Number plates (Tags)

[Colly0410]

The way I read it in the media I thought the plates would be green, but no just a green flash... Don't think I'll be going electric anytime soon, I go hundreds of miles to Southampton, Portsmouth, Hastings, Blackpool & Harrogate on a regular basis so I would get range anxiety...

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Colly0410

The way I read it in the media I thought the plates would be green, but no just a green flash... Don't think I'll be going electric anytime soon, I go hundreds of miles to Southampton, Portsmouth, Hastings, Blackpool & Harrogate on a regular basis so I would get range anxiety...

I wonder if they sold the Chevy Volt over there? It was a plug in electric with a small gasoline engine onboard that could be used to extend the range indefinitely after the batteries got low. Good car for that sort of application.

[ppppenguin]

BMW used to make the i3 with range extender. A little bike engine with a battery charger. Also known as a series hybrid configuration. They have now stopped making it and only do the pure electric version.

The green plates will only be for pure electric vehicles. Though I wonder if there will be aftermarket charger sets you can carry in the boot (trunk for you guys in the US).

[Colly0410]

[QUOTE= Though I wonder if there will be aftermarket charger sets you can carry in the boot (trunk for you guys in the US).[/QUOTE]

I suppose you could cart one of those Honda petrol (gasoline) generators that they use on market stalls around in your boot (trunk) with a piece of pipe to extend the exhaust outside the car & trickle charge the batteries. Not sure what the cops would say though. Would be a thing Mr Bean would do if the program was still made, lol...