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Verdigris

The Audi's tested on Fifth Gear haven't been all that impressive, so far at least. You can't adjust the regenerative braking on Teslas, one of the most important features on a BEV, you're entirely in the hands of a megalomaniac!

Thrugelmir

Martyn1981 said:

Just some little items that I found interesting.

1. A nasty crash of a Mustang Mach-E at about 70mph into a parked pick up, and everyone walked away. Goes to show how safe BEV's can be.

Ford Mustang Mach-E Proves Incredibly Safe In Crash

2. Variation on the leccy loco. Smaller autonomous units that transport shipping containers - imagine a train that can join up, or split up with multiple loads heading off where needed. And a 500 mile range.

A bunch of former SpaceX engineers are making electric and autonomous railway vehicles




3. Another eVTOL story, but perhaps this one has more chance than some of getting off the ground.

Skyportz signs agreement with airport parking company to build 400 eVTOL vertiports

The cars might be safer. Given the performance of them though. Insurance costs may rise due to the number of accidents. On motorways Tesla’s appear to be the new breed of aggressive BMW drivers. 

NigeWick

Verdigris said:

You can't adjust the regenerative braking on Teslas, one of the most important features on a BEV, you're entirely in the hands of a megalomaniac!

Don't need to. It is well set up and offers an excellent one pedal driving experience. Only if you're driving?

EVandPV

Britishvolt: Electric car battery plant gets millions in funding

A firm planning mass production of electric car batteries in the UK has secured government funding for its proposed factory in Northumberland.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60066432

NigeWick

EVandPV said:

Britishvolt: Electric car battery plant gets millions in funding

We really need to be investing £Billions, not Millions.

EVandPV

NigeWick said:

We really need to be investing £Billions, not Millions.

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Britishvolt also announced backing from investors Tritax and Abrdn, that should unlock about £1.7bn in private funding.

NigeWick

EVandPV said:

NigeWick said:

We really need to be investing £Billions, not Millions.

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Britishvolt also announced backing from investors Tritax and Abrdn, that should unlock about £1.7bn in private funding.

That's £1.7 Billion for one project, not from government, and, not Billions plural.

JKenH

NigeWick said:

EVandPV said:

NigeWick said:

We really need to be investing £Billions, not Millions.

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Britishvolt also announced backing from investors Tritax and Abrdn, that should unlock about £1.7bn in private funding.

That's £1.7 Billion for one project, not from government, and, not Billions plural.

If one wished to be pedantic, there is a school of thought that 1.7bn is correctly referred to in English as 1.7 billions so it might, correctly, be considered as “billions plural”.

If the value of the fraction or decimal is greater than one, the numeral is followed directly by a plural noun.

Example:

one and a half hours

three and a quarter kilos

2.5 millimetres

https://english.lingolia.com/en/vocabulary/numbers-dates-time/fractions-and-decimals

Personally I think it is a better sign for the EV industry if private enterprise is willing to finance the project rather than relying on government funding. Those who believe in the Big State will no doubt disagree. 

Grumpy_chap

NigeWick said:

That's £1.7 Billion for one project, not from government, and, not Billions plural.

I'm not sure that we can expect the UK Government or the Devolved Assemblies (of any political hue) to make significant investments in something that, ultimately, must be able to survive as a private enterprise.

Verdigris

I heard on the World Service, last night, that Intel are investing $20bn into one chip plant in Ohio. Puts our battery plant somewhat in the small beer category, by comparison.