Will the Iran war push more people towards EVs?

[Black estate]

I'm sure you're right. But there are a lot of short-haul van routes that could be electrified relatively easily using overnight charging, but aren't.

All comes down to money
Big companies like DPD Amazon Tescos etc have gone electric but the one man band Evri courier can’t afford the out lay on their rates

 

[Black estate]

Does it have CCS charging?

Tobias the German Elektrotrucker sometimes unhitches his trailer and plugs in at car CCS chargers. Perhaps less space for that sort of thing at UK charging sites.

Yess it’s ccs so in theory I could charge at work as there is car chargers there , but not at week days as a charge would take too long

 

[EvTek23]

EV's could definitely become an advantage if the campaign carries on for months and affects the long term supply of oil, and fuel rationing is introduced (presumably not with a ration book like it was in the 70's) but by limiting the quantity that can be bought each time.
The other horror we had in the 70's was the 3 day working week, coupled with electricity supplies being turned off every 3 hours in the evenings.....but maybe we have that covered too with V2L capability of the MG4 at least.

 

[Corindikev]

Electrifying trucks and commercial vehicles has made inroads down under.

Fortescue are spending $4 billion with Liebherr on 360 fully autonomous electric dump trucks. Quite a few already in service, & a lot of diesel tractor units are being retrofitted with battery electric motors. BHP & Rio Tinto are trialling Caterpillar electric haul trucks in the Pilbara.

Janus Electric started the first trials from Sydney to Melbourne 2 or 3 years ago. The conversion from diesel to electric is cheaper than a diesel overhaul. They have done 25 so far. There are over 200,000 electric long haul trucks in China. This year electric trucks have out sold diesel for the first time.

Fortescue Rio Tinto & BHP are all installing solar farms and batteries. 50 megawatts of solar panels requires only about 80-90 hectares. The desert has plenty of empty space & Batteries can be swapped out in a few minutes, less time than it takes to refuel with diesel.

In the Janus initial trials in 2022 a fully loaded B-Double easily got to Coffs Harbour from Sydney on a single charge & the battery was swapped out in 15 minutes. The driver though had a compulsory minimum 2 hour layover before he could continue to Brisbane or go back to Melbourne.

I watched a Youtube video of a battery swap in Auckland NZ that took less than 5 minutes. The battery swap business is separate to truck ownership so there is no capital cost for the trucking business.

Truck battery Swap