Diesel & petrol alternatives? Your thoughts please

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  • RedKite
    RedKite Club Member Posts: 1,717 ✭✭
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    edited October 2022 #572

    OH is reading an American forum and has shown me the ultimate towing vehicle possibly, due to be launched next year is a electric only Rolls Royce at today's dollar/pound rate is about 410.0000 pounds for the top of the range Phantom model  and by 2030 will be only selling only electric cars not sure about the shape 5.5m long 2m wide and weighs 3 tonnes phew.

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    edited October 2022 #573
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  • Lyke Wake Man
    Lyke Wake Man Forum Participant Posts: 238
    edited November 2022 #574

    the only alternative would be AutoGas

    as for these electric cars, they as much good as a chocolate teapot

    they say electric car 200 mile range, that is in a test tunnel, no radio, no lights, no heater

    and no wipers, so they can only be good as a city car

    the government want us to go electric save pollution, but they go and fly abroad that is 20 fold the pollution cause

  • ChocolateTrees
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    edited November 2022 #575

    Sorry Lyke Wake Man, but thats simply not true. Of course the actual range is dependent on a whole host of things, the car included, but there are a number of EVs that will do in excess of 200Miles range in the cold, at night while raining, with all the creature comforts turned on, and at motorway speeds. 

     

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2022 #576

    As I’m sure you’ll know if you’ve read threads on this forum, Auto Gas is becoming harder and harder to obtain as service stations are removing their LPG pumps.

    No doubt EVs still have a way to go in terms of range and the availability of charging points, which although improving, could be better. However, in terms of range, my EV has a published max range of 350 miles and I often exceed that by judicious driving. I’ll have to wait and see what happens in winter but even in the unlikely event of it dropping by 50%, I’ll not be complaining.