Personally I can live with electric car in UK but electric VANs will be much bigger trouble because they are heavy and can't hold that much cargo. There is a lot of restrictions in law and infrastructure that limits usage of vehicles to under 3.5t
Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
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Re: Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
#12Rather late to the party in Europe : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_veh...
Re: Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
#13Personally I can live with electric car in UK but electric VANs will be much bigger trouble because they are heavy and can't hold that much cargo. There is a lot of restrictions in law and infrastructure that limits usage of vehicles to under 3.5t
Renault Master Z.E. is either 3.1t or 3.5t and comes in a bunch of configurations: https://www.renault.co.uk/electric-vehicles/master-ze/specif...
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#14I don't think anyone will be prefer non-electric cars in 3-5 years anyways
Guess you got three to 20 years to sell that gas guzzler before nobody will buy it?
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's pretty common to use "Britain" (usually not "Great Britain", though) as shorthand for "the UK state". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_(place_name)#Modern_us... > The term Britain is widely used as a common name for the sovereign state of the United Kingdom, or UK for short.
As a Brit[1] this convention still irks me. Maybe we should just be American about it, and call the whole of the UK 'England', and pretend Scotland is it's own country? /s --- [1] Yes, I get the irony of calling myself a 'Brit', but 'Uker' just doesn't sound right.
Uker sounds so very Farage of you to be fair.
Re: Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
#16I don't think anyone will be prefer non-electric cars in 3-5 years anyways
For years people will prefer non-electric cars. From a perspective of someone with his own driveway this is a nobrainer to have electric car but many people in EU live in apartment blocks and there is simply no infrastructure there to charge all necessary cars. I will be able to say that "no one should have a reason to drive petrol car" when 0-100 charge time will be around 15 minutes.
Re: Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's pretty common to use "Britain" (usually not "Great Britain", though) as shorthand for "the UK state". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_(place_name)#Modern_us... > The term Britain is widely used as a common name for the sovereign state of the United Kingdom, or UK for short.
As a Brit[1] this convention still irks me. Maybe we should just be American about it, and call the whole of the UK 'England', and pretend Scotland is it's own country? /s --- [1] Yes, I get the irony of calling myself a 'Brit', but 'Uker' just doesn't sound right.
Are not Scotland, Wales and England each countries though?
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#18Isn't Britain the geological definition ( https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-betwee... ) and should the title not be "UK to ban..."?
Assuming northern ireland is still part of the UK after ten years of having a customs border from the rest of the UK.
Easy now, let’s keep it on the computerydoos and hackimabobs.
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#19Personally I can live with electric car in UK but electric VANs will be much bigger trouble because they are heavy and can't hold that much cargo. There is a lot of restrictions in law and infrastructure that limits usage of vehicles to under 3.5t
Renault Master Z.E. is either 3.1t or 3.5t and comes in a bunch of configurations: https://www.renault.co.uk/electric-vehicles/master-ze/specif...
>The real life estimates of 75 miles in Summer and 50 miles in Winter also give an insight of how powerful these batteries are, reducing your need to be constantly charging your vehicle and allowing you to enjoy the ride!
Isn't that pretty shit?
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#20Personally I can live with electric car in UK but electric VANs will be much bigger trouble because they are heavy and can't hold that much cargo. There is a lot of restrictions in law and infrastructure that limits usage of vehicles to under 3.5t
Renault Master Z.E. is either 3.1t or 3.5t and comes in a bunch of configurations: https://www.renault.co.uk/electric-vehicles/master-ze/specif...
And have only 50-75 miles range, I assume that's under load. Average DHL courier in my country does between 60 and 200 miles daily.