When I preheat and defrost my Tesla in the middle of winter it will pull 7kW when plugged in, but that drops to about 1.5-2kW after not very long. When driving waste heat from the motors etc is scavenged and used for cabin and battery heating, with the heat pump doing the rest.
Your insurance figure seems awfully high!
No but I'm accounting for multiple named drivers. That's the annual cost by the way, not monthly.
It's ironic that a utility design like MPVs have been largely replaced by fashionable SUV style models. They have less passenger capacity, are heavier, less stable and aerodynamic than conventional cars.
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My annual cost is half that with a group 39 car!
I've noticed at fair few London Ambulance Service electric vehicles. Funnily enough, my friend is an LAS advanced paramedic and his experience with the rapid response EVs has inspired him to choose an EV for his next personal vehicle where he had previous dismissed them. I think that is also representative of EV converts nationally - whether that is experience of colleagues, taxis, work vans/cars - once they see for themselves that EVs work for most people's situations, they are sold!
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Yes, SUVs. I never thought I would be seen driving one but have ended up with a 2012 Honda CRV. It is more comfortable over the speed bumps round here (I drive slowly but ...). But I kind of wish I could have got my hands on the previous version with a more estate like rear end. Having just taken it camping (family music festival) it does have less capacity than a Vauxhall Carlton estate. This year I planned on not taking any cookable food, cooker, cooker table/bench/station and gas as it saves a lot of packing and distraction while there. Car was full and harder to juggle things !. I will have to get roof bars and use my roof box before a proper camping trip comes up.
I was replying to Styles and his high insurance cost, I was saying mine was significantly cheaper despite having a higher risk. So basically saying it sounds well off.
I'm also a relatively new driver to be fair with not much NCB. The premiums decrease every year at the moment!
Haven't see a single electric Police car yet in Ulster
Paid 152.9 this morning in Castlewellan.
Pretty unlikely they'll be sticking a massive lithium battery in armoured land rovers.
Its largely irrelevant what fuel the prime mover of the Range Rover was. It was a Range Rover Sport which is Diesel Mild Hybrid. According to the Bedfordshire fire brigade the most likely cause was an electrical fault or engine bay component fault. Would have applied equally to a BEV in all likelihood.
and there you revealed what you are - an opinionated left winger who has no idea of the reality of modern life with kids and older people who DEPEND on the car for their livelihood and ability to provide a life for themselves and their family. there is NOTHING selfish about the need or desire to own a car.
