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I posted previously on this thread re. my daughter-in-law's EV. She now tells me that travelling [from Caerphilly] to Wigan last week to visit friends, she had to stop for 55 minutes in the services to charge up before return. I filled up at Tesco's earlier and timed the whole process. 4 minutes from driving on to driving off the forecourt. As an aside, she now thinks EV's are utter rubbish.
Until they develop battery tech ( where the battery gets charged within the vehicle) I can’t see how anyone who lives in the valleys in streets with rows of terrace houses would be able charge a car.
Hybrid tech is probably the best way forward.
It was wasn’t that long ago when Gordon Brown and the Labour government was giving tax incentives on “The dash for diesel” That didn’t last long.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41985715
Most people don’t travel from Caerphilly to Wigan daily thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish
Earlier in this thread I said how my sister who really wants me to purchase an EV loaned me hers for the weekend.
She lives in Swansea
I traveled to hers and left my diesel with her.
I then drove to Cobham that was to do with work.
I then thought I’d take advantage of her generosity and drove to see a good mate in Middlesbrough.
On the Sunday I drove back to my sisters
If I told you that I spent at least five hours of that combined journey charging or waiting to charge the effin car I wouldn’t be exaggerating
The government’s around the world want to create 15/20 minute cities
The EV is part of their sinister plot
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...tric-cars.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Is it the end of the road for us with our troublesome all-electric cars? Owners despair over battery problems and the lack of chargers
Another nail in the coffin
https://www.ft.com/content/71fab292-...b-7a1390903325
With Twitter link if it asks for subscriptionQuote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
https://twitter.com/Petercampbell1/s...48928211509249
Toyota "believes it could make a solid-state battery with a range of 745 miles that charges in 10 minutes"
https://www.theguardian.com/business...-electric-cars
nail in the coffin of what? the UK car industry?Quote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
If that proves true it will be a gamechanger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
And a headache for those people trying to sell their knackered Lithium-battery cars.
I guess it may be possible to retrofit a solid state battery into an older EV.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobh
the drivetrain and other parts on them will be good for years
That was not the point AQM was making, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
StT.
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Which resulted in us buying our first ever diesel car so now I have to pay £12.50 every time I drive into Kingston/Surbiton etcQuote:
Originally Posted by TWGL1
Absolutely scandalous.
All we need to do us to rebuild all the multi stories and bridges that can't withstand the extra weight and we're sorted 👍
:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
Got Hybrid wonderful car saved a fortune not sure how that effects the planet .
This guy sums up the nonsense that are electric cars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zyy5iJTgBQ
That's not good, is it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
Just noticed the A470 is 50 because of pollution.
Does that mean I can go 70 if driving a EV?
On the eve of a relegation decider, I'd like to congratulate you on one of the most random thread bounces in the history of CCMB.Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
Great work.
Honestly I'm trying avoid football related topics whilst still remain on the forum I enjoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
Haven't seen the 20mph for a while :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile