Recent content by Tobes

Thats far more sensible as it is a legally defined and measurable value!

I have no problem @Buckman your 1st post. Indeed I think it's useful (if ambiguous on the part of CAMC) information. For my outfit, my Kerb weight is 2,228.8kg including fluids, driver + options and with the addition of my towbar. My MTPLM is 1550kg. This reassures me that I have no worry with...

Towing limit ≠ kerb weight.

I'll ask again. What specification is being exceeded? There are three to choose from; MTPLM, tow-bar vertical load, and Gross train weight. Please help the rest of us understand which of these limits is being exceeded making the outfit illegal? Points get awarded for actually breaking a law...

And specifically what specification has been exceeded? Not the MTPLM. Not the Gross train weight. Not the tow bar vertical load.

I think its not - for private transport or LGV / HGV- as evidenced by manufacturers spending billions on EV research vs millions on hyrdogen, and having had hydrogen cars available in the market for as long as EVs (Mirai, Nexo). There are just a handful of hydrogen cars and stations in the UK...

Did the hydrogen blended gas trials actually happen? There was an enormous public backlash to the plan (near the Wirral?) that put the trial on hold. One of the concerns being, the production of the hydrogen in question was going to come from steam reformed methane, saving no CO2, increasing...

This - and after using motorway services for charging a few times (Stone north, Hilton Park south), we tend to avoid them. I find off motorway chargers to be both more accessible (better close parking), less busy and faster (more than just a gridserve 60kW ecotricity replacement).

Polestar 2 has a 1500kg towing limit and 90kg nose weight (unless that was updated on the 24 model year). The 4 looks like a fantastic car and will be a super capable tow car in dual motor version, and will likely get to that 160 to 180 mile towed range number. The Polestar 3 is also gorgeous -...

The Polestar makes an amazing tow car. The total payload is not massive but plenty for 2 and workable for 4. 400hp, 670Nm torque and AWD means its lot troubled by the van at all. Towing - we do a mix of trips, but all in the UK. Our longest regular trip is from South Northants to the North...

EVs can manage more than 130 towing. I can get 140 from mine (75kWh usable). There are others with bigger batteries that could do up to 170-180. Facilities to recharge with a caravan _on the hitch_ are few and far between. Facilities to recharge with a caravan unhitched are widespread. But...

As much as you think about a car for towing, also consider what it will be used for for the majority of it's time. If you are retired and 90% of your miles are towing, you may pick a very different car to if you are working and 90% of your miles are solo. Pick a car that can do what you need...

My parents have had 7 Volvo estates; 145, 245, 240, 850, V70mk1, V70mk2, V70mk2 I have had 4 (V40, V70Mk2, V50, V60) an S60 Saloon and XC90mk1 The current Polestar2 is effectively a hatch back XC40 (now EX40). Fantastic cars. If Volvo release an EV70 - I will be in the line to get one.

True, but shopping with a decent sized rucksack and front pack would be entirely possible. Of course its horses for courses. If I lived in a town or city and wanted to live without a car, this would be a great option.

Personally I think appropriate legislation to regulate and normalise them is far more useful than a ban on sales. They are already here, are a very low cost and green form of transport, and could enhance the urban landscape by displacing cars. Banning them wont put the cat back in the bag...