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19 Nov 20, 10:07 AM |
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19 Nov 20, 10:12 AM |
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My CRV is currently 14 years old and going strong, I’ll be looking to replace it with another (used low mileage) in a few years if it lasts that long, it will be the last car I ever buy I hope.
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19 Nov 20, 10:23 AM |
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I am no expert on this but read they are looking at extracting lithium from seawater which contains enough for billions of cars.
The batteries also last a long time. Some Tesla’s are now in over 1 million Km and the batteries are still going. There’s a lot less to go wrong in the drive train as well as basically it’s an electric motor directly driving the axle. Electric motors are notoriously reliable. Plus you can use the batteries for lower powered uses even when you can’t use them for a car anymore- such as energy storage for your house. There will be a whole industry spring up eventually on this type of recycling I suspect. But I’m biased as you can tell I am a convert
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19 Nov 20, 10:27 AM |
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19 Nov 20, 11:33 AM |
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Worth a read as to why the ban is nothing really to worry about. When Top Gear are converted-
topgear/car-news/ele...-car-ban-means
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19 Nov 20, 11:35 AM |
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19 Nov 20, 11:58 AM |
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Well James May has the same car as me and loves it Tom! I think he is still working on Clarkson.
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20 Nov 20, 09:38 AM |
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Saw this, this morning and had a laugh.
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30 Nov 20, 11:39 AM |
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Well we now have Jeremy Clarkson's official view on electric cars. Hilarious.
bbc/news/entertainment-arts-54784569 Quote:- "I've just ordered a new Bentley, with a V8 engine, so that's where I stand," he says. "[Hammond and May] both have electric cars now but I'm carbon offsetting them." "They're also very expensive and completely impractical and have the personality of a vacuum cleaner but if that's what you like, help yourself to an electric car."
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30 Nov 20, 01:17 PM |
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On lithium extraction, although I've got no background in the matter, this seemed interesting:
bbc/future/article/2...e-green-energy In essence; extraction of lithium from geothermal brine looks to be a practical source, and not only has far less environmental impact, could well be happening in Cornwall soon. It looks plausible on first reading, anyway. |
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