Recent content by Tobes

Thats being "out of electricity". It means you are reliant on the ICE to run the car. (I ran a PHEV for 4 years so speak from experience). You have to make the choice at that point to either run the car on the ICE or recharge the car. If you are away from home, it is almost invariably cheaper to...

In my experience, private EV drivers are not sensitive to public charging, because they almost never do it. We have 4 EVs in our household. One has never public charged (in 2.5 years), one has done it 3 times in 16 months, one has three times in nearly 2.5 years. Mine does more frequently, but I...

Private EV drivers claim mileage at the same rate. Private cars used for business are agnostic from a fuel perspective from mileage charges. On site charging is not considered a taxable benefit, so if your company provides it for free, it is truly free. Cars that are business owned (company car...

As I say, prices are by provider, not location. BP charge through the nose at 89p, Gridserve is more like 75p, both present at Stafford north services. Tesla have no open chargers on the motorway network, so its hard to compare directly, but Preston south right next to the M6 junction, is...

There are some location that are now displaying pricing on a sign outside. For example, this location near Cherwell valley services on the A43. Prices tend to vary by network, rather than by location, with the one exception of Tesla who do charge by location. On the rare occasion I do want to...

I am not sure a Touareg is "pretty", but maybe beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Personally I think the Polestar 3 looks fabulous.

As per my post #9 This is a huge factor. I would personally make do without one as I hate the idea of returning to fossil fuel, but that would be a non-starter for many others, so I fully understand that point of view. As for the long tow, overnighting every 300 miles would be my strategy too...

"The plant will in essence be the equivalent to 15 40-foot shipping containers along with a solar farm to power the process." Just use the solar farm to power homes and cut out the middle man. No extra CO2 released. No energy loss in a chemical process...

As has been said, I have been towing for almost 4 years with an EV, and am now into my 5th season. I have just placed an order for my next tow car, which will be an EV (Polestar 4 to replace the Polestar 2). As with all cars, you need to ensure it's suitable for your caravan (nose weight and...

Depending on the battery, it may just be drop in supported. We have a LiFePo4 battery made by Kepworth. All its power is delivered via a BMS and so is pretty much a drop in replacement for lead acid. It's been working absolutely fine using our old integrated charger (2016 Bailey) though I did...

How will tariffs help "countries" know what it's like to have sanctions placed on them? The tariffs will impact the US costs, not "countries" costs. This may well have a knock on effect on exports, but does not change the cost of manufacturing locally.

Is that because of all the people yelling "I'm Spartacus!"? ;) :LOL: Edit - Joke would have worked much better if the screen shot was not from Ben-Hur. :LOL:

I used to use the Milenco Grand Aero 3s but they dont fit my frameless mirrors. Switched to Suck-it-and-see deluxe, and they are fantastic. Solid fixing, super light weight, built in blind spot mirror, adjust with the car mirror so you can use the mirror controls to set them up.

The first year rate remains differentiated, from £10 (0 CO2 vehicles) up to £5490 for vehicles over 255g CO2/Km. The rate is the same for year 1 onwards (£195) and may include the ECS (luxury tax) for years 2 to 6.

Maybe a Nissan Ariyaaaa ? Like an Ariya but with a tag axle . ;)