Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What is Medicaid, and how is it different from Medicare?
Bring back the trolleybuses. Who remembers them? I don't remember any catching fire and I don't think they had to stop to charge up.Fantastic new electric buses that need a topup charge every 15miles.![]()
The new electric tram bus for London
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Wow, Trams with little batteries!![]()
I do, we had them in Bournemouth and very good they were, when operating. Their great weakness was their inability to handle sharp corners, derailing the current pickup arms with depressing frequency. Some spots were notorious, their turn from The Square in the town centre into Richmond Hill often caused traffic jams while the conductors tried to relocate the pickup arms.Bring back the trolleybuses. Who remembers them? I don't remember any catching fire and I don't think they had to stop to charge up.
the whole world is getting their BEVs made in China and sell on design and software. Why reinvent the wheel and make life more difficult for ourselves ? China already makes Tesla cars for the whole world except Trump's homeland. Honda and Toyota do the same."Production shifted to China while UK plant is (fixed)". Yeah, they 'fixed' it alright, or something rhyming with..!
Bets on how long until BMW Oxford is 'Minimised'?
I don't think it will be a problem.Ah, I see why the cars are electric.
No gas stations ..
But, I didn't see any charging points either, oops![]()
I can see the problem if the ramp can't lift the van. However, about driving licence, if the van is battery powered, thet get 1 extra metric ton allowance for their battery, the 3.5T becomes 4.25T.Problem with some vans is when they become milk float versions MOT stations won't be able to MOT them because of the weight and what their ramps can carry.
Also larger vans will go over the 3.5t limit and will need to visit a HGV testing station . Todays licence category's will also prevent the younger generations from driving said vehicles.
I agree it won't be problem, that's just the rapid chargers. There's another 45,000 slower public chargers, quite a few of them free to use. Plus over 80% of EV owners have their own fast chargers at home and there's a million of those, one per car.I don't think it will be a problem.
we already got 15,000 charging points.
Fast charging kills batteries, yes?I don't think it will be a problem.
we already got 15,000 charging points. More will be added when the market develops. New cars can now have 10%-80% topup charge in 10 minutes. Not many will even need that long because it will invariably cheaper to charge at home. People will book their charging time slot on the network, so there won't be much queue at the charging points.
BYD has recently announced that they will make their FSD version called 'God's Eye' free of charge on all their EVs. Their FSD is already available on some of their models. Recently, their cheapest BEV costs $10,000. That's alone, will change the way people use cars in cities. BTW, they may make it open source in the future. That will be revolutionary.
There are car to car battery chargers on the market to help you limp home if you are totally out of juice.