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Lamppost charging is dependent on how the municipal lighting works. Some councils have lampposts, where the circuit is only live when they want the lights on, i.e the lights themselves are not switched on and off, the entire circuit is, which means that when there is no lighting, there is no...

Out of curiosity, is there anywhere else in the UK, where there is a public footpath that runs through a tunnel, with a railway alongside it in the UK, like what is being proposed to reopen this line? I know there are bridges with a footpath on the side, but I can’t think of any tunnels off the...

Something wrote and then deleted initially, was that I am happy to pay more, as I love how an EV drives, and I am happy to pay more to drive a lower emission vehicle. I didn’t get an EV to save money. Of course I wish public charging was not up to 11x the price of the best home charging deal...

I can't charge at home, within a 5 min drive of my house, I have: 4x Fast (22kW) charger - CPS 40p/kWh, Overstay fee for sessions over 3 hours, parking charge applies at £3.20 per hour 1x Rapid (50kW) charger - Podpoint 59p/kWh (Normally only hit 30kW on this one) 1x Rapid (50kW) charger -...

0-30 (well 0-50km/h), is 5.8 seconds for the lower power one. A 1.0L Toyota Aygo will do the same in about 4.6 seconds, but given that would involve a perfect launch (i.e. right gear, right RPM etc) vs just booting it in a single gear EV, in and around town I'm sure the performance of this will...

Our next app update will include this functionality. Thanks for the suggestion!

14 months seems like a very long time for a single bridge over a two track railway. The Shields Road closure is only twelve months and that is a much bigger bridge. I'm sure there are good reasons for that length of time but I'm surprised at it

Suffragettes were loopy in the head, as is this line (north = head)

Fully agree. Typical wokish nonsense to celebrate giving votes to woman. Where will it end ?!

I’m getting adverts for the 2024 stock on Instagram now!

Or you charge at a public charger, where the VAT is charged at 20%, and you will pay more for the privilege of a faster charger. My local rapid chargers are 85p/kWh, which is nearly triple my home rate. Even my local slow chargers are 40p/kWh. And as someone who can’t charge at home, I rely on...

And for the 385s, Scotrail leased them directly from Hitachi for 35 years I believe, no ROSCO involved

The Scottish taxpayer was always able to claim an interest free loan from the Scottish Government, to fund an electric car. https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/grants-and-loans/used-electric-vehicle-loan/ It's how I bought mine.

Mazda MX-30, LEVC Taxi(if you count that as a car), there’s some new Jeep or RAM or whatever that’ll use one. The Honda CR-V in some spec guise I believe is propelled only by an electric motor, but the electricity is generated only by an ICE. Rather like a diesel-electric loco. I look forward...

Potato, Potahto, but, it’s safety regulators that are pushing car manufacturers into using active safety technology. There was a Dacia recently that was awarded 1 star in Euro NCAP, because Dacia chose to exclude lots of active safety tech like lane departure and the minimum AEB it could get...

Pretty much any high performance ICE car from the last 5 years can crack 4 seconds. Anything from an Audi RS3 up really. The advantage of the complete takeover of 4WD and dual cliutch/torque converter gearboxes means that gearbox life isn't as much of a concern, although, often the gearboxes...

The EPA in the US have conducted studies which show ICE cars consume around 15% more fuel in colder temperatures (like -2 degrees). The reasons are varied, some of which also effect EVs, but the gist is: - Colder engines need longer to warm both coolant and oil, which means running a richer Air...

Pot kettle black as far as the residents of Newton Mearns would be concerned :lol:

Modern cars are generally heavier anyway, and batteries alone are indeed heavier than an equivalent ICE powertrain. The real problem with EV weight is that, thanks to increasingly efficient regen, manufacturers have less incentive to engineer weight out of an EV (which takes time and therefore...

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:M11287/2023-11-09/detailed I assume this is the test run planned. Timed for an EMU