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This project seems to have been pretty mismarketed. Basically the road as been completely rebuilt with much wider pavements for pedestrians, who seem to be the main beneficiaries of the project. Jon claims that it would have been far cheaper to just widen the pavements but I strongly doubt this...

Assuming they’re new (not second hand) escorts and Cortinas that photo dates to the second half of the 70s not the 80s!

There is no EU ban on smart meters (many EU countries have them), it’s simply that Energy, both policy and the grid itself, is devolved to the NI government (and always has been since NI was formed in 1921 under the Home Rule for Ireland policy). It has nothing to do with the EU. So you are...

Anything is possible. But how much money, as well as political will power, is it worth throwing at? You have to remember there isn’t even a single smart meter in day to day use in Northern Ireland, let alone a double meter system.

Not all the electrons that go into my car come from my supplier. Many come from my roof. What happens when I use my car as a V2L (vehicle to load) or V2H (vehicle to home) battery? I’m not doing any mileage but energy is going into and out of my car (with losses) sometimes via the charger...

So you’re also reliant on having accurate data from the supplier, as well as from the charging device itself. As I pointed out earlier all of NI and large numbers of GB residents can’t even get a smart meter (even if they want one), so they’re stuck with a system of estimated readings which...

How does the meter know what the source of the electricity is?

It would only be possible if the government (HMRC) had access to every device in the household. For example smart meter (let’s not forget many places in GB and all of NI don’t and can’t have smart meters), home batteries, solar panels and/or other home generation devices, and car. Tracking this...

What happens when I’m charging off my solar panels? Or when vehicle to home charging becomes common and I’m using the car battery instead of a home battery (instead of buying a home battery). Many vehicles can already do it, it’s just waiting for the regulatory environment and home charging...

It’s a change certainly. In the case of the HGVs a temporary one. In the case of a hypothetical recycling centre one that is likely to be built on a brown field site and/or should result in biodiversity net gain. Neither of those things are annihilation of the environment, whether local or...

Unfortunately when local groups use hyperbole such as ‘We aim to stop this annihilation of our environment’ (it isn’t annihilation of the environment) and ‘WE WILL NOT BE SSEN’S COLLATERAL DAMAGE!’ (They aren’t collateral damage) it does them absolutely no favours. If they get treated poorly...

This is an extract from the electric corsa brochure (I can’t speak for other Stellantis brands but I imagine it’s the same as this makes manufacturing cheaper): https://www.vauxhall.co.uk/content/dam/vauxhall/Home/PDFs/Cars/new-corsa/price-guides/Corsa_MY25_PSG_6_November_2024_Library.pdf...

The cheapest Nissan model is the Micra which has 11kW across all models (exactly the same as its sister Renault 4 and 5 models). The cheapest BYD model is the Dolphin Surf which also has 11kW across all models (just google the reviews). It’s more difficult to identify with Stellantis cars but...

The vast majority of EVs do (at least) 11kW on 3-phase supply. Searching the EV database website I can only find 18 models currently available that only do 7.4kw (or less), but there are 287 available with 11kw charging and 103 with 22kw charging. I’m seeing it increasingly on new builds...

Italy is very low but in a lot of Europe 3-phase is standard and has been for years so you get up to 22kW charging. Increasingly we are seeing it in the UK for new builds/installations as well. AIUI some DNOs are only allowing 3-phase now gas boilers and cooking is (effectively) banned from new...

:lol::lol: I can of course swap some of the countries about and then we don’t look so good: What is interesting is some countries where you might not expect it such as Uruguay are rapidly transitioning to EVs. The following graph is taken from this CleanTechnica report...

Not in direct answer to your specific questions in relation to your last point (US EV sales) you have to remember the US is well behind most western (and some non-western) countries in terms of EV sales as a percentage of the total. This graph (which also includes PHEVs) from Our World in Data...

I was quoting this bit in my bold: See post 6635. I’ve added an underlined bit now.

https://plc.autotrader.co.uk/news-views/press-releases/new-electric-cars-now-cheaper-than-petrol-on-average-for-the-first-time-says-autotrader/ The point is this is the first time this has happened according to Autotrader data. It’s possible that new petrol cars are simply become more...

Except they don’t. Read the Autotrader report we are discussing.