Electric Vehicles

How fantastic! Have you actually done it?

Thass because the South East is, as my old Dad used to say, packed out to beat Hell.

-- "The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place." - Douglas Adams

I would also like to try an EV. I don't need a large range - 200 miles in winter would meet most of my needs, or even just 150 miles at a pinch (but that will include motorway driving).

I'm waiting for lower prices, which probably means more cheaper vendors (probably Chinese) to enter the market.

Yes I calculated it can at times average more than 15mph!

I was on the Northern line

The anecdotal evidence is, you live a longer life, if you are still independent and have wheels of your own. It *does* make a difference, if you're isolated.

If you only have the one vehicle, you're old and you need reliable transport, the ICE solution is perfect for you. As it's most likely to go when you need it to go. A PHEV is likely to cost more. A practical BEV is more expensive than one of the impractical models. If you are still in your earning years, you can blend vehicle types (own two cars), to get the best of each type.

This PHEV is an example of a practical vehicle, and I would want to see a review that actually gets the stated mileage from such a tiny battery pack.

"Golf eHybrid" Eighty miles plus, on battery alone, hard to believe

For a city driver, you could likely get around a lot of the time, on electrons with that one. The petrol would go stale, before you'd be using it :-)

Paul

Paul

That's a US problem. Tariff imports so high to protect your domestic companies, with the result they get bloated, lazy and uncompetitive in the rest of the world. Exactly this happened in 1970s where the Japanese ate the Big Three's lunch.

There are plenty of cheap EVs coming out of Europe and China - yes, some even cheaper than $25k.

Theo

One of the people we drive out still drives himself at times ,he has an elderly Peugeot which is worth hardly anything but doesn’t get much wear on it either , does less than

GH

Same in the EU.

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Yes a while ago now took charge of this fine lady for a couple of hours was co-driving with a lovely old guy called Cyril he was an apprentice at the factory where they were built.

Quite easy to drive once you get the hang of it:-)