On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:42:22 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:36:13 on Mon, 16
Jul 2018, John Williamson remarked:

Where I live that's dominated by the 35 mile round trip to Cambridge,
unless they take the fastest route which is 50 miles round trip.

At least with electric cars, there's a real incentive to take the most
fuel efficient route, so you don't need to charge every night.

I'm not sure how an individual balances the prospect of getting a
sufficient overnight charge, with sitting in a worse traffic jam in
order to eke out the battery on the way to/from work.

Stop-start traffic isn't efficient even in an electric car because usually
the vehicle is moving too slowly for regeneration to be effective. They could
well be better off taking the longer route.