Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.
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Not even the UK. As long as London's air gets a bit cleaner who gives a fuck who suffers?
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Since we don't have many reserves of any kind of minerals etc, we have always relied on fucking up the rest of the world to get things we want - electric cars aren't new in that respect, just fucking up different people/places.
As London and other big cities - I would rather set fire to my own hair than live there - but I don't blame them for trying to have a bit of clean up. Not sure I'd be doing it the same way mind you.
As London and other big cities - I would rather set fire to my own hair than live there - but I don't blame them for trying to have a bit of clean up. Not sure I'd be doing it the same way mind you.
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Cities have been ruined by meeting the needs of vehicles rather than the needs of the people who live there. Electrifying cars will improve air-quality a bit, but will do nothing at all to mitigate all of the other problems.
What might help is mandating a maximum weight for city cars, 500kg.
No off-road parking place? No car.
Delivery, Taxis, utilities in cities? Electric only.
What might help is mandating a maximum weight for city cars, 500kg.
No off-road parking place? No car.
Delivery, Taxis, utilities in cities? Electric only.
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Isn't Japan a bit like this which has driven the development of their Kei cars?
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I would argue the opposite. Cities have been choked and in turn made life significantly worse by refusing to meet the needs of personal transport.Asimo wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 12:51 pm Cities have been ruined by meeting the needs of vehicles rather than the needs of the people who live there. Electrifying cars will improve air-quality a bit, but will do nothing at all to mitigate all of the other problems.
What might help is mandating a maximum weight for city cars, 500kg.
No off-road parking place? No car.
Delivery, Taxis, utilities in cities? Electric only.
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Possibly a leisure market for these, but not at £35995 on the road.
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I wasn't certain where to put this but here seems as good as anywhere:
Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds
https://www.vibilagare.se/english/physi ... test-finds
Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds
https://www.vibilagare.se/english/physi ... test-finds
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LynehamHerc wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 11:36 am I wasn't certain where to put this but here seems as good as anywhere:
Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds
https://www.vibilagare.se/english/physi ... test-finds
Bloody bean counters!Designers want a ”clean” interior with minimal switchgear, and the financial department wants to lower the cost.
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I rather like mine. It costs, when charged privately, about 10ppm and I claim it at 45.
I took it on lease because of the overhanging cloud of a congestion charge in Cambridge. It’s paid for by the business.
The power delivery is amusing. 320d hero’s trying to hand me my arse on a Monday morning always gets a smile.
Are they the future? Probably not. Do they have a place? I think so. Does everyone have to be so fucking adversarial about it? Absolutely.
I took it on lease because of the overhanging cloud of a congestion charge in Cambridge. It’s paid for by the business.
The power delivery is amusing. 320d hero’s trying to hand me my arse on a Monday morning always gets a smile.
Are they the future? Probably not. Do they have a place? I think so. Does everyone have to be so fucking adversarial about it? Absolutely.