yep I pay 7.5p per KwH with Octopus. Works out at 1.7p per mile, compared with 14p in my old car (which got 55 mpg)
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Latest stats on charger growth in the UK are now out :
https://www.gov.uk/government/stati...hicle-charging-device-statistics-october-2023
Up 42% in a year, when we need to be growing at 33% to hit the target of 300k by 2030. 18% are 50kW or more.
https://www.gov.uk/government/stati...hicle-charging-device-statistics-october-2023
Up 42% in a year, when we need to be growing at 33% to hit the target of 300k by 2030. 18% are 50kW or more.
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Bizarrely, the Daily Mail has managed to use these numbers to indicate a fall in EV charging points.
Maybe they've deducted the ones not actually working.
Toyota have made the best and most popular hybrids for many years I guess they are going to have to get serious about full EV as that's the only way we are headed.
Hydrogen for your average consumer just isn't going to happen. Toyota now seeing this, and conceding that it will only really see use in haulage.
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That's an optimistic outlook. From what I have read 8 years will be doing well, plus the charging capability decreases with the age of the battery. The resale value will plummet as the car gets closer to the end of the battery life. I was listening to a guy on the radio who was driving down the freeway in the dark and pouring rain the battery was draining quickly because of the headlights and wipers, had to get off the freeway and call an Uber to take him home!
Plus for some reason, the insurance companies seem to think they should be as much as 3 times the value to insure an EV as to a petrol or diesel vehicle.
A big part of the insurance problem is that the number of people that can repair them isn’t increasing at the same rate as adoption.
This means the insurers can’t dictate what they’re willing to pay for repairs.
This means the insurers can’t dictate what they’re willing to pay for repairs.
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The insurance companies here claim they are a fire risk, despite the data pointing to petrol cars being a greater risk.
lower probability vs higher impact. If an EV on fire causes more damage to others property that a petrol/diesal car that would be a reason why. Teslas also have gigacastings so less parts but bigger cost per part when one needs replacing. Also because of the gigacasting it's harder to get pattern parts from elsewhere.
Of course not all EV's are teslas, but all tesla's are EV's and as they are the second biggest EV manufacturer re sales in the world apart from BYD in china tesla repair costs will have an impact on premiums on EV's as a whole.
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If you live in the country on a pot holed road and need to tow. What electric choices do you have.
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We've just had a ICE vehicle causing huge damage at Luton airport.
There are quite a few, good list here:
https://ev-database.org/uk/compare/...t=60~260|paging:currentPage=0|paging:number=9
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I think "quite a few" is pushing it 😉
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Tbh the Kia is close and 2.5t tow, but I need 3t minimum. But £73,000 😱
I will ignore the cars, I forgot to mention we can swim in our potholes when it rains.
£73,000 is more than a land rover, and much much than any Japanese competitors. And maahoooosively less capable.
I have to ignore the cars, I forgot to mention we can swim in our potholes when it rains.
Don't get me wrong, I would love a capable hybrid. I just don't think it's there for a working vehicle that needs to go places.
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Tbh the Kia is close and 2.5t tow, but I need 3t minimum. But £73,000 😱
I will ignore the cars, I forgot to mention we can swim in our potholes when it rains.
£73,000 is more than a land rover, and much much than any Japanese competitors. And maahoooosively less capable.
I have to ignore the cars, I forgot to mention we can swim in our potholes when it rains.
Don't get me wrong, I would love a capable hybrid. I just don't think it's there for a working vehicle that needs to go places.
Give it a few years and ev's will be a thing from the past, i call em Flintstone mobiles
You didn't mention 3 tonnes! A typical small caravan weighs about a tonne and there are plenty that can manage that. But you are right - for 3 tonnes, no go.
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