Jameshow
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Are we being forced to go electric?
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Illaveago
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In the meantime more and more people are flying .
Gillstay
Veteran
We just don't seem to get it. Farmer near me is just piling up timber ready for a big fire but reckons farmers are unfairly demonized. Doh !
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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So in another 10 years time what is the value going to be on a 20 yr old ev with a fsh i wonder ?
Nice article on radio 2 earlier about how people are resorting to classic cars to avoid ULEZ etc etc charges being implied on ice vehicles
Nice article on radio 2 earlier about how people are resorting to classic cars to avoid ULEZ etc etc charges being implied on ice vehicles
vickster
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How is that going to help?
biggs682
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It won't help with the pollution but from what they were saying vehicle of a certain age were ULEZ free and it looks like cars over 40 years old are exempt but please check
What this means in practical terms is that if your classic is more than 40 years old and is registered for the historic vehicle tax class, you will not need to pay the ULEZ charge.
vickster
Legendary Member
Seems very odd. What’s ULEZ got to do with VED?
I’m sure Sadiq will have considered that loophole
midlife
Guru
Loophole exists....
Not really. Truth and the Mail don't have a close partnership. This week they are running a daily hate campaign about EVs.
Today's offering is from Nadine Dorries. If I were on the same side as Nadine, I'd seriously consider whether that was the wrong side...
Anyway Nadine "handed back" her Renault Zoe with 5000 miles on the clock after trying to do a long distance journey in a cheap short range car and not planning where she needed to charge. Hence they are evil and hybrids are better. Natch.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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Certainly more thought about journey planning looks to be required when using the lower range ev's that exist on longer journeys.
Pale Rider
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The key point there is 'more than 40 years old'.
In the 1960s, that would have put you in London to Brighton territory.
It now means you could run a car that is cheap and practical to use in today's conditions, albeit it would lack many of the comfort toys.
Retrofit some of those and Robert's your father's brother, as we used to say.
Complete clown. Wonders how many times she had called out the AA / RAC etc due to running out of petrol/diesel.
Chislenko
Veteran
Must admit when that Bangers & Cash is on I often wonder what are people's long term plans for a £50,000 Escort RS2000 if petrol does "dry up"
Illaveago
Guru
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What you all seem to be forgetting is that we will still need crude oil, possibly not as much but still needed. EV's will still need grease , plastic for its construction . They still run on tarmac and the majority of vehicles used to lay it run on diesel.
If you take a look to see what products are made from crude oil it is amazing . If the oil companies can't sell some of the products that come from crude oil then the costs will be passed on to other chemicals .
If you take a look to see what products are made from crude oil it is amazing . If the oil companies can't sell some of the products that come from crude oil then the costs will be passed on to other chemicals .
fossyant
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Cheap ! They are not. Yes mileage wise, they are for city use.
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