Graham Butcher

What was the type of roads used and the terrain like?

Yes, Mk3 Superbs also suffer from high RPM when cold for the same reason, and it can be disconcerting when idling, and you take your foot off the brake, especially when in reverse as the car will rapidly take off and if you're not prepared for it can be fairly alarming, that is something that the Mk1 and Mk2 never had.

Exactly, we have been lifting off the gas peddle for decades as we approach bends etc and only touching the brakes when we need to. My car has adaptive cruise control and friends that are following me tell me that at times when I use the ACC that my brake lights come on far more frequently than when I don't use it and that is because it removes the throttle input to the ECU and replaces it with brakes if the vehicle in front is going slower than my set speed. The actual braking can be felt as well, whereas when not using it, I can sense that the vehicle in front is going slower can if, I'm not in safe position to overtake it, lift my foot off the throttle and allow the car to take advantage of the overrun on the engine to slow down slowly, ACC cannot do that, it senses anything coming into the radar cone and will brake until the set distance is achieved to keep us apart from each other.

Engineer by profession and mechanic by choice to keep costs down. Its all well and good @wyx087 going on about keeping costs and weight down, but sorry, that does not cut the mustard as far as I'm concerned, just like the BS about ECU and cold engine V BMS and battery temp and all of this software can solve it etc is just crap. None of it is making the EV simpler then an ICE, It's adding far more complexity into everything single thing and these things are mission-critical at times, like brakes. It would be far easier and more sensible for instance to strip out all of this regen nonsense so that the driver can simply transition from ICE to EV without having to get used to different ways of driving etc, need to slow down or stop, simple, use the bleeding brake pedal, it's been good enough for decades, so why change it? It's the same thing with the battery, and I just do not see why people struggle with the concept that the battery is simply a fuel tank, and nothing else. When has there ever been a requirement to monitor the temps on fuel tanks on ICE, the need to pre-condition it before topping the tank up, or the need to not exceed the 80% of its capacity or else the tanks' longevity will suffer. Like wise, with an ICE car, you don't need to source the right type of fuel pump or filling station to suit the type of car you're driving, any fuel pump will do other than sticking diesel into a petrol tank or the other way round. The more the designers can make EV's become more like their ICE equivalents, the easier it will be for people to replace their ICE with an EV. Make the charging more affordable and accessible, have batteries that do not have to be so critical of temperature, move controls away from touch screens to actual proper switches and knobs etc, bring prices down to those of ICE cars and get ranges upto similar as those for ICE then a lot of the issues that people cite as reasons not to consider EV for their next car have been done away with as it really just then becomes much the same as having either petrol or diesel, i.e., no special requirements or conditions as far as using and driving are concerned. We need less reliance altogether on software, we have all seen enough problems caused by software failings in our normal day-to-day life with things like computers, TVs, phones, sat nav etc all suffering from bugs / glitches etc that cause them to crash, reboot or lock up etc, we certainly do not need to have software in mission-critical parts of our cars.

No plenty of bricks in the wall though.

Oh, now come on, considering how much has been spoken about the virtues of 1 pedal driving and the brakes never wear out because all but emergency braking effect can be achieved with regen, its not beyonds man's wit and skill is it to divert that energy created by regen in such cases where the battery is either too cold to accept the charge or the battery has SOC of over 90% to divert that surplus energy into a load bank or on cold days, direct it to internal heating elements in the car to warm the cabin. The car needs to be fully configured so that the driver does not have to become part of the car and spend time monitoring the parameters and altering their driving technique accordingly? That will lead to plenty of accidents occurring, for sure.

The symptoms are exactly the same as what happened to me in my old car and that is precisely what happened, the alternator lost its drive belt when the tensioner fell apart and wiped the belt out at the same time.

For sheer comfort of ride, Citroën DS or a Jaguar XJ6 take a lot of beating IMO.

That's why I'm on my 5th Superb.

Nope, instant torque is not there with ICE.

Very interesting to see an electric car embarrassed for performance also ultimately rejected in favour of a ICE car.

