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I have no drive and nowhere to put a drive. The only parking is on the opposite side of the road, therefore nowhere to charge at home. As is normal with costs, once the government and utility companies have a captive audience, public prices will rocket, as with diesel. The 2.00 litre diesel engine goes on forever whereas batteries have a relatively short life with a massive replacement cost. I have no idea how long the electric motors last Too visit my daughter I have a return journey of 360 miles, nowhere to charge at home or her house so realistically, in good weather and favourable conditions, I would still have to recharge at motorway prices. Add to that the huge cost to buy even a basic model makes them a very unattractive option. There is also the near impossible task to find replacement costs for the battery packs. How many of our Rovers, (or any older cars) do you think would have survived had they needed probably 2-3 replacement packs by now? I can see many drivers, just on battery pack costs, being forced off the roads or unable to afford to get their first old banger. I believe that hydrogen power will be the way forward, that's assuming that we peasants haven't been forced off the road by all the additional taxes. |
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Old Faithful, I have to agree with your comment on electric cars! It now costs me £7 to charge my battery at home to get 240 miles range. I know that is less than the cost of a gallon of petrol and a lot less than a gallon of the devil’s fuel. It will probably rise to £10 in April but by then the solar panels on the roof should be delivering free electricity.
PS can we kill this nonsense about needing to replace the batteries. Early EV (like the Leaf) suffered this problem but their are lots of EVs with over 200k on the clock runnnig fine.
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Tank is a donut in the spare wheel well, so the spare wheel sits on the floor. No real bother as I don't carry junk around with me.
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It's sad really, especially if your Rover is your daily driver. They really are classics now, to be preserved and used minimally. I had to sell mine for another reason, hard to get in and out but decisions will have to be made whether owners keep running them due to escalating fuel costs. I made an impulse buy with an Astra 1.6 with low mileage but that has now gone, replaced by a Golf Plus 1.9 TDi Auto.
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