bladecar wrote:
I am now going with an American's suggestion that people should go for the two car household, generally speaking.
As much as people aiming the American's way of living (super comfort), I think we all need to rethink how to transport oneself. Of course, there are people that simply can't live without cars. However, majority of us, I believe (naively), can live with less cars (maybe none?).
Sacrifices must be made of course. I am fortunate enough to have just enough physical strength to ride a bicycle to work (OK, I'm cheating, it's an e-Bike) so that my other half and kids can use the car (not going extreme enough for the kids to do the same). What is hard though, is to do this almost everyday for the
whole year regardless the weather. Hailstorm is painful especially.
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bladecar wrote:
The other thing i'm interested to know is out of all the members on this forum, how many have a usable electric vehicle?
It's an understatement to say my Leaf has been usable. It's done almost 20,000km for the first year ownership. Gone to South West with RAC fast charger, carting 4-yo and 2-yo kids around, all with great comfort.
My other vehicle, an
electric bicycle, has done almost 20,000km in the last 3 years.