Electric vehicles

[johnb80]

Heating up sand brings back memories of electric storage heaters using off peak leccy. They worked quite well - Economy 7 etc.

Aye, there are boilers now that work on the same principle but have a better heat retention than sand. Tepeo

 

[Rhossydd]

Snag is with diesels, if you live in or near London, you need a PFI loan to fund the Khan taxes and penalties. And for an SUV diesel the road tax is insane.

I drive a 9 year old diesel estate, £20 pa VED and ULEZ compliant. No issues driving into London regularly.

 

[Lons]

And for an SUV diesel the road tax is insane.

It must be just the newer ones as my GLC SUV diesel costs the same as my wife's petrol mini at £190 currently as does our diesel motorhome. All that will likely change next month of course as Ms Reeves needs to replace her clothing allowance, err... I mean office expenses.

 

[Trainee neophyte]

https://rogerboyd.substack.com/p/the-ongoing-collapse-of-the-western

"Between now and the end of 2026, the Chinese domestic market is on track to achieve nearly 100% EV market share. The intense levels of competition are driving the Chinese EV manufacturers to continuously innovate and reduce prices at a rate that the Western manufacturers (except perhaps Hyundai and Kia) cannot keep up with. The result will be a domestic market nearly totally dominated by Chinese EV manufacturers, with levels of efficiency, innovation and tight profit margins unheard of in the West."

 

[sploo]

Having had diesels for decades I don't recall going out of my way for fuel or getting diesel on my hands.

In my experience, if there are gloves at a forecourt the diesel pumps are really nice and clean. If there are no gloves, the pumps are basically swimming in diesel.

I still keep a hand sanitiser in the car; not for sanitising, but to try to mask the smell of oily dinosaur juice

 

[Spectric]

But even if we didn't the 32Kw home charger is cheap off peak and MUCH less than petrol.

I suppose that there is another advantage that you have not mentioned in that now you have three phase laid on for the EV charger that could also be ultilised in your workshop so you could have some lovely big solid machinery.

It’s the Mercedes GLC which has an 80 mile battery range.

We need to remember that you can easily get 250 miles on a full tank of fuel with many ICE vehicles so 80 is not fantastic. I still believe that for now hybrids are the way forward and PHEV's because you are not just battery powered so if the battery runs flat or you find yourself miles from the nearst charging point you are not stranded.

Furthermore, the more you guys keep knocking EV's the lower the demand is which drives the prices down

In some countries like Germany the sales of EV's have fallen once the government stops the subsidies so how many people would still buy an EV if the subsidies were not there ?

Where I am there is not a large number of garages and the ones I use have no intention of undertaking the training to work on EV's because there are other associated cost such as higher business insurance and so leave them to main dealers who just ship them out to get them repaired elsewhere. The garage I use will not do any work on an EV even brake pads because they are not covered on insurance.

All that will likely change next month of course as Ms Reeves needs to replace her clothing allowance, err... I mean office expenses.

You forget the botox, now she has that personal photographer it was needed.