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The highway where trucks work like electric trains.

When I first saw this I thought it was a spoof.

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That’s one way of keeping trucks in the inside lane on the motorway. Will need to be fitted with a cow catchers to deal with Honda Jazz drivers doing 50 mph in the inside lane though. :wink:
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Perhaps the minimum speed for cars on motorways should be 60mph ? (where traffic conditions allow)

And any car nor capable of doing that, like some older classics should be banned from using motorways.

Going too slow can be more dangerous than (not excessive) speeding.
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More about Tesla 4680 batteries.

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UK plug-in car grant slashed to £1,500 for electric cars.

Eligible cars now have to cost less than £32,000.

https://www.carbuyer.co.uk/car-buying/1 ... dium=email
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We are getting an electric car in january.

We are waiting for a home electrical charge point to be fitted.

Unfortunately the car cost more than £32,000.

They are however fitting it free and the car costs less than £270 a month.

All I had to do was survive a massive brain bleed and pay 50% of my pip.
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Highly interesting video from Harry’s Garage

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I'm waiting for the one where Iain takes the engine out of the Countach ! :)
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#430 Re: Zero emission road vehicles.

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Me too!
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Neal wrote: Sun Mar 13, 2022 10:43 pm Highly interesting video from Harry’s Garage
Yes, I agree. I think synthetic fuel is part of Porsche's plan to keep the 911 ICE (at least a bit). There was a comment Harry made in a GTS review where he said that in effect at the moment every Taycan they sell allows them to make a 911 (assuming they don't all end up at the bottom of the ocean). I suspect the other sports car makers are working with similar maths.
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I watched his recent review of the new Range Rover hybrid. He’d had it for three months and averaged 67mpg. Use dependent of course, but I thought it was quite impressive.
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IslandPink wrote: Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:13 pm I'm waiting for the one where Iain takes the engine out of the Countach ! :)
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Well that has sorted what I'm watching with dinner this evening !
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Are Electric Cars REALLY That Green? [New 2022 Data]

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