Not for me! but how will this affect our current bikes prices????? i.e will they fall through the roof because nobody wants them or you cant use them on the public roads?
The manufacture and recycling of all current types of batteries involve proccesses that are at the top of the most environmentally damaging table and the UK has no way of generating the amount of power required to recharge the number of vehicles that will be on the roads without building more power stations that either burn fossil fuel or use nuclear materials. Where is there a “positive” in that scenario ? Andy
High end bikes and cars will always be strong values, and seeing as the super rich spend millions on classics they will always be allowed to run them I guess...
There's a colleague on here who has a solution. Bikes that run on biodiesel. ... @Torquepen .... get them told.
Exactly. The changing regulations will only affect new vehicles and you can still run your classics that wouldn't meet todays regs. My employer has to constantly change engines to meet Euro 4, 5, 6 standards but has no obligation to do anything with vehicles sold under the old standards. Check out the cars on the London - Brighton run. The prices of old air cooled 911s or 2 stroke bikes. In practice, 95% of people will just slip into any new standards and older vehicles will be turned into fridge freezers & toasters over a 15 year cycle. The remaining few "dirty" old vehicles on the road will not matter much to the powers that be.
OK, OK, I'll pick it up then if you'll put me up for a night. And maybe give me a go on that lardy Hiya Bushy you have rotting in your shed.
Let's take this in easy stages, shall we, and break it down into eight simple facts. 1. Energy is measured in kilowatt hours (kWh), which is a common standard for all the different forms of energy. 2. Petrol fuel contains approx 10 kWh of energy per litre. 3. Petrol costs approx £1.20 per litre in the UK at present, including tax and duty. 4. It costs approx 12p per kWh to buy energy in the form of petrol. 5. Electricity from mains suppliers costs approx 12p per kWh, including tax but disregarding standing changes. 6. Thus energy costs about the same whether you buy it as electricity or as petrol, and whether you store it in a battery or a petrol tank. 7. If somebody else pays for your energy, then it may cost £0 to you but it still has a real cost. 8. Each vehicle turns stored energy into motion, with varying degrees of efficiency (or claimed efficiency). So @Robarano if you want to assert that any of these eight true and accurate facts is "horseshit" or "cuckoo" please go ahead. But perhaps you would specify which facts you refuse to accept, and on what basis.
two questions, If electrics only translates over to motorsport/racing, do we have any fans of motorsport who are blind and what will be the impact of electrics on that and, add ons, what will firms like Akropovic do? stick a top trump card with a peg on the wheel for noise?
Actually Pete is more like £0.143 for a daytime tariff, so it's more expensive. You could get a saving if you had a dual tariff meter and charged overnight. However your argument is still not valid. The efficiency of the electric car to turn Kw into movement is much better than a petrol engine car. Around 60% for Electric and 20% for Petrol (40% for Diesel), so the electric cars have it on saving the planet.... Not withstanding finding enough materials to make the motors and batteries, then making electric without killing everything around us.
PS I loved my Lister Jag and my current R32 and the V6 Merc car.... so I'm no bleeding heart save the planet guy.
I wonder if they will require like your phone, regular updates and if that is the case then it leaves it open to what apple have just admitted in slowing down older models. Apple say this was to prolong the battery, most suspect it was to give the impression your phone is dying and needs to be junked so go and buy a new one.
