I get the impression he doesn't give a 4-X what folk say. He has more than enough fck-off money to make his own rule. I'll give him a pass for putting a car in space with a copy of the Hitch Hikers Guide on board.
Tesla magic running low
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The Mustang was and is a good EV. In some ways I'd pick it over a Tesla at the same price point.
Unless you factor in the time, effort, care, and cost of keeping these things going, it is not a valid comparison.
Probably as much to do with them being sh!t (and being outcompeted) at EVs, so they're going back to what they know.
While also leaning on governments worldwide, to keep ICEs as an option for the mid-term.
They’re all too much bother, especially if you want to go on long trips. I’d never have an EV. Next car will probably be a hybrid though - electric for short local trips but with the ability to go from lands end to John o groats without 15 hours of charging stops en route.
EV charging record set for John O'Groats to Lands End run - Zapmap
Zero Carbon World has set a new John O’Groats to Lands End electric vehicle record, completing the trip with only 1 hour, 32 minutes, 32 seconds taken for...
1 Hr 33 mins charging. 855 miles.
15 Hr 30 total time against a current predicted driving time of 15 hours.
Some people don't have a clue what they're talking about. But it is a 4 year old article, since then we've gotten more chargers, faster chargers and faster charging cars.
If.
Most people don't.
Like most people don't have snow tyres fitted all year, because it might snow for two days.
I would hate to collide with a modern RR, the poor sod would never get insurance cover again .. hard enough to procure in the first placeHold the front page! Range Rover tops Clio in crash!Yes, well, you'd kind of expect that, wouldn't you?
Try driving it into a current Range Rover and let us know how you get on...
As for pointing the finger at Far Eastern countries, that's maybe a bit unfair. We export a lot of our emissions there, by buying stuff they make, and then feel good about ourselves because the CO2 didn't come out of our factory chimneys. It's always easier to point the finger at other folk than it is to take the lead.
You make a good point about 'imported' emissions.
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That’s just one car. I seen one car do the equivalent of over 2000 miles to the gallon but again, that’s just one car.EV charging record set for John O'Groats to Lands End run - Zapmap
Zero Carbon World has set a new John O’Groats to Lands End electric vehicle record, completing the trip with only 1 hour, 32 minutes, 32 seconds taken for...www.zap-map.com
1 Hr 33 mins charging. 855 miles.
15 Hr 30 total time against a current predicted driving time of 15 hours.
Some people don't have a clue what they're talking about. But it is a 4 year old article, since then we've gotten more chargers, faster chargers and faster charging cars.
But there's little demand for it in America, they all want the big SUVs.
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and I would say that he has shown himself, by his many, many outlandish actions , to be a worthless human-being which is obviously unaffected by his astronomical fortune
He's found a good fit then, being in 'Murca.
I like the horse 'n cart analogy
Yes, EVs are a bit like the return to the old days when you had to pull over into a coaching inn for a few hours to rest your horses.
The emissions were good for your roses though.
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For years governments and environmentalists have been thrashing car manufacturers to get them to produce the very clean ICE engines we have today. Seems a waste that they now tell them to bin them and go for far inferior EVs. I'm sure with even more development, ICE vhicles can keep getting cleaner.
I'm not really 'into' this high tech. stuff bit thought I would run this :
As far as I can make out Nissan's E-Power uses a petrol engine to charge a battery that runs the electric motor that provides the motive power
Is it not possible to delete the battery & have the ICE power the motor, in the same way as they did with diesel-electric on the railway ?
Yes, I am old enough to remember the Deltics when they were in service
As far as I can make out Nissan's E-Power uses a petrol engine to charge a battery that runs the electric motor that provides the motive power
Is it not possible to delete the battery & have the ICE power the motor, in the same way as they did with diesel-electric on the railway ?
Yes, I am old enough to remember the Deltics when they were in service