July 1, 20232 yr https://www.timeout.com/london/news/these-four-london-boroughs-have-the-longest-life-expectancy-in-the-uk-062823 Wha'd'ya know, it's not 1952 after all:D
July 3, 20232 yr https://www.timeout.com/london/news/these-four-london-boroughs-have-the-longest-life-expectancy-in-the-uk-062823 Longevity is only partly due to the environment, it's mainly about wealth. The richer in the richest boroughs live longer. The poorer in the poorest boroughs die sooner. It was like that when my parents were born in the 1900s and that hasn't changed since. . Edited July 3, 20232 yr by flecc
July 3, 20232 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlyh6z12zgw That can't be good for air quality. They look like hybrids to me, not pure battery buses Why are you raking up this historic rubbish? We've had lots of buses burn out in London, most of them diesels. The last to burn here was in January, a solely diesel bus with the fire starting in its rear engine bay. .
July 11, 20232 yr "Launched"? No, "coming soon" since 2019.. "More *efficient* than a bicycle", another bold claim.. Still, it's intriguing
July 11, 20232 yr "Launched"? No, "coming soon" since 2019.. "More *efficient* than a bicycle", another bold claim.. Still, it's intriguing Aptera suddenly pauses Accelerator program at request of SEC, only two days left to invest https://electrek.co/2023/06/09/aptera-pauses-accelerator-invest-program-sec-solar-ev/
July 13, 20232 yr I bought a petrol car 11 years ago. Paid £10K for it. By now it lost probably around 80% of it's value. I won't even mention how much I have paid to keep it running over the years. Cars in general are a very poor investment. Short or long term.
July 13, 20232 yr [ATTACH=full]52715[/ATTACH] The bicycle *is* the most efficient. Ask any gov official! It's not even a story you could make up, do these ejits with power really expect folks to believe them. Pure crass of elected fools. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Nealh
July 13, 20232 yr Surely it can't be long before someone devises a drive system comprising of cheap generic Chinese hub motors, generic easy to repair or replace battery and control system, to power two or four wheels of a four wheeled family car/van, in the general form of a lightweight VW camper (which has the advantage of movable and removable seats to make a usefully shaped space for cargo), and uploads designs for an easily constructed chassis, 3D printable shell structure which can be covered with waterproof plywood/plastic panels; somehow made road legal as a four wheeled pedelec? Asking that it fold away into a cube too, might be asking too much. Edited July 13, 20232 yr by guerney
July 13, 20232 yr Asking that it fold away into a cube too, might be asking too much. You don't want to press that button accidentally while driving it.
July 14, 20232 yr You don't want to press that button accidentally while driving it. I used to work for Recaro. As well as after-market seats, we made all the seat mechanisms for Ford, Rover, Jaguar and Vauxhall, including the electric ones with memory. Somebody came up with the brilliant idea of using the seat as an anti-theft device. If the car was hot wired or wrong key used, when the car started to move, the seat would move forward to trap the driver against the steering wheel so they couldn't steer and couldn't get out. After some lengthy consideration, the car companies rejected the idea on the grounds of safety. Shame! Edited July 14, 20232 yr by saneagle
July 14, 20232 yr Somebody came up with the brilliant idea of using the seat as an anti-theft device. Brilliant! That is what I would love to see on Youtube. Poor trapped Mercedes owners trying to call AA and begging to get them out of this predicament. It is fun to travel with kids on passenger seat. "- Daddy, daddy, what does this button do?" "- It is an emergency eject button for passenger seat. Please don't touch"
July 14, 20232 yr Poor trapped Mercedes owners trying to call AA We were at a sculpture park leaving through an electric gate at the exit (quite some way from the park). A delivery driver had had to get out of his cab to open the gate. By the time he'd got back in the cab the gate decided it was time to close again, which it did over the cab door, trapping the driver.
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