Good morning, it's Paul amp; Jack here with the SCVR for Tuesday.
I (Paul) have a crazy day today, as I realised my passport did not have sufficient (time) range to cover a forthcoming trip to Malta next week. So I had to fast track my renewal application, which involves driving from Bournemouth to Newport (South Wales) and back this afternoon!
Electric Cars
Using an electric car means carefully checking that it will have the range necessary, which it does thankfully for my trip today. I've already discovered that public chargers cannot be relied upon, because they're often out of service, or already being used, with someone else waiting to use it next. You also have to sit in the car whilst it charges, to ensure nobody else presses stop on the charging machine, and then puts the other plug in their own car (unlikely, but possible). Disputes are common.
For these reasons, a recent weekend trip to visit family in Cheshire (240 miles each way, easily done on one charge with 13% remaining) was blighted by me having to spend 4 hours at a service station, to re-charge the car for the return journey! It wasn't too bad, as the sun was shining,...
