The Latest UK CAR NEWS | September 2024

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The Latest UK CAR NEWS | September 2024
Here we are with another roundup of some of the latest car news in the UK with sources including Autocar, Auto Express and GB News.
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[@craigeboy70]

I am so sick of TAX and we're Trillions in debt . How can you be this incompetent. Clearly they're just robing us.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

The country is a dysfunctional business. They charge what they want and don’t have to deliver on any promise of service all whilst giving away billions. Corruption clearly pays a part but I think the most common theme is incompetence. Other people’s money is easily spent on the wrong things.

[@chrisd924]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Our politicians on both sides of the house and our media are just front men for big business monopoly's.These corporations don't give a shit about whether we drive low cost safe cars or have a viable transport network or have safe cycle lanes or clean air and water... Shareholder profits and directors bonuses is all that matters.

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍 Another informative news update. 49.9k. I'm hoping it will have reached 50k the next time I see you. Thank you Jim

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Haha, me too! Thanks for all the support 👍

[@granfersteve3815]

More importantly why is luxury car tax still at £40k surely it should be more like £60K+ in this day and age.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Exactly

[@SarahWalker-Smith]

Why don’t we see more ‘use both lanes ‘ signs ? That would perhaps encourage drivers to merge later.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Great point

[@DavidBoreham-kk9dx]

Congratulations Jim you've made it to 50,000 you definitely deserve it onwards 100,000 next target 👍👍👍🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thank you mate, 100k by Christmas 😂👍

[@DavidBoreham-kk9dx]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru absolutely 💯

[@philhicks5818]

I’ve gone a done it , Ive ordered my first ev and home charger , I have a vw I’d buzz cargo coming at the end of the year, must say the demo experience was brilliant, the drive was really pleasant, but I am one of the lucky ones that can charge from home , otherwise i would not have gone down this route

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I love that cargo version, it’s great.

[@stevo2828]

I must admit, I just give space and let people merge into my lane as life is way too short to stress over it, I let people out etc as good karma ! Regarding the pay per mile tax, it sounds horrendous and another poll-tax eff up by the government.....the driver will only lose out no matter what mileage is driven.......bring back the horse and cart !

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍👍

[@gegwen7440]

Sir Shyster will indeed shaft the motorist the same as he has shafted the pensioners, Labour my ares.

[@davidk3729]

@@stevo2828 I’m old enough to no longer be competitive. Make a gap for merging drivers in queues. Slow to allow emerging traffic out. You get a wave of thanks, not a two finger salute. Makes for a comfortable pleasant drive.

[@mikadavies660]

Another common sense video from beginning to end. If you are NOT subscribed, why not? Jim is one of the most level headed channels you can find.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Listen to this man 😉 Thanks Mike 🙏

[@MarkOBoyle-wx2ck]

I'm new to the channel (and subscribed) and have to say it's great. Advice which seems reasonable and balanced, and you come across as a genuine car fan. Keep up the great work!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I really am - thanks

[@gregbernini3244]

Petrol in Japan is 86p a litre! I was there last month I couldn’t believe it

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Wow!

[@andrewjones5570]

Cheers Jim, LPG getting harder to get in north Wales, Morrisons has this week out their prices up from 99.9 to 129.9

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Oh wow!

[@steverichards3213]

Yes same here in Liverpool, our lpg days are over😢

[@MistaKeet1]

100k will come far quicker than the 50k, well deserved Jimbo 👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I really do hope so :)

[@antobethell4798]

Just gone for my first lease car Jim through watching you got a great deal for a Peugeot 408 👍😁

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Enjoy it

[@DavidBoreham-kk9dx]

Thanks jimbo it's great to see more and more people watching your vids keep up the great work 👍 also I have given myself a good thrashing for being a bit slovenly with my comments this morning 😂😂😂

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

😂😂😂 thank you sir, I always appreciate all your support 👍👍

[@chrisbailey1966]

Too soon for pay per mile, it will happen one day, but system we have works without a lot of overheads for government. Fuel stations collect all the money rather than billing everyone individually, privacy issues if government have to know where you are driving at what time, how would they enforce black box technology in older cars - would need lots of ANPR to check for a ping from onboard equipment or the black box could be left at home. Far more likely is a simple flat rate version of pay via milage reading matched to MOT/service data, open to abuse but lots cheaper to implement. Could have a base allowance of milage that covers each class of vehicle for a starting fee than add pence per miles to that. Full technical solution would have to come from integrated technology and that would need a start date. Can't see why a government would move away from a form of the system we have for any ICE vehicles.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍👍

[@Brian-om2hh]

"It will happen one day" Pay per mile will be here within a year....... Fuel stations won't be collecting the money once sales volumes of petrol and diesel reduce due to the move to EV's... A new system will be needed, hence pay per mile. The tax burden will switch to actual road *usage* Most cars built within the last 10 to 12 years already have a tracking facility incorporated. It simply needs activating. You just were not aware of it....

