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Similar experience of terrible American build quality in equipment peripheral to the print industry many years ago. One very large and badly built machine came in a huge wooden crate, which ironically was made of superb quality wood, better than that seen in much of our British furniture. So...

Remember that most e-car buyers will be local users who do low mileages and rarely long journeys, e-cars not suited to those due to range limitations. I'm now firmly in that bracket, the days of my up to 25,000 miles a year very long gone. There's absolutely no economic case for me changing...

I don't think there is any economic case for a e-car, buying one is mainly an environmental decision, though they do have some very beguiling characteristics when driving. That's especially true if most driving is done in urban and suburban situations. Of course the environmental decisions...

Very definitely a direct connection in, on one occasion last September grasping what turned out to be live when I thought it had been turned off. But I wasn't earthed at that time so no through path and on other occasions I was always wearing rubber soled footwear. The rejection, what you...

But those are internal matters, so all voters are subject due to our internal democracy. Leaving the EU is a matter of our external relationship, not subject to our national internal democracy. Ergo all voters should not be subject to it, and I for one refuse to co-operate in any way with...

Going by the Zoe, a 40 kWh battery will cost some £5000 to replace. The Leaf battery is warrantied for 8 years to 75 % capacity minimum. No other details at present. Renault have a mixed battery picture since they commonly rent as well as sell batteries and rental is the best bet. With...

I've lost count of how many times I've accidentally connected directly to 220/240 volt mains, but all that ever happens is a slight jolt, no pain or body movement. .

There won't be any left by then, judging by things so far. Deaths have long since reached two generations younger, I just seem to be outliving all around me. Must be the pedelecs effect! .

No problem there, other than how to spend it at 112 years old. :eek: .

I'd be delighted to get 30 years out of myself. .

Only the bearings. I've never managed to harm mine through heat, despite very heavy prolonged slogging at times. .

No he doesn't if the bike in question is a legal pedelec, no throttle. Then it's classified as a pedal cycle. The type approval regulations specifically exempt it from being a mechanically propelled vehicle. If it has a throttle that acts above 4 mph, it is a motor vehicle and should be...

Maybe: Upgrade model means changing the bike. Upgrade bike means modifying it with better parts. .

A further indication of progress using that Ezee Quando mentioned in my above post. The model was introduced in 2004 with this NiMh battery: 36 volt, 9 Ah, weight 4 kilos The first Lithium replacement batteries for it were poor, but in early 2008 this much better lithium battery was...

Ok, dealing with both questions from my experience: With a start point of modern e-biking circa year 2000 it's variable. With mainly NiMh batteries and not much changing elsewhere, e-bikes bought from then to around 2005 didn't change much. Then from 2006 lithium batteries were increasingly...

I've mentioned the petrol absence element, but this still doesn't make sense. Just look at the wheels at the front of the photo. The rear one on its side is up against a part of the car that's been severely buckled and destroyed into unrecognisability by fire, but that hasn't even melted the...

Hard to say, but my suspicions were aroused. I've seen a very large number of car fire outcomes, since for a couple of decades around here the theft of cars for joyriding and then setting them alight was a recognised youth sporting activity. I was one of those taking part in the removal of the...

Weird fire that didn't burn the tyres? .

The BMW Isetta bubble car lives again! .

I've done over ten years with one, but as d8veh says, the technology gets better all the time. So it's worth changing up at 5 years if you are a regular higher mileage rider and not just a casual user. .