Range Anxiety Hell: Times Travel Writer Trades EV for a Diesel
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Essay by Eric Worrall
“… I sat in a café one street back from the ruins of the seafront, watching as zombies lurched past. It gave me time to think. …”
I tried circumnavigating the UK in an electric van — here’s why it was impossible
It’s green, it’s eco-friendly … and it can take up to six hours to charge, as Chris Haslam discovered. The road trip revolution is still a long way off
My annual circumnavigation of mainland Britain and Northern Ireland presented the perfect opportunity to try to prove that it was not only possible, but, ideally, a breeze to complete a four-week road trip in an electric van.
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The next day was worse. Despite beginning the day with a 90-minute top-up in a BP garage, the last 40 miles to Normans Bay felt like a scene from the 1953 film The Wages of Fear.
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Unless you’re a student of urban decline or a fan of post-apocalyptic horror, you’ll find three hours is too long to be in Eastbourne. I sat in a café one street back from the ruins of the seafront, watching as zombies lurched past. It gave me time to think.
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