Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?

[Count Steer]

My toaster was made in London.

Wossat then? Dualit toasters used to be somewhere on the 'knocked 'em dead in' the Old Kent Road but they moved production to West Sussex. There's probably a lot still working that were made on the OKR...is your perhaps vintage*?

* not that you'd know, they don't seemed to have changed since electricity got invented. I love the clockwork timer.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Yeah old school Dualit I got second hand...it has a sticker on bottom with a London address, don't recall exactly where.

[Horse]

Yeah old school Dualit I got second hand...it has a sticker on bottom with a London address, don't recall exactly where.

Is it runes, or Ogham?

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

That might be logical if driving was charged in a similar way... Asian Boss's 'polluter pays' argument.
But you can change behaviours, reduce congestion, and cut emissions by incentivising the switch.
The pilot in Germany was a national one and saved an estimated 1.8m tonnes of CO2 emissions.

The trouble is that there will always be people who need to go where public transport doesn't - IMO they should get travel at the same rate per mile as those that can use subsidised public transport.

[Count Steer]

Yeah old school Dualit I got second hand...it has a sticker on bottom with a London address, don't recall exactly where.

Penarth Street, just off the OKR. The works is now 'a range of creative spaces' for the community and called 'The Toaster Factory'* apparently.

* should be making Cylons.

[Pirahna]

There's a place called the Toaster House in Pie Town, New Mexico. It's on the Great Divide trail and you can stay there. It's easy to find, the place is covered in knackered toasters.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Yeah old school Dualit I got second hand...it has a sticker on bottom with a London address, don't recall exactly where.

Penarth Street, just off the OKR.

Number 16, according to the label.

Fax 0171 639 0074 if you fancy dropping 'em a line.

[Horse]

https://www-teslarati-com.cdn.ampprojec ... -fire/amp/

[slowsider]

https://www-teslarati-com.cdn.ampprojec ... -fire/amp/

Vested interests on both sides:

"Johnna is a Tesla shareholder and supports its mission. "

[cheb]

ICE vehicles aren't immune to fake fires either:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.html

[Mussels]

https://www-teslarati-com.cdn.ampprojec ... -fire/amp/

It's all paraphrased, I wonder what AXA actually said.

[ChrisW]

Yeah old school Dualit I got second hand...it has a sticker on bottom with a London address, don't recall exactly where.

Just had a look under mine out of curiosity - it says Penarth Street SE15 and I bought it new, so I must be vintage.

[Mr. Dazzle]

'course what I really want is a Sunbeam Radiant Control....

Not sure you can get 'em in 240V though.

https://www.theverge.com/22801890/sunbe ... -t35-vista

[Count Steer]

Yeah old school Dualit I got second hand...it has a sticker on bottom with a London address, don't recall exactly where.

Just had a look under mine out of curiosity - it says Penarth Street SE15 and I bought it new, so I must be vintage.

So does mine but it was bought over 20 years ago.

Topic related-ish...filled up the hybrid 'shopping trolley' today. 30 litre tank. Available range, 500 miles.

[Mussels]

Something that might sway me towards buying an EV is the driving experience. Modern automatic turbo cars leave me cold, they can be fast with superb handling but I still don't like them.
I've tried to find opinions on how EVs are as drivers cars but everything is about squeezing maximum range out of them and how people obsess too much about range. If I'm driving locally and not worried about range then can they be exciting, have instant throttle response, control and accelerate well from 50mph instantly without spending £100k?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Driving in to my old work, the last stretch from the roundabout befoe the work junction was great for the tonne challenge. Can you hit 100mph before needing to brake for the work turning.

Is what a bit of an ask in my 320d, you had to get a good exit off the roundabout. My mates Clio 207 could do it OK but was surprisingly short on puff above 80. Obviously a piece of piss on a bike.

I got to 110mph doing it from standing in a borrowed iPace.

Nearly all EVs are top speed limited on revs, not power. Therefore most of them will charge right up to their vMax IME, if you'll pardon the pun.

[Rockburner]

Indicated or measured?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Only ever the former, fortunately.

[Horse]

the tonne challenge.

161kph?

FFS kids of today mutter mutter ...

[Docca]

I was with my wife driving towards Alton and for those that know, it’s a long quick road.

A Maserati, KTM something or other car and a Tesla S we’re all racing so we joined in.

The lady in the Tesla should have won- more top speed than the Volvo ( I can only get 115mph) but it gets there very quickly. We can second- the Maserati was last, the KTM car came in first- but like I say, the Tesla should have won.

I’d love to try and EV that was meant for handling. Whilst my car is perfectly comfortable, it’s not razor. Still, was probably the most fun I’ve had in that car

It’s also fun racing bikes off the lights