Worst of all worlds, Regan, in my experience.
EV are they worth it?
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Worst of all worlds, Regan, in my experience.
Well, the old oil burner has gone to another life. A taxi, probably, and fair play to it: it served me well, for six years and 120 k. But, it was costing a fortune in BiK tax for me, and had more warning lights than a Ukrainian radar station......
Now in a EV rocket ship which took me from south brum to sunny staffs, out for a meal, and then a Leeds return trip....... without needing a charge
Half a tank's worth of diesel would have covered that, so about £30.
Gave it a charge overnight at home, for the princely sum of £4.60
Now in a EV rocket ship which took me from south brum to sunny staffs, out for a meal, and then a Leeds return trip....... without needing a charge
Half a tank's worth of diesel would have covered that, so about £30.
Gave it a charge overnight at home, for the princely sum of £4.60
5 years. That's some serious bird, even with time off. Hope it will learn these muppets.
Is that the same old diesel which has spent so much time on the 2 post lift, going up and down like a tart's tights?
One thing that occurred to me is that you say it's an 'old' diesel. Yes it is, 20 years old to be precise.
Wonder how long an EV will last. 10 years maximum before batteries are dead and not economical to replace. Poss few years less if the batteries haven't been treated well.
Yep, built in obsolesence with EV white goods. Don't knock those old oil burners!
Not when I regularly have to drive to Portsmouth/Dover, get the ferry then drive to south western France. No faffing around hoping I can charge up my AAAs. No waiting around. Just hit the road, all on one tank.
Aye, although most folk would've taken less than three years to buy a house...what're you looking for, one with a built-in cat flap?
What is the opportunity price of the EV burning the house down? Like Avocet, you would not have read the insurance T&C and realise you are not covered in such an event.Gave it a charge overnight at home, for the princely sum of £4.60
If you owned the EV, it would spontaneously catch fire within 6 seconds and everything within a 2 mile radius would be totally destroyed.
For everyone else, nothing happened.
The recent video would suggest the owner would be locked in the EV.
Where will EV owners be when the pay-per-mile comes in?
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Ev are not suitable for everybody. Certainly not yet anyway
Do you think petrol or diesel is the future?
Do you think petrol or diesel is the future?
Like I said, in my experience.
Our lads are struggling to get 300 miles on a tank.
No idea what that video is, but no one can be locked into a vehicle. They all have manual door releases.
Unfortunately there are always some people are too stupid to use such things.
The same as everyone else.
If PPM is introduced, it certainly won't be restricted to certain types of vehicles or fuel.
It's everyone or no one.
It may be or it may not be. We will know when we get there. Burning hydrocarbons to produce motion will always be more efficient than burning hydrocarbons to produce electricity, then to produce motion from that. It's a no brainer except for the greedy politician who hopes to get kickback from big battery because he isn't getting a kickback from big oil.
With lithium being so easy to burn, I see a future of burning lithium for motion. Lithium will be even more efficient than petrol or diesel. Lithium is the future, but not in the way you hope.