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Dyson’s electric cars https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45950377

Only problem is if you press the wrong button it slows down and goes into road sweeper mode..

It could be like the Sinclair C5 Stan, that sucked as well!😃

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Government-subsidised plug-in cars may never have been charged

Typical of UK Gov penpushers not to require beneficiaries of "Eco-Tax" to actually use the thing. Having taken the money to buy their shiny status-symbol, they drive about using the petrol-engine to charge the battery. We all know where the nearest charging-station is - don't we? .... probably two which will be in use for at least 2-hours so you might as well continue your journey using petrol.
IMHO Eco-Hybrid cars are a thin-edge tech....so battery/motor tech can be given green credentials ( and their Users- Huh!), whilst using massive amounts of energy to construct and mine the raw materials.
If Gov really want to be "green" ( does anyone?), then any product over £2000 should have the energy-cost included in the User-Guide . . . so we can see how much energy has already been used . . . a clue possibly is the cost, which is "probably" the nearest measure.
For example a car that's mass-produced might cost £15k, whereas one that is more-refined, or hand-built ( does the same job), is £60k; then I believe it needs to last 4x longer to "repay" the higher energy premium.
Lithium is not easy to obtain... most is located at depths ( e.g. in Canada), so mining is not easy and then it has to be processed... finally batteries don't last for ever, their capacity "runs-down" from the day of manufacture - typically halving in just over 5-years. This means replacement is ever-looming and as our betters in EU didn't think to make Mfrs use a common battery-pack - the consumer is at the mercy of Mfrs who can "charge what they like"
I invested in [KOD], only as a "hope" their African mine might come good...
but not so far!
Grr!

Hubby has a hybrid, and plugs it in every night as we have a charging point at home, so he can have a “fast charger”. We worked out it has increased our electric bills by £2 a night (according to our smart meter). Thats an extra £60pm which seems a lot, until we compared it to the savings of £10 a day on petrol (5 days a week). He also has a charge point at work (isnt he good). We know lots of people who have hybrids, and we have realised they are all too lazy to charge them because they have not installed a charger, and they dont have a external plug.

He wants to replace my Diesel, with a hybid when it finally goes into production. Its a shame people dont charge their cars.

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