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This (and tax subsidies) is the reason behind the proliferation of large plug-in-hybrid SUVs - being a plug-in hybrid lowers CO2 emissions (at least on paper), but in practice many/most owners will never actually charge the car, so the CO2 emissions will be even more unrealistic than they already are.
I'm not sure I have seen many large plug-in hybrids on UK roads
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This (and tax subsidies) is the reason behind the proliferation of large plug-in-hybrid SUVs - being a plug-in hybrid lowers CO2 emissions (at least on paper), but in practice many/most owners will never actually charge the car, so the CO2 emissions will be even more unrealistic than they already are.
This doesn’t address needlessly large EVs that damage roads and are a threat to pedestrians and bicyclists. These larger EVs are also inefficient use of battery cells than they’d be in smaller vehicles. Would love to see more Mini/Smart car EVs
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UK car tax is currently based on vehicle type- but it's based on CO2 emissions https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables typically this is related to weight/size - except in the case of electric vehicles which are heavier than their ICE counterparts
This (and tax subsidies) is the reason behind the proliferation of large plug-in-hybrid SUVs - being a plug-in hybrid lowers CO2 emissions (at least on paper), but in practice many/most owners will never actually charge the car, so the CO2 emissions will be even more unrealistic than they already are.
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Narrow roads are not only found in old cities... They are everywhere.
But still for historical reasons, towns, villages, country lanes have been around far longer than cars
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You can get an older reasonably sized car which has an NCAP rating of 5. Note bigger cars will have more mass and thus momentum & energy to dissipate, might be less nimble and certainly in the early days of SUV types were easier to roll.
It's worth noting that NCAP ratings aren't necessarily comparable over time. New tests are periodically introduced and they generally become more stringent[1]. A 5-star car from 2015 is likely to be significantly less safe than a 5-star car from 2023. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_NCAP#Rating_history
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>In Oxford they largely don't bother Funnily enough I saw a traffic warden issuing tickets in Oxford last week.
Was it by chance on August the 30th? That would have co-incideded with the ultra rare "blue supermoon". Next one is in 203x...