Why is it always 45kph for the top speed for electric motorbikes etc? Is that some sort of legal limit? I was looking at e scooters at one point and they were almost all topping out at that exact speed.
I think inevitably councils are going to have to assign a parking space to a property. Basically turn all residential areas into permit zones. Then somehow the charge points need to hook in to your domestic supplyā¦ Otherwise, electric will be least affordable in dense cities just where itās most needed
Well it seems that the message has got through to employees of Asda because Next Green Car report:
Asda said that 85% of employees who chose a company car as part of their benefits package last year had already chosen an electric car.
Asdaās company car policy and also the available models were adjusted as a result, meaning that employees at headquarters and in the field will in future be able to choose āfrom a wide range of makes and models.ā Picked out in the memo are the Audi Q4 e-tron, Mercedes EQA and EQC, Tesla Model 3, Polestar 2, VW ID.3 and ID.4, and the electric version of the Volvo XC40.
The news comes after the NHS announced earlier this month that it is adding 500 Nissan Leafs to its fleet through its offshoot NHS Fleet Solutions.
We have seen evidence that many employees of NHS have taken advantage of a Salary Sacrifice scheme.
I think itās a legal thing the 45km/h pops up in European laws too.
I think two speeds of classification 25km/h and 45km/h for āspeedā e-bikes, scooters etc
I know France brought in a new law threatening imprisonment for modding them to higher speeds.
Category AM
You can drive 2-wheeled or 3-wheeled vehicles with a maximum design speed of over 25km/h (15.5mph) but not more than 45km/h (28mph).
This category also includes light quad bikes with:
- unladen mass of not more than 350kg (not including batteries if itās an electric vehicle)
- maximum design speed of over 25km/h (15.5mph) but not more than 45km/h (28mph)
Edit:
USA/Canada chose 32km/h (20mph) top speed.
So yeah looks like 25km/h, 32km/h, and 45km/h are the limits.
Thereās a 75 minute limit at the moment on our local ones and then they charge you a tenner for overstaying your welcome. Itās in free vend until end of October though so thatās likely why the fee is in place. No news about what the fees are afterwards or even how much they be charging to plug a car in and fill up
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No these are ones installed by the councilās in our area in public car parks which they control.
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Youād think so, to be fair Iāve checked the webapp a few times and they donāt always appear to be utilised at least and thatās on free vend.
Itās just annoying that they donāt give an indication of what it would cost to charge once that free period comes to a close. Canāt really work out in your head any kind of sums when they arenāt forthcoming.
I might email them tomorrow actually just to see what they say.
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Doesnāt look big enough for my weekly shop 
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I think turning street parking into residents only on lots of streets and running charging hookups under the pavement could work for a lot of people. Our street has been completely resurfaced, all the lampposts replaced, every mains fuse has been dug out and replaced, all in the last few years. A little coordination and it would have been the perfect time to put in per-house charge points along the kerb 
I probably sound like a broken record at this point but we really donāt need charging points for every house.
We just need every existing fuel station to add in the 350 kW chargers.
Charging time just needs to get down to the 2-3mins to be acceptable drive in, charge whilst your stood there, and drive off as we do with ICE.
We have the ionity charges but only in services atm.
We have the time down to 5-10 mins and 270 kW vehicles already.
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All batteries have thermal controls and throttle the speed automatically usually over 80% full and the newer 800 volt batteries are specifically designed to withstand ultra fast charging again and again without degradation.
These modern batteries are being designed to take more cycles than the lifetime of the car. So in 10yrs of ownership youāll still be fine.
Itās a job for the scientists to keep improving thermal tech and the sales people to make people aware itās actually fine to charge your car fast as thatās what itās been designed for.
The modern cars donāt need to be drip fed at 7 kW for their life with the occasion rapid charge.
The current tech in the Taycan will take a few years before it trickles down to normal cars, we are already seeing the Ioniq 5 with its charging in a semi affordable price point.
The idea of everyone trying to get their own 7 kW source is like buying your own petrol in barrels and syphon it into your car on your drive.
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Oh I forgot to post this new video
I would quite like one of these over a Model 3
Single motor starts at Ā£39,900
Pretty cool website
That car is surprisingly not bad looking!
Itās just a shame that theyāve mounted the iPad style screen vertically. Tesla learned that people can view things better and utilise the screen more when it is horizontal so have rotated theirs in newer models. Things like the map in when using sat nav, watching videos, and split screen (to name a few) they claim are better. It makes sense to me but 
Iām just messing with the finance quotesā¦
5,000 miles is a little too low and thatās a 4 year lease as well. If you set it to 3 years and 10,000 miles it is nearly Ā£600 a month - which is getting near Tesla model 3 prices that have longer range and such.
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I do more like 25k at the moment, so not even an optionā¦
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Whilst I like the idea of an electric car, I honestly canāt see it being a viable option at the moment.
My current runabout does nearly 60mpg and can be replaced with a new one every 3 years for Ā£129 a month.
I only do about 5000 miles a year, so the extra expense wouldnāt be offset by any savings in fuel costs.
I have considered a hybrid, but even those are a lot more expensive.
If anyone has any ideas as to how I could change, Iād love to hear them.
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I was going to say exactly the same thing. Right now, itās hard to get an EV for the same price as a petrol/diesel car. But give it a few more years and the price of EVās will come down as manufacturing processes are optimised for EV production and lower spec cars are finally produced.
I said if you get a new car on a lease every three years, then if youāre about to get one now, it wont be competitive to switch over (especially if you donāt actually do many miles so you wont get too much benefit over the cheaper charge rate) but when youāre looking for your NEXT new car in 3 years - then there will be quite a few options.
And I say this as a pretty fanatical EV supporter. My current car is a petrol one, got 2 years left on the loan I took out to buy it. When I replace that, it almost definitely will be with an EV - but even in 2-3 years time Iām not sure if Iāll be able to afford it. Annoyingly (for people like me), EVās keep their value really well - so the 2nd hand market still sees them being sold for near to their original price - no ālose Ā£10k as soon as you drive off the forecourtā.
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Iām surprised theyāre not doing this already. Surely they could take out 1 pump at a forecourt and replace it with the most powerful fast charger possible?
I think if they started slowly transitioning petrol stations to electric charging stations that it would start to increase peopleās confidence to switch. It certainly would for me.
This may be the aim of some companies, but I would caution that before theory is tested by reality, it may be a little soon to tell.
Timing matters, no doubt. Replace a pump too soon and youāll probably see customer kickback like supermarkets did when they first started ripping out manned tills in order to fit in self-service machines. There may also be a bike lane effect, in people moaning about having to queue longer for petrol while the electric charger sits there empty.
Petrol station layouts are also a factor - ripping out one pump actually rips out two, Iāve just realised, as pumps are doubled up serving cars either side. Then if you have a car charging for a little longer, and a large car using the pump opposite (or a normal car parked badly), other drivers wonāt be able to get past to use the pump in front/leave the petrol station.
Rather, I think, larger petrol stations will put chargers in their parking bays or elsewhere on their sites not in the way of the petrol pumps, while the rest will wait for the right tipping point before they start ripping out and replacing petrol pumps and reconfiguring their layouts.
If I had to pick a year out of a hat - given 2030 as the deadline, I think it may be 2025 at the earliest before we see big changes in petrol stations.
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