I don't think many would want the early EV crap either, and with fewer than 100 units built, the C1 ev'ie was converted by the Electric Car Corporation, which was based in Bedford, so it could hardly be called an EV generation. In fairness, can it?

Agreed; it's a hoorah on the hidden door handles, but it will be some time before all of them are replaced.

Edited Monday at 18:351 day by Graham Butcher

@lol-lol, this bit of news will please you.

Best selling car (not just EVs) in China, about half million, which is by far largest car market in the world.

Not as good looking as the R5 IMO but good price especially in 47 KWh battery......

Geely own Polestar and Volvo, part own Aston and also numerous other brands.

Good boot and Frunk size too. Spacious but slowish charging. 115 hp and bit slow to 60 ie 11 seconds. Could sell quite well.

12 hours ago, Graham Butcher said:

@lol-lol, this bit of news will please you.

That's hilarious clickbait.
What's being ordered for destruction is a certain brand and specific type and colour of 2 gang sockets with switches that were made in China.
It's one of DOZENS of product safety recalls that happens regularly. That eFixx fella certainly knows how to draw people in

You have to scroll some way down before finding it and blink and you'll miss it.
https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls

It's this one ICYMI
https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-safety-report-2-gang-universal-wall-socket-2604-0061

2 minutes ago, Lee01 said:

That's hilarious clickbait.
What's being ordered for destruction is a certain brand and specific type and colour of 2 gang sockets with switches that were made in China.
It's one of DOZENS of product safety recalls that happens regularly. That eFixx fella certainly knows how to draw people in

You have to scroll some way down before finding it and blink and you'll miss it.
https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls

It's this one ICYMI
https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-safety-report-2-gang-universal-wall-socket-2604-0061

Spot on. Trading Standards, HMRC work with UK Border force.

I said OPSS upside your your head, OPSS upside your head......

GOV.UK

Border controls for non-food products

Guidance for businesses on OPSS border controls.

GOV.UK

Office for Product Safety and Standards

Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence. The Office for Product Safety and Standards

37 minutes ago, Lee01 said:

That's hilarious clickbait.
What's being ordered for destruction is a certain brand and specific type and colour of 2 gang sockets with switches that were made in China.
It's one of DOZENS of product safety recalls that happens regularly. That eFixx fella certainly knows how to draw people in

You have to scroll some way down before finding it and blink and you'll miss it.
https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls

It's this one ICYMI
https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-safety-report-2-gang-universal-wall-socket-2604-0061

Correct, but the bit of interest was the plug-in balcony solar that @lol-lol was extremely keen to see and get.

Sockets like that have been getting the destruction order for decades, and I have personally been involved in searching out stocks of these in wholesalers' and importers' warehouses and getting them destroyed. The YouTube channel is designed for the electrical trade only, so it really is not clickbait as we all know it; it is designed to draw the viewer's attention to the particular type of socket and alert them to the dangers they bring.

Once upon a time, it was simply a matter of saying that all sockets made in China were not to be used in the UK and electrical wholesalers shouldn't stock them. These days, that statement cannot be used, as the major players in the wiring accessory industry (MK, Ashley & Rock, Crabtree, BG and Scolmore etc), have shipped their production to China and the surrounding area.

Edited 23 minutes ago23 min by Graham Butcher

50 minutes ago, lol-lol said:

Spot on. Trading Standards, HMRC work with UK Border force.

GOV.UK

Border controls for non-food products

Guidance for businesses on OPSS border controls.

And yet, these bargain-basement dangerous sockets and other electrical items are still slipping through their fingers by the thousands and ending up on sale to electrical contractors via electrical wholesalers all over the UK. I have worked for Crabtree Electrical, Ashley & Rock and Hager over the years. The other scam is good-quality electrical sockets, etc., allegedly purchased for export, being delivered direct to the docks FOB (Free On Board), and then these same products end up being sold, once again, in the UK via the distribution network, which I also had to track down. A secret coding system identified the affected products, and they were impounded.

Edited 7 minutes ago7 min by Graham Butcher