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How do ordinary people make the switch to electric vehicles ?
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dipsomaniac said:When you can buy a ev for £200 I'm in. Have no idea about some of the language in this thread1
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Cheers motorguy. I am going to be doing my 2k per year in my £200 petrol car for as long as the Gestapo will let me😀 whose got the bigger footprint?? Me or your Tesla driver doing 10k per year??? And changing car every 5 years???
"The Holy Writ of Gloucester Rugby Club demands: first, that the forwards shall win the ball; second, that the forwards shall keep the ball; and third, the backs shall buy the beer." - Doug Ibbotson3 -
dipsomaniac said:Cheers motorguy. I am going to be doing my 2k per year in my £200 petrol car for as long as the Gestapo will let me😀 whose got the bigger footprint?? Me or your Tesla driver doing 10k per year??? And changing car every 5 years???
Agreed.
Fuel prices could go either way - higher due to taxation or lower because demand drops heavily and it becomes cheaper - but either way at that miles per year its unlikely to be impacting.0 -
Flight3287462 said:Jenni_D said:Flight3287462 said:Oh god, this old nonsense spouted by people in pubs when electric cars are mentioned.
Firstly, less than 10% of cobalt mined is used in electric cars.
Secondly, the child labour 'thing' was restricted to the democratic republic of congo and car manufacturers stopped sourcing from there years ago, they source from other ethical sources.
BMW and Tesla, for example, openly state they buy from Morocco and Australia.
And completely cobalt-free batteries are very close.
Batteries consume 62% or about 74,000 tonnes of cobalt.
I think you figures are a little out.
And I haven't even mentioned the the changes in chemistry and dangers of reducing the cobalt content in Li batteries and replacing it with alternatives.Jenni x0 -
dipsomaniac said:When will people realise it's miles traveled not what type of engine you have???
First, reduce your mileage
Second, do that mileage in the most efficient manner possible.
10k miles per year at 4 mile/kWh (2,500 kWh) is better than 5k miles per year at 1.5 mile/kWh (3,333 kWh).
Third, generate those kWh in the most efficient and lowest impact manner.2 -
The richer you are the more miles you travel"The Holy Writ of Gloucester Rugby Club demands: first, that the forwards shall win the ball; second, that the forwards shall keep the ball; and third, the backs shall buy the beer." - Doug Ibbotson0
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dipsomaniac said:The richer you are the more miles you travelJenni x0
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Not at 95 lol. The richer you are the more miles you travel"The Holy Writ of Gloucester Rugby Club demands: first, that the forwards shall win the ball; second, that the forwards shall keep the ball; and third, the backs shall buy the beer." - Doug Ibbotson0
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Jenni_D said:HM the Queen travels more miles than an HGV driver? Who knew!dipsomaniac said:The richer you are the more miles you travel
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Grumpy_chap said:Jenni_D said:HM the Queen travels more miles than an HGV driver? Who knew!dipsomaniac said:The richer you are the more miles you travel"The Holy Writ of Gloucester Rugby Club demands: first, that the forwards shall win the ball; second, that the forwards shall keep the ball; and third, the backs shall buy the beer." - Doug Ibbotson0
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