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Out of interest, after 155 pages of replies, has anyone actually changed their position on electric vehicles at all?

Trailer? I wasn't necessarily suggesting reducing to 20mph, more a case that if people for a start drove within the speed limits and...

https://theconversation.com/big-cars-might-make-you-feel-safer-but-heres-how-vehicle-size-impacts-others-in-a-crash-223343 some...

I lived in a similar terrace in Coventry, used to think it was bad on Match days now most in that street are HMOs on a 12 foot pitch so...

whilst I'm not sure EV is that answer (environmentally at least), you are missing the other challenge which is even bigger: Oil is...

I'd be more concerned about where I got grandchildren and a dog from.... You'd also struggle to get an entire football team into a BMW...

Ironically I brim the diesel up because it's a faff to get to a petrol station (accepting the extra weight isn't good for economy), but...

AFAIK, 'most' (sorry!) lithium batteries are best maintained at 20-80% state-of-charge. Battery management systems however, need to...

With my diesel I tend to only half fill the tank generally. As I do mostly short trips it doesn't make a lot of sense to me to carry...

Not sure about mainland Europe but nothing to stop that design in the UK. I built a lotus 7 replica and it has open wheels, the same as...

but with ICE you have to have a higher bonnet (unless you have a boxer engine or mount it at the rear), so your frontal area cannot...

not sure I'd agree with that. Whilst they have improved the aerodynamics for the specific design, there are better similar size designs...

I'd mostly agree, but then I'd also say ICE cars are all pretty much the same and ugly. For example all of the VW Golfs of the last...

I'm amazed you have the patience to stand there holding the dispensing nozzle, hanging around v'v the EV, plug in and walk away to do...

This. All EV cars should be designed to be dead easy to swap out motors and batteries. It should be far easier than an ICE engine swap.