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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    Might be truer to say "the cost of missing out on perceived flexibility"? ;) And yeah, it's (maybe) going to rise "dramatically" to... ...drum roll... ...5p-a-mile.. ...in 2028...:ROFLMAO: Good job we can all be absolutely certain that petrol and diesel won't be going up by then, of...
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    Would you accept a slightly thicker ratchet head if it eliminated socket swaps?

    I'm picturing, in my mind's eye, a handle that contains the battery, on the end of which, is a head with 4 sockets on it, on a circular disc. You would index the disc round, until it was in the position, relative to the handle, that a normal socket would be. You'd then put that socket on to...
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    If it sold diesel at 19p a litre you'd probably find a need quick enough though... ;) And yeah, I'd just get in mine and drive to the other end of the country right now if I needed to. I do it regularly enough anyway. I live in the North West corner of Cumbria, and there's a lab that we...
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    It's been 40-odd years of driving so far. How likely do you think it is to happen in the next 20?
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    :ROFLMAO: It really doesn't! (Especially if you have your own "petrol pump" on your drive). I just get in mine and drive it. If the battery gets low, I pull into a charging area and charge. It's really not that hard!
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    I can't remember the last time that happened to me?
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    That's amazing! I wish EVs could tell me how much range I had and nag me if they're getting low! Oh... hang on... they can....
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    Yes, hardly anywhere has electricity these days... :rolleyes:
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    If I'd meant that, I'd have written that... :rolleyes: You're still suckered by the "you'll have to spend hours on a charger" BS, because you've never tried it yourself and you don't know any better, but someone on the internet said it and it chimes with your existing prejudices, so you think...
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    I doubt it will be much worse than the EV rapid charging companies are ripping us off for? How much are you paying per kWh? A typical rapid charger is around 89p / kWh.
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    I don't do any of those things. I just drive it. I don't make sacrifices when it comes to heating (or aircon, heated seats or even heated steering wheel) - the climate control is set to exactly the same temperatures as in my last ICE car. My work has taken me as far South as Kent and as far...
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    And that's an easy one to answer. The electricity comes from the National Grid (which is currently supplying it at 104 grammes of CO2 per per kWh). This being winter, my car is averaging 3 miles to the kWh, so that's 3 miles for 104 grammes of CO2, or 34.7 grammes per mile, or 21.7...
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    Just like diesels were subsidised by the very VED tax rates we're talking about! :ROFLMAO: I wouldn't mind, if the taxation system was based on weight - but it isn't. It's based on CO2 emissions. Nor has that revenue been ringfenced for road maintenance and building since the 1930s! "hours"...
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    Do these fields currently have petrol pumps?
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    :ROFLMAO: ok, I'll stop doing 20,000 miles a year in my EV now I know that...;)
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