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Why has it taken so long to make it a legal requirement? What does OLEV (Office for Low Emission Vehicles) actually do if it takes over 5 years to introduce this simple and obvious law?

On the whole public charging system is a hopeless mess. It is getting better but motorways are particularly bad as Ecotricity has been allowed free range. They have recently been taken over but at the moment you have to have an app to use many of their chargers. I use the A1 rather than the...

I had the same experience as Archev with aftermarket valve covers, they stuck on after a while, the only solution was new valves, beware!

Leeds does have a free parking policy for residents with electric vehicles, unfortunately the department that administers the permits hates giving them out, doing their best to find a reason not to issue them. When I challenged them they told me it was a policy being forced on them and they...

The MG mats for the 5 are not great quality, a bit thin. I got some Michelin rubber mats from Costco for £30.99, good quality and good value. You do have to be a member. https://www.costco.co.uk/search?text=car%20mats

No issues with my Pixel 5 reception. Did have an issue with radio etc. all not responding on a recent journey, no sound although a radio station was showing, no response to touch screen. When I stopped the car, turned of ignition and the restarted it all worked as normal.

In my limited experience I have only come across Tesla allowing recommending an 80% charge limit under most conditions. Being a cynic my feeling is that Tesla allow a higher level of maximum charge on their batteries and this may be the reason for their recommendation. Android Auto and wired...