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Off Topic Electric/ Hybrid Cars

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Oct 29, 2022.

  1. Heimdallr

    Heimdallr Well-Known Member

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    It's not fixed, balkan, it's consequences.

    The UK is the only European country with fully privatised energy and thus has the highest energy prices. It is the only European country with privatised water and has the worst sewage issues, oldest infrastructure, worst leakages and highest prices and it's the only European country with fully privatised railways... And you get the rest.
     
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    Not all the UK, the cleanest and cheapest water company in the UK is Scottish Water, oddly it's government owned. :emoticon-0138-think


    The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
     
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    Fixed as in its only 7p kW to charge an ev but 25p kW for all the things in my house.
    Why not leave ev take up to the free market? When people see a benefit in cost or convenience they will take it,
     
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    He's not helped. But as the other major shareholder is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it was never a 'clean' brand. The issue now is that Chinese manufacturers are producing better cars cheaper - Xpeng, Byd, Seres, Nio, Zeekr... Not sure if they're in the UK yet, but they're here and all better than what Tesla are selling right now.

    The UK is a bit reluctant to embrace Chinese electric cars compared to Europe (apart from dirt cheap MGs), but maybe even Howdentiger and SW3chelseatiger might be swayed by a Denza z9 GT.
     
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    Haha nar I like the look of the "max" for an electric car, but I'd only ever have a fully electric car as a company car to make use of the BIK benefits, even then I'd have to be really pushed to go away from the plug in hybrid.( Although just realised they do this in plug in hybrid as well )

    Electric cars just won't ever do it for me as for me driving is something I love, something I do for enjoyment, the noise, the handling, the feel etc of a big engined or high revving ice car .... none of those things I'm yet to get anywhere close to with an electric car.

    And that's before you even get into the "green" arguments of electric cars.

    Hydrogen.... That's the real "green" future for cars imo
     
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