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Won't be too long until range / charging times and infrastructure to support charging better will be in place though. If I'm honest, at the moment EVs are still in the "early adopter" phase. Tech is still going through rapid R&D progress cycles and we're yet to see a clear winner when it comes...

Food for thought maybe: In nearly 4 years, and 26k miles under the wheels, I've not once plugged my Zoe into a paid charger. Back when Tesco allowed free charging on their 7.5kwh rate I used those a few times, but only when I was parking in the Tesco anyway. Beyond that, all of my charging has...

Yes, it does. But I've been driving an EV for nearly 4 years now. I know, absolutely, that I am not putting anywhere near as much weight transfer through the front tyres under braking as I do in my Prius (a hybrid, which also has regen braking, but not to the same extent as my pure electric...

Are you forgetting that with regenerative braking any harvested energy is not being transferred into the road. It is instead being collected and going into the battery. By implication, that means less energy transfer into the road surface. There are now plenty of scientific studies out there...

And I did the same for my dad in my Zoe. But that doesn't mean I do it every single day at every single junction. Unless I'm on a road with a 70mph limit, the Eco mode stays switched on and the acceleration potential is significantly curtailed.

This isn't as true as the anti-EV lobbyists propaganda would have us believe. The big petrol SUVs are far worse. Keep in mind that EVs are driven differently. While they are heavier like-for-like, drivers who want to maximise efficiency will learn to do things like lift-and-coast and let the...

Such as the Ecoboost Ford's from 2014/2015 (or was it 2013 that they gave the Focus its big update?). Those things were a reliability nightmare.

Even my Zoe (with Eco mode off) gets going rapidly. Definitely not one where you want to plant the foot pulling out of a junction. Definitely need to get it pointed straight before that!

A lot of the traditional ISPs (such as BT) apply a policy of "our responsibility ends at the wall socket". Essentially, they take no responsibility for the quality of the wifi. But they do that knowingly providing a rubbish router and only providing a good quality one if you pay extra. I've got...

Yeah - personally, I think he'll be gone. And I think this is the way it will play out: 1. Perez performance clause is triggered post-Spa. I just don't expect him to find his way out of the hole he's in ... the pattern this season is a reasonable match for last season. Last season in Hungary he...

Snap! Same here, news came through end of last week but I missed it until today as I was on a day off on Friday. The lease on my Zoe is due to expire September next year (was Sept this year, but I extended it to the maximum 5 years), so it's well timed. Will need to do my research on lead times...

Piastri showed what "could have been" if they'd put Lando on the Mediums. Piastri was matching Verstappen. Norris goes out on the Mediums, I think he wins that race. Also ... Piastri may have been in the mix too if they'd double stacked instead of leaving him out. The time Piastri lost doing...

They're a bit pricey, but they're so simple to use: Amazon Eero. Last year I switched over to Vodafone's version of the Openreach full fibre (500mb speed), and the router they send out is a) a little bit rubbish, and b) Voda have decided to lock down the settings (eg cannot manually change the...

I wasn't meant to be available to play with my Mrs up in London, but the MIL stepped in to take my son for the afternoon. Was still a late arrival (fortunately only 2 overs) as we'd agreed with our opponents (Alfriston) to start an hour early to allow extra time to watch the match after. Came...

Blimey. 2025 driver rumours gone a bit nuts today: * Sainz back in the frame at Mercedes? * Perez form is worrying Red Bull, they might trigger a performance clause to get rid and promote Ricciardo. Races between now and summer break could be key.

Yep. Even with Labour winning this (which is what I wanted), there's plenty of evidence here of exactly how undemocratic FPTP really is as a system.

Please define "wokeism". Because in my world, the coining of the term "woke" was done so that certain abhorrent people with indefensible extreme views could attack what would otherwise be unassailable concepts. For me, being "woke" is all about treating everyone with respect (until they prove...

2 seats left to report results. At this point, I'm assuming they both must be super-close and subject to recounts and possibly a bit of back-and-forth on whether or not certain ballots are valid or spoiled.

Wallace not an option - he didn't stand for re-election. Ellwood lost his seat, so also not an option. A lot depends on who is willing to put their hand up, and the make up of those MPs they still have left. How many are Centrist-Tories, how many are Right-Tories, and how many are the types...

Yep, agreed. I've said it previously a few times over the last couple of years. Starmer will be a better PM than Oppo leader. Which is one the best things about how this all played out. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't've won. If this was 2010, we'd still be looking at a Labour loss IMHO...