[@chrisbailey1966]

@@Brian-om2hh There are possibilities with newer cars especially EVs as they would be the first target. Not sure any existing tracking (I'm guessing you mean Sat Nav systems or like my car a built-in SIM) would be compatibly with an invoicing system as that is going to need time coded into the information for true road pricing rather than just total distance recording. I'm sure they will also need some anti-tamper measures too. Without that the possibility is a simple distance based system, but that is not as 'good' as the present system as there would be no incentive to use efficient (less polluting) vehicles if the majority of the tax is on distance as the fuel costs would then not differ much unless the distance charge has banding by MPG. Does nothing to encourage off-peak road use either. Gov. computer systems never work first time and the target group is not that big yet to move everyone over. So EVs will be the test subjects for a while yet, it really depends on details rather than headlines and for it to work on older cars some form of black box - which seems a lot of effort when they are most likely to be ICE vehicles.

[@johndoyle4723]

They could just bill you on the annual mileage from your MOT, or mandate an annual visit to a check station to record your mileage.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

you can clock a car in about 15 seconds so that wouldn’t work

[@jasonshaw1628]

Thanks Jim- great content as always 👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks 👍

[@Hayles6677]

I have to admit that I didn’t know this change. But luckily found out before the pandemic. Merging can be stressful though. There was a police post on X where they fined someone for being in the middle line so it does happen. Police were following them

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👌

[@AntCooke]

I didn’t know the merging law but always felt it would make for shorter smoother queues and merges if both lanes were used and then we zip into one right at the end.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍👍

[@PeteMulv]

Morning Jim, I agree with your comments on merging traffic, but the merging trafffic should also remember they should make some effort to match the speed of the traffic in that lane. Also, when traffic is joining the motorway, it was always called an exceleration lane when I started driving, so the clue was in the name. You should match the speed of the traffic on the motorway, then it is easy to move into the gap. Once on the motorway you can adjust your cruising speed. And don't get me on the use of indicators🤪😜

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👌

[@CakeFine]

The N 74 is exactly the type of car Ford should have built for their Capri reboot, not the SUV trife they did!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Absolutely

[@chrisd924]

The motorist already 'pays per mile'. Its called Fuel Duty... which is currently around 9 pence per mile.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👌

[@WilliamJones-dw5tf]

Well done Jim! Lots of hard work eh?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes, a lot of work but very thankful that this is now my work rather than something I hate (as was the case for much of my adult life) - I feel very lucky that people actually watch 👍

[@johndoyle4723]

Thanks, in the words of Sir Humphrey road mile pricing would indeed be "Very courageous". Only if they say they have no plans will we know it is happening. The EV versus ICE debate is now ridiculous, you are even handed, but there are youtube channels on both sides whose entire content is rubbishing the other. Just buy and drive what you want.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I could not agree more. Balance seems to be a dirty word on KZbin at times.

[@stuey2sovs]

Love these updates Jim. Almost 50k 👍🏼

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks 🙏

[@Caneandunable]

The pay per mile is not a rumour it’s an absolute certainty as most of us have said for years. It will hit EV owners first and foremost and then later ICE owners. And this is all about getting you out of your car which again we have said for years. ……

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I think it’ll screw everyone from the off but let’s wait and see

[@Caneandunable]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuruI know what the civil service is planning . It’s EV’s first 👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Well the civil service are less capable of delivering reliably than Royal Mail so let’s see what happens - getting people out of cars will only further screw the economy so that argument has always seemed puzzling 👍

[@Caneandunable]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru I agree with you about the civil service and I agree with you about getting people out of cars. However the truth is we can’t afford to keep our road system as is. And think how bad that would look if it was mentioned to the British public by Politicians. But they have a free get out jail card and yes the words net zero get mentioned a lot……As for the economy well there is always other means such as we will see in Octobers budget.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Don’t want to pay is different to cannot afford to be fair mate. We choose to spend billions on things that have no benefit to the public, we waste public money like it’s rain water (take a look at the NHS for starters). The country cannot sustain itself with our laughable public transport and push bikes. The road network is about as important to this country as blood is to me. Saying we can’t afford roads is ridiculous I’m afraid.

[@garygraham3218]

Thanks

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Wow - thanks so much Gary

[@GdaySport]

I cover 51 miles just getting to work and back. If I have to pay per mile, I'll make sure I get the sack because I'll be better off on the dole under labour. Great way to sink the already struggling economy! How about they stop wasting our paid taxes on stupid schemes and projects? The government has a terrible record of capital allocation and is top heavy...

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Agreed

[@somersetcomms6674]

What a crock. Stop reading the Tory press and think for yourself….

[@pmbpmb5416]

Labour are economic Pygmies , they have no clue and are driven by ideology that will ruin us , you have Milliband wrecking the oil industry, Reeves whose experience consists of a stint in the Bank of England until they shunted her off to America probably to be rid of her . The last set of Conservatives were very poor but nowhere near as bad as what is coming down the line .

[@GdaySport]

@@somersetcomms6674 ? Please enlighten me and tell me how Labour's policies are going to help the economy...

