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      10-21-2021, 04:38 AM   #22
Charlie (Wessex)
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Quite like the idea of a Hyundai Ioniq 5N which I think will hit 60 in 3.5secs

Anyway - claims. I do see that Tesla claim lots of savings based on today's taxation. They'll rather be affected if road pricing comes in.

Interesting point I heard on the radio this week - charging etiquette. If you have a limited number of charging points in a street, say 2 for 10 cars, how do you organise when you charge? Do you leave it on charge and go to bed, blocking it off for anyone else? Of course, if you have your own drive, then that's an issue. I always wonder what happens on the motorway when you have dozens of cars waiting to use the charging spots. Do you limit things to 20 minutes so everyone gets to top up?

But I can't see electric being the future. It's OK now, but if we all move to EVs is their going to be enough materials to build them all. There's something like 75-80m new cars sold each year....that's a lot of lithium, cobalt and nickel.

Can't help but think the future relies on cheap energy that can go to power hydrogen production.
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