Stonekeeper

If you receive a state pension and are below £35k you should get another letter by end November https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment

Getting way off the EV topic now but Marxism is definitely a massive step too far. What we should have is a level playing field in Taxation which everyone has the ability to meet their strengths and contribute to the running of the society that supports them when needed. Our current system controlled by the 1% and applied by Government is skewed towards them. They convince well paid people that tax is too high and get them to vote against higher taxes and challenge every change for their benefit. They even go so far as allowing people to use the taxation system to pay less with some earnings which they have the ability to do for the majority of what "they" earn for a living. Taxation should be based on what people "Earn for a living" EFAL They do this by applying the top rate at what is really not massive money. Then saying if you take some of your salary as dividends you pay a quarter on that. The threshold for 40% should be now way above £50,000, probably up to £80,000.With another threshold at £150,000 increasing to 50% NI should have no upper earnings limit Dividends paid to owners and employees should be taxed at the persons relevant rate. Dividends paid to independent investors should start at 10% but go up at thresholds. similar to EFAL Money paid into a Pension pot should be exempt until drawn down again at EFAL rates People solely living off investments "For a living" should be subject to EFAL rates No IHT between Parents and children. No salary sacrifice for employee car purchase, if a car is needed for the job it should be a Company car, if they want one to commute to work buy their own or get the bus. Sensible people would aspire to pay the higher rates only a sociopath would say "I don't want that rise because i'll pay more tax"

No-one should have been or be forced to have one until they see it makes sense and works for them. If we had left it to market forces I think there would be less resistance to the idea. I wonder how many in the past said "That T'internet ain't coming in this house" "I'll never have a dish on my wall" "Mobile phone, what do you need a phone in your pocket for?" Mandate ev take up immediately put a barrier around it.

I agree it probably is for those who have the means to meet it's requirements. But using high demand electrical appliances whilst asleep goes against Fire Departments safety advice

The Octopus scheme is designed to increase market share by attracting new customers. The Company made no profit until it's eighth year because until then it did not have enough subscribers. It can only increase turnover and maintain profit by adding more. Once it reaches saturation point i think it will have no option but to increase prices and reduce offers to keep the shareholders happy?

If the electricity generation and delivery system was Nationalised. The Government could scrap the varying Tariffs and use the increasing use of electricity overnight for vehicles to fund the purchase of the Batteries to "Balance" the supply and bring the total price of electricity use down for everyone. This would stop the price of electricity being set by the price of Gas

And then their share price dropped 14% ForbesFerrari Shares Tumble Toward Historic Losses As Guidance...The luxury automaker also scaled back expectations for its new electric vehicle business.

MPG between drivers in the same vehicles is down to Drivers manner of driving. Better anticipation, smoother accelerating and less wastage in braking for example

I would think that turning the temperature up in an ice car allows coolant flow from the engine into the heater element if you turn it to cold it physically shuts it off, coolant just runs round the engine. So if you set it on then turn the fan off heat will radiate anyway. When set to cold it's shut off so airflow would be ambient and less noticeable.

39mpg on a commute to work 51mpg on a journey at the weekend with more free flowing roads. I am struggling to work out what the problem is. Did it used to read more on the commute?

Going back a long time now but when i started work in the late 70s, I was employed at a 2 screen Cinema open 11am to 10:30pm ish depending upon film length. We had 25p admission for OAPs before 6pm. A few came at 11am and stayed all day, the Manager even allowed them to switch screens. Never thought that they were just choosing to do this, who would choose to watch the same films at least ten times in a week.

Do you not believe there are people with no central heating that still use 2kw convector heaters throughout the day?

In other news my gas has gone down 0.054p per unit but the standing charge rose 4p per day. Another fiddle. Keeping the standing charge high means lower users can save proportionately less and less by reducing usage – that disempowers them – and is a disincentive to energy reduction generally, which is not great for the environment.

This requires the customer to have the means to invest in the equipment to store the energy,why don't the energy companies buy the equipment to store the excess then they could charge the average price throughout the day. Because it's too expensive? Will affect their profits? We will end up being mandated to plug cars in every time we are home whether needing a charge or not, the energy company will then drain and re- charge "our" batteries for the departure time we set. Optimizing the energy but transferring wear and tear to the customer. Another idea would be help everyone to have battery storage in the property so the time shifting could happen automatically and again it could be same price per unit throughout the 24hrs. The current system is an economic divide. Energy should be a National asset.

My comments were regarding a 2kwh battery for £600 Not your home power station which if i had the savings for and the time left to make it economic I would be doing.

for Cars registered on or after 1 April 2017

If your new Zero Emission car was registered by 31st March 2025, the first year VED was £0. subsequent years will be £195 with no ecs From April 1st 2025 first year £10 2nd year onwards £195 subject to ecs.

Regulation (EU) 2015/758 lays down a general obligation for new types of vehicles of categories M1 and N1 to be equipped with 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems as of 31 March 2018. I suppose it would be possible for vehicles that were not "New types" to have been still registered without it. I would expect given the time it took to implement the regulations manufacturers would have done it on Model Year so MY2018 which usually start being built earlier the year before in 2017 would have it. But a MY2017 that had been sat around in a field or showroom unregisterd then sold in 2018 may not. As of January 1, 2026, new cars launched in Europe must be equipped with the updated Next Generation eCall (NG eCall) system, which uses 4G and 5G networks. Cars being built now will have that one.

ITV in Spain?

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Maybe because it was taxed and registered before the 1st April 2025 and the tax will be next due 1st March 2026?

Best way to save is do what pensioners have to do in the UK switch everything off and go and sit in the library

Labour charges at main dealers can be around £120 an hour some even higher

So charge a 2kwh battery up over night and the next day save 34p £600 for the battery 3,000 days later (over 8 years) you save £400........... 13p a day if the battery did last that long

Not got access to an Octavia but The main one will be the negative lead of the battery to the body. others you need to find by looking for wires that are bolted to the body elsewhere. Usually a strap from the body to gearbox/engine, wires near lighting that terminate at the body. Near the fusebox. Also components that are bolted to the body could be loose if the body is rusty and they may rely on that connection for earth.