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Doubts about EVs
Sesman:
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sye:
An EV has it's place just like other forms of transport. We have a Kia Niro EV, 64kW and a true 280 miles on full charge in summer. This drops to about 260 in winter, less if you use the heated seats. It's Jan's car and is mainly used for short local runs. It's ideal for this sort of work. We charge it using our solar panels at home. We have 3.9kW peak solar panels and battery storage that charges the car between April - September without importing energy. We don't import any electricity for the house either during those months. It works very well for us and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to others.
We also have an Audi A4 estate for holidays and long trips. The charging infrastructure is crap, that's true and expensive to use.
andy120t:
I heard that Tesla can t have tow-bars. If that's the case, good job the aforementioned neighbour didn't buy one to go and pick the Swanky Caravan with. Chap near us has had to buy an old Massey-Ferguson to tow his boat down to the slip-way as the Tesla can't do it!
Laverdaroo:
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--- Quote from: royhall on May 14, 2023, 06:43:33 PM ---It's all a sham They know that population density is the problem and they can't deal with that. The world's population has more than doubled just in my lifetime and they all want transport, feeding, and an ever better standard of living. Genocide anyone.
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Precious little to do with global warming.... we are in the last third of a receding ice age, of course we'll get cosier!
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Where's your evidence for that statement, debunked years ago that's where. The deniers have been trotting out the ice age theory for years, as well as the one about enhanced solar activity, unfortunately it has been proven beyond doubt that the numbers just don't add up. What does add up is it's man made. You won't hear about population density as it can't be dealt with and it's not PC. In fact your not even allowed to mention it. How your supposed to address a problem that your not allowed to talk about is beyond me. Mankind is the most arrogant species ever to walk the earth, and we have been polluting ourselves to death for donkeys years and finding other reasons to blame it on. They will be telling us next that the oceans are choked with plastic as it's been spewed out of a volcano.
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JamesH:
Our experience has been the complete opposite, and I regard myself as bit of a petrolhead and come from a working background in Automotive Engineering.
We've had a Tesla Model 3 long-range since Sept 2021 (well it's my wife's car). She funds it via her employer as a 'salary sacrafice' so the £700/month lease is paid from pre-tax income. So on paper, she's making a 40% saving on the £700/month lease (which I know sounds like/is an eye-watering amount). But on paper it's costing her £420/month.
Performance wise the car is unbelievable. It drives superbly, the Tesla supercharger network is awesome, and the car has covered 18,000 trouble-free miles.
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