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Old 12th March 2019, 03:25 PM
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Lovely looking car. Pity it doesn't have a petrol V10 in it
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Old 12th March 2019, 05:21 PM
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The future's bright, the future's electric
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(2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize
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(4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting.
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Old 12th March 2019, 09:02 PM
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oooooo. More talk from Audi. Someday, sometime they will actually deliver
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Old 13th March 2019, 06:39 AM
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The future's bright, the future's electric
The future could well be long queues and scuffles at charging points if the infrstructure doesn’t improve pretty quickly.
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Old 13th March 2019, 07:47 AM
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The future could well be long queues and scuffles at charging points if the infrstructure doesn’t improve pretty quickly.
Don't worry Jim, that won't happen: if an upstart Californian company with no cash can build a global infrastructure of > 10000 fast chargers that keeps ahead of demand, then existing car companies with billions to burn shouldn't find it that hard (especially as they can see their existing ICE business disappearing fast). And local and national governments support that happening too.

Scare stories about not being able to charge are just that.
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(1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P-
(2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize
(3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful.
(4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting.
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Old 13th March 2019, 10:09 AM
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Don't worry Jim, that won't happen: if an upstart Californian company with no cash can build a global infrastructure of > 10000 fast chargers that keeps ahead of demand
A task that is made arguably much easier when one controls the demand
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Old 13th March 2019, 11:58 AM
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yeah because the national grid thats been neglected for the last 2 decades will magically cope with that scale
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Old 13th March 2019, 02:51 PM
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At least BMW are still doing it properly
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Old 13th March 2019, 03:04 PM
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At least BMW are still doing it properly
Everyone's at it...
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(1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P-
(2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize
(3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful.
(4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting.
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The future is electricity rationing, tariff-shaping, geofenced cars that refuse to unlock the door because you don't have a sufficient social score or a tweet you liked doesn't align with their corporate values. It's all in the UN white papers for 2030.
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