Agreed, and what about all the other warzones and the nuclear weapons that are stock piled around the globe?

It seems that EPA was a bit premature about declaring the Moss Landing BESS fire clear of any negative health issues.

Seems to me to be a person who has empathy for his fellow man and is trying to make sure that people are aware of the true situation that the motor trade is in so that they can then go out make some informed decisions about what to buy. That surely is not a bad thing to be doing is it?

But these issues have been widely reported by a good deal of YouTubers both good and bad ones (according to some EV'ers on here) and most have claimed that these were either staged or never happened and that they had never ever experienced or heard of such events and or bad none functioning chargers, failures with the authorisation of cards etc, these are all factors that it seems nobody other than @Ootohere Vloggers ever talk about, instead, choosing to claim that everything was just perfect with using EV's and required no compromises whatsoever in the way that they use the cars or their lifestyle.

@Ootohereit is still today very disturbing just how many people who really cannot grasp the concepts that Jeyem is talking about when he makes these videos. He like me, can see that EV's are the perfect solution for some people and that there are many millions of people who would like to switch from fossil fuelled cars to electric for all the right reasons but they are unable to do so for literally many reasons. People need to take on board the many points that are raised in the videos that he makes and they need to fully understand that this is not all about them, but about how can everyone get to be able to enjoy the warm smug feeling that these people seem to have instead of creating even more social divides between them and these who simply are unable to get themselves into an EV. It strikes me that a lot people start to hear what he and others say and then instantly shut their ears because they do not want to hear the simple truths. Jayemm also talks about the ULEZ in London and how these are being rolled out to other places as well all of which just adds further pressure on people who for those myriad of other reasons are not driving an EV already.

He nails it.

@Ootohere Google is your friend, sometimes.. AVE = What is the new Motability scheme in Scotland? The Motability Scheme, or Accessible Vehicles and Equipment Scheme as it is now known for those in Scotland on Adult Disability Payment (ADP) or Child Disability Payment (CDP), offers an affordable way for disabled people to get around outside more easily. 3 Jan 2025

All this talk about Motability trying to get people into EV's, some are saying its true and others say it's not, let's take a slightly different tack then, here in England it's called Motability and in Scotland it's called AVE, but the overall idea is the same, could it be that there are different approaches on either side of the border?

Wasn't there a Tesla about a year ago that was also in a flood? I was wondering if he had looked an old article by mistake?

By way of contrast, here are 3 ICE car fires, within 2 minutes of the fire engines arriving they had the fires fully extinguished and no rivers of burning fuel seen anywhere and extremely little water used in the process.

Ouch, again.

Some people with disabilities as well as older drivers do surprisingly have slower reaction times, and in the case of some disabled drivers, one of their disabilities might be with their feet and or legs, not being as sensitive as they were once and hence could have pressed the throttle harder than they thought they had. I can suffer from similar problems as some shoes can transmit more feel through the soles to my feet than others. For instance I have 2 pairs of identical Skechers sneakers, 1 pair I wear everyday and the almost brand new in the box, still, only worn twice since 2022 for special occasions. When wearing these "new" ones, I tend to brake far sharper because of the lack of feel transmitted through the chunky soles, whereas just as old pair I use daily I can feel the pressure being applied to the pedal better and can pull up nice a smoothly as a result with out a jerk as the car finally comes to a halt.

Expect to see some corrections being made by Geoff if not Lee, that is one thing that Geoff is good at, he always strives to make sure that he presents is correct. He is asking for people on the Mobility scheme to contact him and let him know of their experiences, good or bad, so you are in a good position are you not to help set the record straight? I do think that he is right about the high number of accidents is down to the cars being quicker to react than the drivers ability to respond to mistakes, the 0-62mph times are stupidly fast that in the past it would take professional drivers to handle that kind of power, even with ICE cars in the hands of far younger drivers at car meets all to often end in grief as their car skills are not as good as they thought they were. Nobody on the average road, certainly in the UK, needs that much acceleration on tap, accidents just waiting to happen.

If it works out for him, then its a no brainer, but for others there could well be other factors, not just financial gain at play.