The EV fact thread

[Mactech]

Once upon a time…………

In a land, far far away………..

This thread was about EVs!

Ahhh!....But that's an EV enough mistake to make

 

[BIGDOG]

Ahhh!....But that's an EV enough mistake to make

Bit early for the Christmas crackers to be open?

 

[Mactech]

Bit early for the Christmas crackers to be open?

...but I spend all year writing them. Most of them are rejected for not being down to standard

 

[Petrol Pete]

I read an article recently that said that in the Netherlands and (I think) Germany farmers are using Chinese solar panels as fencing because they are cheaper to buy than ...err..fencing due to the fact that China is flooding the EU with cheap panels to keep their factories running.

In the same article it mentioned that they were running low on power in the region where they are being mass produced so the Chinese built a coal fired power station close to the factory.

I am sure Ed Sillyband is aware.

 

[Petrol Pete]

My (now sold) W203 was built in the Mercedes Benz East London factory in South Africa.

Mine , on the other hand , still sitting on the drive, was built in Bremen Germany , I would imagine back then building 'cooking' RHD drive models in SA made perfect sense for the UK , Australian and South African market.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Another day with lots of driving, albeit our FIAT 500e EV was weapon of choice for much of it. Lots of relatively short journeys are perfect for an EV. I hate the thought of starting and stopping a cold ICE engine, and I shudder at doing it several times.

 

[pioneercollector]

I am out and about in my Townstar, I might even press the self park button ( Which i have avoided for the last few months when it arrived!)

 

[BIGDOG]

Another day with lots of driving, albeit our FIAT 500e EV was weapon of choice for much of it. Lots of relatively short journeys are perfect for an EV. I hate the thought of starting and stopping a cold ICE engine, and I shudder at doing it several times.

I’ve a 2 mile round trip to make shortly, I think I’ll fire up the biggest car on the drive, after all I am picking up a mate so it must be justified.

 

[Will]

Another day with lots of driving, albeit our FIAT 500e EV was weapon of choice for much of it. Lots of relatively short journeys are perfect for an EV. I hate the thought of starting and stopping a cold ICE engine, and I shudder at doing it several times.

I have to say I find myself jumping into my little B250e surprisingly often for these sorts of trips and it was in use most of yesterday for the same sort of of trips no doubt!

It’s perfect for town and city work, shopping trips and you can use it guilt/worry free etc