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[Traf]

Surely they can invent an electric vehicle that charges itself as it goes via some form of elaborate dynamo mechanism?

[Spider]

3 minutes ago, Traf said:

Surely they can invent an electric vehicle that charges itself as it goes via some form of elaborate dynamo mechanism?

New technologies have been available for decades in Yorksher

 

[Nowack]

5 minutes ago, Traf said:

Surely they can invent an electric vehicle that charges itself as it goes via some form of elaborate dynamo mechanism?

Or change the wheels to leather and roads to nylon carpets and the static charge will easy get you 500 miles. 

[Dimron]

2 hours ago, mickbrown said:

You see that Guy Martin programme?

He drove to John O'Groats from Grimsby in an EV with a supposed 300 mile range. Took him fucking years and cost nigh on £500 in charging fees if memory serves.

On the up side he put together a 600hp electric VW Beetle... went like stink

Edited September 14, 2021 by Dimron

[mickbrown]

Would have thought those ev cara that use hydrogen to generate the electricity would make more sense. 

Already got a nationwide network of petrol stations. Surely be easier to convert than create new charging points.

And you're bolloxed if you haven't got a drive at the moment.

[Spider]

6 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Would have thought those ev cara that use hydrogen to generate the electricity would make more sense. 

Already got a nationwide network of petrol stations. Surely be easier to convert than create new charging points.

And you're bolloxed if you haven't got a drive at the moment.

65% of cars cannot be parked on a private drive in the UK

ANy government that thinks going electric will be straightforward is living in a fantasy.

Charging points will need to be installed on vast tracts of land to accomodate the cars OR super-fast chargin (as in, ten minutes maximum) will need to be made available at garages, so that it's no different to our refuelling habit now.

 

But there's another problem with this.

 

Currently, company EV's are issued with a fuel card the same as they are now with deisel/petrol. An employee out on the road uses this to pay for a charge up.

However, if an employee charges at home, the electricity used must be paid for by the employee and cannot be claimed back under the governments tax rules.

Therefore, an employee will simply find a public charge point and use that as it costs him nothing. Especially when he realises just how much its costing to charge at hiome.

In short, that cunt at Forest Green stands to be a quadrillionaire by 2040

[Escobarp]

All will become clear in due course my learned friend. 
 

im on a work stream for a project at work all around EV it’s incredibly interesting. 
 

we will be 50% electric in terms of production by 2025 and others will be similar so you have to trust that the infrastructure is coming to back that up  

there is one really interesting scheme I saw which basically you have solar panels on your roof which pay electricity into the grid and each night you get to charge your car/cars/vehicles for free. Quite a good deal I thought although the upfront cost did appear a tad eye watering I must admit. But a clever Scheme 

 

hydrogen fuel cell is of course the future for the tech of our vehicles. 

[Spider]

Well I for one won’t believe the future of clean, self driving vehicles has truly arrived until I’m spewing my ring up in a Jonny Cab.

[mickbrown]

Read an article a while back that of EV s become widespread and cheap enough and are eventually self driving, no bugger will own a car. You'll just call up a cab for everything.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

9 minutes ago, Spider said:

65% of cars cannot be parked on a private drive in the UK

ANy government that thinks going electric will be straightforward is living in a fantasy.

Charging points will need to be installed on vast tracts of land to accomodate the cars OR super-fast chargin (as in, ten minutes maximum) will need to be made available at garages, so that it's no different to our refuelling habit now.

 

But there's another problem with this.

 

Currently, company EV's are issued with a fuel card the same as they are now with deisel/petrol. An employee out on the road uses this to pay for a charge up.

However, if an employee charges at home, the electricity used must be paid for by the employee and cannot be claimed back under the governments tax rules.

Therefore, an employee will simply find a public charge point and use that as it costs him nothing. Especially when he realises just how much its costing to charge at hiome.

In short, that cunt at Forest Green stands to be a quadrillionaire by 2040

A lot of work is ongoing to help those without driveways- street charging points for example. Iirc the are looking at utilising lamp posts.

Costs a lot less to charge at home in comparison.

Still miles better off having a company car, but if folk are unhappy then they have the option to purchase their own and use that instead.

[Escobarp]

7 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Read an article a while back that of EV s become widespread and cheap enough and are eventually self driving, no bugger will own a car. You'll just call up a cab for everything.

Ride share apps are massive in China. It’s coming eventually over here. Although I’m not sure anyone would welcome sharing a cab with most off here so not sure how it works here tbh

[mickbrown]

1 hour ago, Escobarp said:

Ride share apps are massive in China. It’s coming eventually over here. Although I’m not sure anyone would welcome sharing a cab with most off here so not sure how it works here tbh

This fella was talking about tiny pod things

[Spider]

1 hour ago, Mr Grey said:

You wouldn't share a cab with a cunt like Mick, would you? 😉

Only a Fake Taxi…. 😘

[mickbrown]

Just now, Spider said:

Only a Fake Taxi…. 😘

He fucking wishes

[leigh white]

Least windiest year since 1961 and now the tories have to open a coal powered plant for the lack of energy supplying our lecky.

[Spider]

1 minute ago, Mr Grey said:

I'd share a cab with you Mick, you can have the front seat, the paying seat 😃

Are you saying you prefer it in the rear?

[Spider]

Just now, Mr Grey said:

Always 🍩

Think that’s why my prostate may have packed in

[MickyD]

Government advice-

 Keep a safe social distance unless you can share a car to work, in which case, crack on. 

[Guest]

Sounds like good news

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-payrolled-employment-rises-by-record-241000-august-2021-09-14/

 

[Spider]

Just now, boltondiver said:

Sounds like good news

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-payrolled-employment-rises-by-record-241000-august-2021-09-14/

 

See Kenneth Clark.

[Farrelli]

28 minutes ago, Spider said:

See Kenneth Clark.

Boris and Dom kicked him out as a reward for 50 years service because he voted against the government. Boris similarly voted against the government months earlier bringing down the PM. Bozo is a hypocrite as well as an incompetent buffoon.

[Spider]

1 minute ago, Farrelli said:

Boris and Dom kicked him out as a reward for 50 years service because he voted against the government. Boris similarly voted against the government months earlier bringing down the PM. Bozo is a hypocrite as well as an incompetent buffoon.

See Neil Kinnock

[Not in Crawley]

2 minutes ago, Farrelli said:

Boris and Dom kicked him out as a reward for 50 years service because he voted against the government. Boris similarly voted against the government months earlier bringing down the PM. Bozo is a hypocrite as well as an incompetent buffoon.

See Arthur Balfour 

[Spider]

3 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

See Arthur Balfour 

See Sir Robert Walpole

[Spider]

Cabinet reshuffle today it seems.

a dozen or so people who've never done the job before suddenly in charge of the country.

Mentle.

Boris is probably going to give Rees-Mogg the transport gig. We'll all be given a free penny farthing for christmas