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 Mapletree  Croydon 01 Jul 19 5.44pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
That brought back memories that I'd long forgotten about. I used to go to school in Kingston and often caught the trolleybus from New Malden to Kingston Croydon swapped trams for trolley buses thinking them more practical. They then found the pantographs kept jumping off the lines and eventually gave up with them. Now we are back to trams, sadly all the old tracks were ripped up long ago so it was much harder than it could have been to get them back in place.
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cryrst  The garden of England 01 Jul 19 8.29pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
Croydon swapped trams for trolley buses thinking them more practical. They then found the pantographs kept jumping off the lines and eventually gave up with them. Now we are back to trams, sadly all the old tracks were ripped up long ago so it was much harder than it could have been to get them back in place. Trivia
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| YT Oxford 01 Jul 19 9.14pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Trivia I like that.
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| Mr Palaceman 01 Jul 19 10.10pm |
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Electric cars are a big con. Highly unsustainable. Expensive and a nightmare to dispose of or sell on. Another environmental disaster waiting to happen.Like the move to Diesel. I always find it funny, that people will put up with an inferior product if they think it's cool. Tesla and Beats Audio are prime examples.
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| Mapletree Croydon 01 Jul 19 10.38pm |
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Originally posted by YT
I like that. So do I. Excellent trivia.
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| Mapletree Croydon 01 Jul 19 10.43pm |
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Originally posted by Mr Palaceman
Electric cars are a big con. Highly unsustainable. Expensive and a nightmare to dispose of or sell on. Another environmental disaster waiting to happen.Like the move to Diesel. I always find it funny, that people will put up with an inferior product if they think it's cool. Tesla and Beats Audio are prime examples. I should like to see some science on relative environmental effects. I am told good EVs are great to drive. The new 60+ KWh cars start to look pretty practical.
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| cryrst The garden of England 02 Jul 19 5.24am |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
I should like to see some science on relative environmental effects. I am told good EVs are great to drive. The new 60+ KWh cars start to look pretty practical. And there are 1000s of charging points for 1000s of future cars.
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| JohnB 02 Jul 19 6.31am |
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Until they have one with the range of a diesel car there is no way I could get one. I'm not sure how much they cost to run in comparison to gas cars, but you can only claim 4p per mile for business in comparison to 45p/40p for gas. That doesn't sound to me like it would cover the cost.
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| Midlands Eagle 02 Jul 19 8.13am |
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Originally posted by JohnB
Until they have one with the range of a diesel car there is no way I could get one. I'm not sure how much they cost to run in comparison to gas cars, but you can only claim 4p per mile for business in comparison to 45p/40p for gas. That doesn't sound to me like it would cover the cost. Are you sure as my understanding is that the same rates apply to electric as conventional cars
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| JohnB 02 Jul 19 8.30am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
Are you sure as my understanding is that the same rates apply to electric as conventional cars Yup: [Link] *caveat - hybrids count as gas rates Now I've typed this I've noticed it says company cars and not private cars used for business which is what I do so need to look that one up. Edited by JohnB (02 Jul 2019 8.30am) Edited by JohnB (02 Jul 2019 8.32am)
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| Mapletree Croydon 02 Jul 19 8.52am |
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Originally posted by cryrst
And there are 1000s of charging points for 1000s of future cars. On average more efficiently than using a small petrol or Diesel engine. The infrastructure will come quickly now the cars are improving. In any case town dwellers can use their domestic supply. They just need access to an ICE car if doing longer runs.
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 becky over the moon 02 Jul 19 9.04am |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
On average more efficiently than using a small petrol or Diesel engine. The infrastructure will come quickly now the cars are improving. In any case town dwellers can use their domestic supply. They just need access to an ICE car if doing longer runs. Can be difficult if you live on the 9th floor......
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