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the other key point about using extension cables if they are drum ones is to make sure they are fully unwound when charging the car it prevents heat build up in the drum had a good one where the wife used a drum extension cable when ironing indoors and only unwound enough to reach the ironing...

but due to how few EV battery fire are still somewhat rare, they get a lot of media time google for petrol / diesel car fires there are a lot more the interesting one is when you look for fires per 100,000 between EV and diesel/petrol, I can't find a reference, but I think I saw the figures a...

do the MG's have an app that sends a push notification to you phone when the car is fully charged? the problem is then finding a space to move the car to especially if you are halfway round the store, not too bad if you and partner shopping but if on your own could be a pain but yes there does...

thoroughly agree, when they were the early days of VAG they were great, they have become a VW Box clone now and lost the value for money appeal about 6-7 years ago for me, hence changed to Hyundai who were at the start of their climb, MG seem near that mass market take off so will be at that...

to be brutally honest if the MG was branded Roewe, i would never look at it, MG has heritage and history in the UK, Roewe has neither i am aware of brand image to me means the following things 1:- high end brands attract badge snobs like audi / bmw / Tesla 2:- quality of product 3;- quality /...

this is the issues with global supply chains raw materials mined in one country, refined in another, manufactured into components in another and assembled into end products somewhere else again add to that R&D and energy likely come from elsewhere as well, the slightest hickup anywhere in the...

the term self charging hybrid is a weird one and i agree misleading but it is accurate as they are self charging, they use regen braking and a starter generator to charge a much smaller battery than a Full EV (mine is 1.56KWh compared to 28KWh of the Full EV version of my car) but having owned...

self charging hybrids are a nice stepping stone to full EV via plugin hybrids there are three big problems preventing mass EV adoption 1:- cost of the vehicle compared to a ICE engined variant 2:- perceived lack of charging infrastructure, most don't realise it is cheaper and more likely 90+%...

the problem i have at the moment is to replace my current 5 year old hybrid with the same model is about £24K new or about £20k for 1 year old to replace with a plugin or EV version of the same is an additional £12K - £15k i discounted the MG 5EV LR due to old tech compared to my current car...

the other thing holding EV's back is their premium price compared to standard ICE cars

i did post another thread that showed the sale of new Full EV's (not including hybrids or plugin) outsold diesel engined cars for the first time so not sure the small market is still the case

put simply they have to much investment tied up in dead dinosaur juice engines and see lower profit due to less servicing costs (no cam belts oil changes, plug changes) and all the other reasons to get you back into a dealer or shop to remove notes from your wallet fewer hot oily bits moving...

i was quite surprised by this article, as i though EV sales was still far lower than Diesels but it is good news for the environment so long as the electricity is from renewables from Battery electric car sales finally overtook the diesel institution in Europe (greencarreports.com)

when you get adverts like those, website owners get upset when you block all adverts but they are annoying, many are scams / full of rubbish, and a good percentage link to sites full of exploit code (faceache is the worst for those) if i see anything i "might" be interested in in an advert i...