Reply To: EV charging. Not fit for purpose?

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    Not fit for some but not all. As disabilities differ from person to person and so do attitudes.

    Many like myself don’t want assistance but want to be able to do it ourselves, even though it’s not easy. There’s a wheelchair user on YouTube and he highlights some of the issues he faces, in his videos. So I totally get what your saying.

    More needs to be done, but then how often can you not find a disabled parking spot. So I tend go shopping later in the evening when there’s no issue finding one. Ev charging bays will be the same and truth be told.

    I don’t find it any harder or heavier than using a petrol pump and the tethered home charger is really light and easy to use, over an untethered. Which is where I do most of my charging. Although it is a struggle for me, using rapid chargers. But for some like yourself, You might need to go to bigger hubs, over smaller ones, that offer more services.

    One cannot expect every charging site to have assistance on hand, but I do feel that’s where people should help others and solve these issues.

    Most cars now from 10% to 80% on superfast chargers take 30 mins or on some even less with 800v. So again that’s not really the issue, it was beforehand.

    The model is very different from the petrol one and that has Benefits and negatives and I do feel that’s what people need to understand better. Things have improved and is one reason I decided this time an EV was better for me than a petrol.

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