Electric is very expensive to insure, compared to petrol or diesel. Looking at PCP rates, the finance companies don’t have much confidence in them holding their value. So you buy a £50,000 Tesla, who is going to give you £15,000…
Electric Cars
Climate Change, Electric Cars, Politics
A massive task: getting to Carbon Zero for the average person/family/company/country
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As I related in a recent post about electric car emissions (Electric Cars are not emission free: How much CO2 do they actually produce? – Food for Thinking (foodforthinkingblog.com)), electric cars are not emission free, nowhere near and they might…
Electric Cars, Politics
Self Driving Cars: Are they safe?
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I am very worried about this. I don’t think all the extra power and then all the electronics to try to make things safe is the way forward. We could have cars that can do 100mpg, 200mpg, not ones that…
Electric Cars
Electric Cars are not emission free: How much CO2 do they actually produce?
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When marketing campaigns get involved playing nice music and trying to make people feel good about spending tens of thousands on the latest technology. How good actually is it? Importantly, how much CO2 is produced when you drive your electric…
Electric Cars
Self Charging has to be the way forward
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I am not a fan of electric cars of any type but I must say that Nissans new Qashqai just has to be the best format although the car itself (119g/km) is very disappointing. It has electricity driving the wheels,…
Climate Change, Electric Cars, Politics
Electric Cars… something doesn’t add up, meanwhile precious time is being wasted.
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The recent announcement by Boris to bring forward the date at which fossil fuel cars cannot be sold, has people asking questions, like: How will I afford one? How practical are they How reliable are the batteries? How much will…