cougie uk
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Depends on your usage really.
We can charge on the drive.
The EV does 13k a year - so over the average use.
We only need to charge away from home if we go on holiday or long trips.
Hybrid makes no sense for us.
Are we being forced to go electric?
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Depends on your usage really.
We can charge on the drive.
The EV does 13k a year - so over the average use.
We only need to charge away from home if we go on holiday or long trips.
Hybrid makes no sense for us.
cougie uk
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I'm sure they will eventually but is the tech there yet ?
Tech is here, deployment hasn't yet begun. Either every road will need to be monitored or every car will need to transmit mileage data. Then comes privacy concerns over tracking. Also most cars aren't capable, yet black boxes could be issued
classic33
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The technology to block that technology is available on the market.
Jameshow
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Anyone think that's the ultimate aim of smart motorway gantrys?!
Alex321
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Some toll motorways do, in some countries.
cougie uk
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Well even we do that.
classic33
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Mainly for the heavier vehicles on the road. However, it's being/been looked at in the UK.
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/nat...ooking-road-pricing-sales-electric-cars-rise/
And the tech to overcome the blocking tech is also available. Plus they could simply have random stops, have a blocking device fitted = you’re nicked sonny. First offence = your road price per mile is the default for your vehicle x 2. Next offence it’s x 4 and so on.
classic33
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With the amount of information your car is giving away, the little being blocked isn't much.
Just to jump back to government, NHS, social waste. In an article today
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'Huge amounts of waste associated with the pandemic, with the Department for Health and Social Care spending more than £4 billion on PPE – of which £2.6 billion was unsuitable, £670 million defective, and £750 million surplus to requirements. It then paid £436 million in fines for leaving mountains of PPE in storage too long, and agreed to pay £35 million for the destruction of PPE it cannot use.'
These aren't isolated events, our money is being squandered year on year by every major service that we pay for.
It doesn't matter whether this is labour or conservatives governing. The public's sector have no concept of care re our money
They literally p!ss it away. SOME folk still think it's ok
I copied this section
'Huge amounts of waste associated with the pandemic, with the Department for Health and Social Care spending more than £4 billion on PPE – of which £2.6 billion was unsuitable, £670 million defective, and £750 million surplus to requirements. It then paid £436 million in fines for leaving mountains of PPE in storage too long, and agreed to pay £35 million for the destruction of PPE it cannot use.'
These aren't isolated events, our money is being squandered year on year by every major service that we pay for.
It doesn't matter whether this is labour or conservatives governing. The public's sector have no concept of care re our money
They literally p!ss it away. SOME folk still think it's ok
We had an EV on borrow for the weekend from the car showroom last year. Out and about doing chores, we needed to charge it. Ikea was local so popped in there. 8 chargers, all full. All EV's. 5 Out of the 8 not charging, just parked.
Went to Tesco's. 6 spaces, all full, 3 out of 6 just parked, not charging.
It seemed to us that EV drivers think because its a charging point, they can park there anyway.
Pretty annoying and selfish behaviour.
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