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OK I suspect the ralley is no longer run, and maybe there are better ways to travel.
But the idea of driving a car onto a train and it is charged while on the train would make a lot of sense, so can an electric car be charged while on the train going through the channel tunnel?
What we need is a train within 50 miles so you only need to drive 50 miles, and after that the train takes the strain.
Or at least train stations with arrays of charge points, and rental electric cars.
What is needed is a new infrastructure. But speed is a problem, until Colvid19 I could drive to Llanfair put my car on charge and catch the train, but 8 miles to Welshpool takes 50 minutes, and the problem does not end there, next is a bus across Welshpool, the train now stops at Ravens Square and does not trundle through streets of Welshpool.
It needs the train and bus times to be synchronized, last house was just outside Mold, and there was a bus to Buckley train station, the bus firm got fined because he waited for the late train, how does that help?
Colvid19 shut the Welshpool station, so how can anyone rely on public transport which is stopped at drop of a hat?
Yes there is a bus, one a day, with hour between arriving and departing, so needs the railway even if it is slow, and not really environmentally friendly burning coal. But diesel engines don't attract passengers, and it can't afford to run without passengers.
So I am looking forward to seeing a public transport infrastructure that allows us to use it, step one is station car parks with charging points, yes Llanfair my local has two charging points, but the standard gauge station at Welshpool has non.
So let the goverment show us how good electric cars are and drive one London to Dakar, to show us that they can replace fossil fuel cars. But not holding my breath, can't see that being done in my life time.
But the idea of driving a car onto a train and it is charged while on the train would make a lot of sense, so can an electric car be charged while on the train going through the channel tunnel?
What we need is a train within 50 miles so you only need to drive 50 miles, and after that the train takes the strain.
Or at least train stations with arrays of charge points, and rental electric cars.
What is needed is a new infrastructure. But speed is a problem, until Colvid19 I could drive to Llanfair put my car on charge and catch the train, but 8 miles to Welshpool takes 50 minutes, and the problem does not end there, next is a bus across Welshpool, the train now stops at Ravens Square and does not trundle through streets of Welshpool.
It needs the train and bus times to be synchronized, last house was just outside Mold, and there was a bus to Buckley train station, the bus firm got fined because he waited for the late train, how does that help?
Colvid19 shut the Welshpool station, so how can anyone rely on public transport which is stopped at drop of a hat?
Yes there is a bus, one a day, with hour between arriving and departing, so needs the railway even if it is slow, and not really environmentally friendly burning coal. But diesel engines don't attract passengers, and it can't afford to run without passengers.
So I am looking forward to seeing a public transport infrastructure that allows us to use it, step one is station car parks with charging points, yes Llanfair my local has two charging points, but the standard gauge station at Welshpool has non.
So let the goverment show us how good electric cars are and drive one London to Dakar, to show us that they can replace fossil fuel cars. But not holding my breath, can't see that being done in my life time.
