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My Prius doesn't have a massive amount of power at high speed.But f**k me it takes off from a standing start if you kick down and the electric motor supplements the petrol engine. It'll outrun all but the fastest ICE cars for the first 40-50 yards from a standing start.
Her all round experience was not very encouraging, 1) she found it a strange experience you just cant jump in and drive off, you have things to do like disconnect and check the range, and even top up if necessary. 2) At one charge point it would not accept her app for payment and she had to go through another app on her phone so you could need a number of payment options. 3) not all charge points work, her local point at Normanton for instance non of the three charges were in use. 4) as said in Ipswich she also had to pay a parking fee as the charger was on a car park with number plate access. 5) Not all charge points are in places that a woman can be at ease at night when alone, and the time there waiting the charge time is disconcerting. 6) use things like heaters in winter and the charge disapears very quickly. 7) The car was lovely, just needed an engine of some kind.
Quote from: selby on February 17, 2022, 01:27:18 pm Her all round experience was not very encouraging, 1) she found it a strange experience you just cant jump in and drive off, you have things to do like disconnect and check the range, and even top up if necessary. 2) At one charge point it would not accept her app for payment and she had to go through another app on her phone so you could need a number of payment options. 3) not all charge points work, her local point at Normanton for instance non of the three charges were in use. 4) as said in Ipswich she also had to pay a parking fee as the charger was on a car park with number plate access. 5) Not all charge points are in places that a woman can be at ease at night when alone, and the time there waiting the charge time is disconcerting. 6) use things like heaters in winter and the charge disapears very quickly. 7) The car was lovely, just needed an engine of some kind.All very valid points. Don't worry once Boris and his boss Carrie have gone all this will be on a back burner for years.One thing i have noticed is that many of the people who buy electric cars are a bit 'different'...
Quote from: Axholme Lion on February 18, 2022, 11:08:43 amQuote from: selby on February 17, 2022, 01:27:18 pm Her all round experience was not very encouraging, 1) she found it a strange experience you just cant jump in and drive off, you have things to do like disconnect and check the range, and even top up if necessary. 2) At one charge point it would not accept her app for payment and she had to go through another app on her phone so you could need a number of payment options. 3) not all charge points work, her local point at Normanton for instance non of the three charges were in use. 4) as said in Ipswich she also had to pay a parking fee as the charger was on a car park with number plate access. 5) Not all charge points are in places that a woman can be at ease at night when alone, and the time there waiting the charge time is disconcerting. 6) use things like heaters in winter and the charge disapears very quickly. 7) The car was lovely, just needed an engine of some kind.All very valid points. Don't worry once Boris and his boss Carrie have gone all this will be on a back burner for years.One thing i have noticed is that many of the people who buy electric cars are a bit 'different'...A bit different in that they think about the future they are bequeathing and don't support eugenics?
ALNo. I don't scream "racist, fascist and the like every time I come across something that I rule to be wrong."I call out racists and fascists writing stuff that racists and fascists write.