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Yo me it is the steady significant year on year improvements with battery energy density per kilogram, seems like more than 10% each year paired with cost drops of over 10% per year meaning big drops in production costs. ICE engines are improving year on year at a much slower pace. Hydrogen will only become economically viable if the renewable and nuclear base load equipment have so much spare lecky and not enough battery capacity that the best economic thing to do is produced Hydrogen, or maybe ammonia and get enough filling stations up and running. The Hydrogen filling station near my Heathrow office is closing I heard.

Sunak was even asked by one of his own MPs about reducing the VAT percentage for public chargers and Sunak did not even answer the question. It is typical Tory divide, hit the poor, look after the already well off, and I hope Labour will reduce the VAT for the lecky even if they have to split the charging cost ie connection and per minute use charge at Standard rating and electricity component at 5% E rate, not that difficult and would bring public charger prices down.

What I find weird is an apparent reluctance for companies to,hand out EV fuel cards compared to petrol/diesel cards. Perhaps employees are not being trusted to not use the evening charge card on other EVs they may have or know. Solution is for companies to only sanction TESLAs as cars as fuel cards are not even needed ie Tasks chargers know which indidivual tesla vehicle is charging. UK governed could,do much by aligning vat at public chargers to home charging vat rate ie 5 %. Public charging costs are falling with the roll out of Tasks v4 chargers so all good for the future.

Company card, which under current UK tax practices is dealt with directly within monthly pay so if I had three full ups of sixty quid in the month that would be £180 Benefit in kind which is added to my pay slip. I bounce between a 20%, 40% and 45% tax rate tax payer, throttling how much is going in to my pension pot with the aim of finishing the tax year just under the higher tax band and hence only effectively 20% of the price of fuel ie about 30p a litre. 30p a litre and the Arkana currently doing 12 miles per litre hence 2.5p cost to me of fuel per mile driven. I get no mileage allowance, rather a car allowance and I can claim as a 9p a mile, 20% of the 45 ppm, as part of self assessment which more than covers tyres, 20k and still tread on the tyres, servicing is £250 a year which is a significant cost, lease cost around £3k for the year. Happy days.

Tomorrow off to Manchester Airport in the Zoe, 102 miles there, I expect to get there with over half the battery left, wind assisted it looks like, coming back could be more interesting if in to stiff breeze. Might stop off at the newly super enhanced Frankley South services with its dozens of Tesla and Gridserve chargers, TESLA they preference with its much lower charging costs, or use the Gridserve cheap AC charger at 22 kWs. Or use the discounted Ionity chargers opposite West Brom, boing going, using the electroverse card and get a Starbucks. Big choices, may not need to charge at all as temperature should be over 10c and range usually close to the 238 miles quoted. Would like to change to a Megane -e or TESLA Model 3 SR if employer finally gets the salary sacrifice scheme going and 340 mile range on the 18 inch wheels sounds perfect.

As a driver of the beautiful Opel Mante GTE the term Crapi was oft used. Or Ford Cortina in drag. Much enjoyment blowing off 3 litre Crapis in a Doly Sprint too.

I think they might have been a bit of a oddball gimmick but the do stand as economic sense in this decade and beyond. My petrol car or the EV both cost about 2.5p a mile for energy but that is because I have a fuel card and can charge at home. Servicing is much cheaper in the EV, insurance about the same, EV uses its tyres up a bit quicker but as they are 17 and 16 inch they are both quite cheap. With government mileage rate at quite a lowly 45p a mile I can run both at not a loss and the choice to run one or other is tight, its mainly my EV is only good for about 220 miles whereas the ICE car can easily do 300 miles without slighly prolonged stop. Love them both and both make economic sense.

"Ford Explorer" is an ID4 which Ford have fitted their own body on to. It sounds 80% plus VW.

Indeed, and just like speedo errors certain manufacturers seem to have different tolerances. Established European manufacturers seem to have more generous tolerances, more warning of running out and manement of that last kwh or two than say the Chinese owned EVs ie BYD, though Polestar and EV seem quite good. Smiths speedo use to be more accurately than Italian Vaugleo speedos like we use to call them ie 2% out compared to say 10% out.

TESLA make billions from this in the US, as well as their electricity sales on the charging network, and are looking to do the same in Europe now.

If the Explorer is actually an ID something then don't know who they count the EV score against ?

As the Con party lost so many, if nit all, of the areas it was supposed to be good at ie economy etc, there is no reason to support the Cons, the NHS and public service in general ie education and benefits, taxation etc, I am amazed even the dozens that have stayed are standing. News outlets not doing much reporting as just how interest rates for mortgages not falling but actually rising and the misery of a few million having to pay thousands a year more on their mortgages or give up their home. Shall we watching Trevor Phiiips and Laura K in a few hours time. The defecting Doctor was not even a moderate but mid spectrum. With the Leigh Anderson types the Con party is looking like the Titanic, like the SNP also.

If a Lithuim ion battery and maximising battery life is a goal. In racing and high performance EVs if you are only planning hundreds of charges and not thousands then charge to a higher percentage and C value ie several times more charge rate ie 100 kws for a 50 kwh battery which is C2. If the battery was lithium iron phosphate then charging to 100% is OK. Car display might show 100% but it is really 98% as car makes want you to shut off early to protect the battery by having a buffer of about 5% or so at the top and bottom of the state of charge indicator display but it will not show 103% or -3% or the like. One needs an OBD port device to show this.

Con MP defects to Labour. Suffolk MP, Dr Paulter,a NHS Doctor, defects, crosses the floor !!!!!

Well done Quarteraro in the Spanish MotoGP, fro 23rd to 3rd in a 12 lap sprint race, awesome.