 80-100 miles which is arguably not great for a Hackney as we never know what job we may get off the rank or from a company if they are with one. Or a Tesla S which is about £65,000. "This is ridiculous when the huge number of vehicles here in Cambridge are licensed out of the city and don’t have our new stringent conditions. "Most taxi drivers will naturally go toward the environmentally friendly option but while this is a good thing a viable choice of vehicles suitable for the job is limited to only a couple of cars as it has to be 100 per cent electric or plug in. "It is a good thing but too soon. I would of thought hybrids which runs on electric mostly in the city would of been a better option to begin with and would of had the desired effect on cutting the pollution levels but that’s currently not a option. "We all need to do our bit which we do by having the latest, cleanest engines. It will be interesting to see what pressure the council are putting on buses regarding electric and hybrid as I’m sure they are the biggest polluters." Clean air bid The council said the project is part of the council’s emerging Air Quality Action Plan, which will set out priorities for improving areas of poor air quality and maintaining areas of good air quality over the next five years. One of the plan’s priorities, supported by this project, is to increase the number of electric taxis operating in the city. In addition to installing new rapid charger points, changes to taxi licensing regulations and incentives for taxi operators have been introduced to encourage the shift from diesel vehicles to low or zero-emission alternatives. Cllr Rosy Moore, executive councillor for environment and city centre, said: “Installing these new rapid chargers for electric taxis marks a genuinely positive shift away from polluting diesel taxis “Work like this is one way the council is aiming to make it much easier for people to use electric vehicles, in order to help improve air quality for all of Cambridge’s residents plus all of those people who work in and visit the city.” Peter Blake, transport director at Greater Cambridge Partnership, said: “More than 80 per cent of nitrogen oxides emitted in central Cambridge are from vehicles, and we are working with our partners on a range of measures to clean up our air, which will also help to improve our quality of life. “We have also commissioned research on the potential of a Clean Air Zone – an area of targeted action to improve air quality.” Jesse Norman MP, Office for Low Emission Vehicles Minister, said: “Air pollution has improved significantly since 2010, but we recognise there is more to do, and we have specifically invested £14m in taxi charging infrastructure across the country since March 2017. “Through its support for ultra-low emission taxis, Cambridge City Council is demonstrating what can be achieved locally to support the growth of the UK’s emerging low-carbon economy.” The charge points are supplied, installed, run and maintained by eVolt a UK supplier with operational support from Electric Blue, a company with experience supporting electric taxis. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
edders23 wrote: what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact They all suffer from a bad case of Trendyitis, It starts to rot the brain and the sufferers confusion can only be temporarily salved by spending ridiculous amounts of money in their futile pursuit of a green nirvana, of course such nirvana or cure never comes and so the whole cycle of cure/spend starts all over again until either the death of the sufferer or the demise of those who have to ultimately pay for the council Trendyitis's sufferer's cravings. Trendyitis is often a group ailment and seldom does it occur in isolation, larger outbreaks of the illness most often occur in the ranks of the public sector worker and very rarely in the private sector unless there has been some cross-over contamination. Sadly Trendyitis is on the increase and with no cure in sight it could lead to a pandemic which in turn could lead to the end of the modern world. You have been warned.. |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
edders23 wrote: what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact They get money for it, it's like the bin recycling, it's all taken to one place where it's dumped into one pile with household waste then, it's automatically sorted into recyclable and non recyclable waste. Round here there's a massive sorting depot where all the bin lorries from 8 different councils tip their household and recyclable waste into one massive sorter. It's all about the money. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
StuartW wrote: More than £600,000 is being spent by a Cambridge council on 20 electric chargers for the city's taxis - but there are only FOUR vehicles capable of using them. But in 10 years time there will be dozens, possibly hundreds, and then the idiots in the press will be moaning that cabs haven't got anywhere to charge. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
edders23 wrote: what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact I'm 100% certain that electric is the future. |
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| Author: | heathcote [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact I'm 100% certain that electric is the future. Think if every thing is going electric the building of nuclear power stations is a priority. |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
heathcote wrote: Think if every thing is going electric the building of nuclear power stations is a priority. Are they going to make massively polluting planes go electric? |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact I'm 100% certain that electric is the future. Toyota doesn't think so, auto express has driven their hydrogen marai from John o groats to lands end for £132 https://ssl.toyota.com/mirai/fcv.html |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
heathcote wrote: Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact I'm 100% certain that electric is the future. Think if every thing is going electric the building of nuclear power stations is a priority. we can't afford it ! Not since we closed our nuclear R & D down and became reliant on the french and chinese |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
skippy41 wrote: Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact I'm 100% certain that electric is the future. Toyota doesn't think so, auto express has driven their hydrogen marai from John o groats to lands end for £132 https://ssl.toyota.com/mirai/fcv.html That will never get released Skip, |
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| Author: | rayggb [ Fri Jul 06, 2018 11:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
More electric vehicles mean more nuclear power stations and still nobody is mentioning nuclear waste which at one time everybody was concerned about.silence is golden |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
Nidge2 wrote: skippy41 wrote: Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: what is this fixation with councils on electric why can they not understand that there are alternative fuels and technologies out there which cost much less and might have far more impact I'm 100% certain that electric is the future. Toyota doesn't think so, auto express has driven their hydrogen marai from John o groats to lands end for £132 https://ssl.toyota.com/mirai/fcv.html That will never get released Skip, Tomato cars have already licenced 10 of them, the refuelling points can be added to any garage forecourt, Aberdeen PH are running 2 |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cambridge spends £600,000 on charging points for four ca |
today for the first time ever I saw a charging point at a motorway services being used took them 10 minutes to work out how to plug it in then they were gone again 10 minutes later
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