Electric cars.

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  1. fairygirl

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    As Del Boy would say- " None so blind as them wot won't listen " eh @Fat Controller :biggrin:
     
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      Gent with an EV, priced north of £100k and now has a recall where he can't charge his car undercover or park it next to or under buildings, or charge it over 80% (which cannot be set as a limit in the software, so has to be done manually)... and now questions raised about both car and house insurance as a result.

       
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      Sounds like he should be able to return it for a refund
       
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      Hopefully he had it on a PCP and can hand it back before the balloon - he will still have lost a fortune on it though - thick end of £90k in three years!

      Have you seen the prices of used EV's? Looks like they are really struggling to move them.
       
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      I did have a peek at the cost of getting a charger installed on the garage but it needs a full rewire and upgrade from house to garage so a complete non-starter for now. Oh dear, now I can't lose £££ on an EV :)
       
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        If you look at the new road tax that comes in in April I'd say EVs are dead and I visulise the whole country turning into a mirror of Cuba regarding road traffic.
         
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          This is going to be the problem for a lot of folks - especially those that buy second hand as it is generally only the new cars that come with a charger install deal.

          There is an update to that video I posted earlier.. the fella has now had the letter from Porsche, and he now cannot get insurance for his car and his home!

           
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            Especially when you consider the tax on cars that are over £40k that were once considered "luxury" cars... £40k now is barely touching a Hyundai SUV, let alone something like a Range Rover or Porsche.
             
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              I just cant understand what the government want, on the one hand they want us all using EVs on the other they want to punish you if you go down the EV road.
              Its mixed messages, or is it just money grabbing on a large scale.
               
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                They don't want us mobile at all - they want full control over what we do, say, see, buy and eat.
                 
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                  And eating our own garbage. Even though our waste in volume per capita is now small, we're still punished.
                   
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                    Nail. Head. Sadly for us regular folk, the whole world operates this way now. Deterioration of life for the many so the few can accumulate more than they can ever use.
                     
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                      Not a mixed message, it is pure money grabbing. The Government firstly encouraged people down the EV route with massive subsidies, then tried to force them by banning new ICE cars from 2030/2035. Once heading down that route there was no need for any form of subsidy or other incentive. Now EV drivers are being done over like everybody else.
                       
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                        @Fat Controller the dude is driving uninsured? The car is obviously garbage but the fellow is right to be angry but wrong to be cruising around in it!
                         
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                        This one is worth a watch all the way through

                         
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