Recent content by Andrew*Debbie

I think so. I remember getting a direct bus somewhere near Paddington. This was before we became UK residents. Would have been early 1990s. I still remember the hotel we stayed at. It was horrid. This was at the end of a holiday and we'd had fantastic accomidation until then

There are guide lines but not everyone looks down. I've been asked a few times. After hearing my American accent, the next question is always "Where are you visiting from?" Taxi is easy. It is the underground that is confusing. Many on-line guides don't show the Elizebeth line. Knowing...

The £10 single fare is for tickets purchased at least 45 days in advance. Rail card cuts that to £6.65. £10 tickets are valid for travel anytime of the day. £10 tickets cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion, offer, discount or any other train company special offers. £10...

Advance fares on Heathrow Express(HX) can be as low as £13.30 return with a rail card. I just checked for an upcoming trip to America. I've tried these routes: Euston (EUS), Northern Line to Tottenham Court Road then Elizabeth line to Heathrow (LHR) Takes me 50-70 minutes to Terminal...

Depends on the design. BMW i3 puts the modules on top of a direct expansion cooling plate. Munro has pleanty of teardown videos if you are interested in traction battery design. 1727189791 LEAF has shunts for balancing, but no way of bypassing a faulty cell or module. You can see which...

Free charging generally has not worked. Taxi and Uber drivers take over the charge points. Worse, some people will buy an EV expecting to get lifetime free fuel. They will go out of their way to get that free fuel, despite the absurdity of spening hours in car park miles from home. When...

3-pin sockets do not have the safety features that come with a Type-2 socket. 3-pin sockets are no longer permitted for public charging. Public AC charge points over 8kW must offer contactless payment, unless they are free. That could be why some 22kW 3-phase units are getting replaced by...

Right now? A 2015 VW e-UP with 48,000 miles, a Renault Zoe, or a 2015 or '16 LEAF with the 30kWh battery. I found one '16 LEAF that is about 15% down on capacity. That would give it a usable range around 85-90 miles. Not bad for £4000, especialy when you add in the fuel savings which...

Spring has a ~27kWh battery. Charging at 100kW would be nearly 4C. It would overheat the pack. They are likely using passive cooling. That has to be why DC charging is limited to 30kW. For long distances take the train. The UK Spring is new car. It has almost nothing in common with...

Ahhhh. Changing at Newport at 5pm on a Friday.. Hilarious. Thanks to all for the information.

I came across an unfamilair symbol when looking for tickets from Bangor(BNG) to Cardiff Central(CDF). It is at the bottom of the 13:00 departure. It shows up on the tfw.wales website but not on the app or the printed timetable. What does it mean? Image description: the symbol shows a...

I couldn't agree more. I've looked at the Welsh Government draft budget for next year. We don't have the money. If we did it would be better spent elsewhere.

Anglesey resident and frequent train user. TfW are renewing the fleet. Yea. With DMUs. boo. Running wires between Chester and Crewe would be expensive. A large number of bridges would need to be raised or replaced. Wiring Chester to Crewe doesn't make buisness sense unless you run wires...

There are pleanty of low milage 2022 EVs on Autotrader for less than £16,000. Tesla are opening up the SuperCharger network to all EVs. Back in August 25 locations were open all. I don't bother keeping track. I know Aberystwth, Flint Mountain, Trafford Centre (Manchester), and Carmarthen...

From comments on another forum older, used car dealers say low priced "essential" cars are all that are selling well at the moment. Prices on near-new electric cars have dropped considerably. I've seen several 2022 Vauxhall Corsa-e on AutoTrader for under £15,000, a 2022 Renult Zoe under...