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Yes they do, my Leaf for example they declare maximum at 89 mph. It's one of the superiorities of e-cars that they don't have to have top speeds far over the legal limits everywhere that an i.c car's engine limitations end up with. If that seems baffling, I'll happily explain why. .

The affordable bit is the snag, it's likely to be around 8 years before the prices of i.c. and e-cars start to match. That's when the various bans on i.c use start to bite more and production of them is reduced as e-car production rises. There's affordable ones with half that range so it...

Replace or bring it back to spec by cell replacement. The 8 year warranty guarantees it won't drop below 75% capacity at any time during that period. The cells in the Leaf battery are not like our highly stressed ones in e-bikes. They are larger and much lower density so suffer far less...

They can compare on cost now with the top of the range specification cars. For example, my Leaf is the same size as a Ford Focus and is very fully equipped, needing no extras added and I paid £25,500 after the government subsidy and dealer discount. The top of the range Focus Vignale is listed...

You certainly have my sympathies Paul. It's one of the annoying things about pedelecs being still early in development that design is not settled and there are many less successful entrants with poor service support. Being made by bicycle manufacturers and sold by bicycle dealers, neither...

I'm genuinely sorry that I've offended you Andy, that was certainly not my intention so I apologise for my perhaps clumsy wording. However I didn't say you were wrong, I said only that I thought you were, so that was my opinion only. Politicians opinions don't come into my e-car assessment...

Yes, true of all e-vehicles, having maximum torque from zero revs makes the acceleration astonishing. Upping the power on my 2018 Leaf by 40% has made them embarrassing in town, needing feather light touch on the pedal in traffic. I leave it in Eco in all urban conditions now, which reduces...

I agree, this pattern of trike with centre pivoting isn't very stable at speed. But the Dutch and Danes like them this way since they carry their little kids in the box so they are able to keep an eye on them in front. The front and rear straps are there to harness them in and they typically...

Its frame is pivoted just behind the box. Many of the continental e-trikes are like that. A few have narrower boxes with the front wheels steering in Ackermann manner. .

The e-trikes in limited circumstances might be ok, it's afar better idea than their proposal to buy 16,000 e-bikes some while ago. Fortunately they woke up in time and cancelled that. As grldtnr wil know, what they carry has changed dramatically in recent years with online shopping. Where...

I think they are a long way off yet. I'm reminded of the Vectra e-scooter which was a great machine and very nice to ride. But launched at £7000 it just couldn't get acceptance at so much more than the best petrol ones. So they tried dropping it to £6000 which was marginal for them, but it...

Indeed in present circumstances. I was just agreeing with Fingers that if circumstances were different a GE would then be ideal. .

It is de facto in a parliamentary democracy where referenda are advisory only. .

There would be no constitutional and democratic crisis. This government is patently not delivering Brexit and the HoC is incapable of delivering anything. So I agree that a GE with options both ways would be ideal. But failing that, the next best option is to let the people decide via a...

E-cars are certainly not a con Andy, I think you have things the wrong way round. Only a minority drive long distances like 1000 km as you do. The great majority of owners do far lower mileages and rarely or never drive long distances. For example: Insurance stats show females who are...

Nonsense born of fear. How can giving a final decision to the people be in any way undemocratic? It can't be of course, it's the very epitome of democracy. We've had occasions of short one or two year governments since WW2, those quickly repeated general elections were not a betrayal of...

You are very mixed up. If they hated us they wouldn't have given us all the concessions they have previously and they'd have kicked us out after all our many refusals to co-operate. The truth is they are trying to keep us in while we are trying to leave, so it's the other way round. We...

You really have the weirdest judgement, there's no possible linkage between the two. One a behaviour, the other an insulting name so no hypocrisy. .

Every cat I've ever known does this, they are masters of perversity. It's perfect analogy of our UK Brexit situation. .

In fairness it was the fault of the Tory government, they really missed a trick with this issue since they shouldn't have handled it themselves. Since the 1980s they haven't done anything themselves, instead choosing privatisation. So they could have packed G4S, McKinseys and a few others of...