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I drive an electric car. It is fantastic during D for Daylight but as soon as the sun goes down and I set it to N for Nighttime the damn thing won’t move.

Eyeup EV-ers. Saw a reference to this site today. Looks moderately useful. Compare Public EV Networks Now, if they pitched in with reliability tables as well, that'd be even more useful.

A few lots from lot 9577 onwards on this auction site may be of interest. Beware of Buyers Premium. "Internet charge", postage and VAT, which can add significantly to the hammer price. Caveat emptor...

Saw this today. Quite cute.

This: Nose-picking primates spark scientific quest

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Cars in driver-assist mode hit a third of cyclists, all oncoming cars in tests Don't rely too much on automatics yet. Autonomous cars may be further away than believed. Testing of three leading systems found they hit a third of cyclists, and failed to avoid any oncoming cars. Full article...

I don't think it's me, as SWMBO is of a similar opinion, that wildlife doesn't get out of the way of a leccy car anywhere nearly as early as an ICE car. The number of critters we've nearly run down in our MG5 has been startling, especially after our diesel Passat.

I've posted on here before about pepipoo.com as an excellent resource for successfully fighting parking and general motoring tickets. They also offer a general chat forum, in which I found this: Electric Vehicle Charging Porn - FightBack Forums Enjoy

Me: Please bring me a screwdriver Her: Crosshead, straight slot, Phillips, Torx , or Vodka? I knew at that moment she was The One

Electric car chargers will have to include secure boot and automatic network disconnection if unsigned software runs on the smart devices – but only from 2023, the British government has said. New security requirements for smart chargers won't be enforced until the last day of this year...

Your opinions please on charge point operators: good, bad, reliable or not, plus whether or not contactless is available or if payment is just in a walled garden. I suppose we'll need to separate between the 3-7kW, 22-49kW and anything greater than 50kW, It'll be interesting to see how the...

Shell plans to install 50,000 electric vehicle charging points across UK One can only hope there will be no need for apps, using a website or other stuff that petrol pumps never have been contaminated with. One also hopes the chargers will be reliable, properly supported and that any repairs...

Keep up with the technology: Move over What Three Words: Tired: What3Words. Wired: A clone location-tracking service based on FOUR words – and they are all extremely rude

A recent post questioning how overstay at a public charging point might be dealt with promoted me to think about a very useful online community I chanced upon some years ago. Apologies if I'm telling granny how to suck eggs but, for those to whom this is new, read on... Check out this site...

Anyone interested in a private plate for an electric car? https://dvlaregistrations.dvla.gov.uk/buy.html?plate=UN19%20ATE&price=399 My other car is a milk float