[@johnholkham2420]

It’s Swings and Roundabouts, Hunt cut your NI by 2% which produced a 20 billion tax hole ,Labour are trying to plug this hole with fuel tax increase so less NI more fuel tax . It’s all a political game but the NI cut must be more beneficial to you than a fuel tax rise

[@MrSoviet123]

Well done you have made your 50K subscribers

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks! 😃

[@vigneshn.y3048]

Well done Jimmer! 50K subscribers coming soon!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks mate, hopefully today or tomorrow🤞 then I have to do something to say thanks…

[@vigneshn.y3048]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Something like , So long and thanks for all the fish? 🤣

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

😂 I was thinking of a giveaway actually.

[@vigneshn.y3048]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Let's bring it on. Or a Winchester type meet Jimmer social

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Maybe both…

[@FancyaBevMate]

Hi mate good video insight I read on friday about SAIC which owns MG amongst others will bring SS battery vehicles to the masses from early next year. This is only the start of newer BEVs to come and considering SS batteries will be in their infancy in under 15 years I'm sure with developments they will get ever closer to the holy grail of the "7 minute charge" which if you didn't know is the average time it takes to fill an average ICE vehicle up with fuel. Personally I've always believed BEVs would be the future as if you consider ICE vehicles have been around for over 100 years they Will only get better! It's why I'm on my 2nd taxi using the technology. Cheers

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Some noise about Cherry Motors potentially building in the UK to avoid the taxes in future. More jobs and cheaper cars can’t be a bad thing if it happens.

[@JohnBailey-n6w]

49.9k almost there!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

🤞👍

[@Graham-rc1cp]

The thing with pay per mile is, yes they’ll remove VED, but it will return maybe 5 years down the line as a “Road Infrastructure Tax” or some other such nonsense…

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

No doubt

[@leefahy2795]

This pay per mile, is so ridiculous , it will put up everything, hgv food movement etc, train and bus, what are the thinking here, just make a standard amount of vehicle tax on ev that's it, no one will want to drive to any holiday destinations as it will cost you a fortune, I live in the north travel to Cornwall maybe 900 miles round trip say 0.06p a mile, wont want go anywhere and getting around with our transport links are near impossible, it is 3 trains for me to get to work.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍

[@williamfence566]

I live near a big ford dealer and noted they have cleared half their used car stock since july. They always clear some space for new registrations but not like this. Very little new stock in place. EV mandate biting ?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Maybe

[@markgriffiths409]

You ain’t gonna fix merge in turn 🤣, it is what it is… Middle lane hogging I totally agree with you! 😎👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

If people stopped driving like dicks then both problems would be instantly solved. Too many with little winkies out there trying to be all territorial in their cars. Its sad. 👍

[@markgriffiths409]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru 🤣🤣🤣, totally agree, but even the dick heads think the same about everyone else😆👍. I am with you 100%, especially with the territorial piece! However even if you type in “Dashcam”vids on YT it’s evidently a worldwide problem! Overall the UK isn’t too bad and since the age of cameras they seem to be in a minority. That is apart from middle lane hoggers of course 😎👍

[@Karl75R]

Literally on the cusp of going EV.. charger installation costs stopping me going for it. Given the targets I thought an incentive would be available to make that leap 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@salibaba]

Granny cable? If it’s only a charger there’s not much in it. Some dealers will give a free wallbox with a purchase. Jims Tesla referral link will save you £1000. I’m sure that’ll cover a charger 😊😉👍🏻

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Granny cable is an option

[@ians3328]

How on earth can they collect the tax by mile ? The collection cost would be huge. Are they going to put 40Million black boxes in all the cars - then expect people not to tweak/fiddle them ! Most of the cars here in Bradford don't pay any car tax until the police actually bother to confiscate them.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Cameras and telematics I guess.

[@rob5896]

No it doesn't work when people reach the end of a lane and move in at the last minute what it does is it causes a bottle neck holding up the entire lane that they are moving into and that's just makes no sense at all, this causes that lane that they are moving into to very often completely stop when really what we want to try and achieve is to keep all lanes of traffic moving as much as possible at all times even if that's at slower rate of movement, merging gradually helps alleviate this problem and I'm always for what makes driving better for everyone on the road rather than just a few entitled individuals in just one lane, its not about being polite it's about what keeps everyone moving we all have somewhere to be families and jobs to get to so lets make it better for everyone...

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

All merging properly at the correct time would keep everyone moving

[@2011ppower]

Hmm difficult juggling act promoting the uptake of EV's whilst not loosing essential revenue to pay for public services. Not sure politicians have the necessary smarts!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Agreed

[@catherinegrimes2308]

Norway isn't going to follow the EU and I hope that our Government tells the EU to get stuffed. I don't see why we should have to pay more for our cars in order to protect continental car manufacturers. Fewer EVs will be bought if the Government increases the tariffs leading to more greenhouse gases and pollution, leading to increased global warming and medical problems.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I’m sure we’ll follow along.

[@SeanWest-xb5cc]

Wait till labour gets to grips with the car market. It's going to coast us all

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

No doubt October is going to hurt

[@tivvy-xf4kz]

With all these costs including buying new vehicles you had better start reviewing e bikes as I can see people switching to them for economy.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Just not ideal when you have a serious commute

[@salibaba]

Removing fuel duty in favor of per mile only is a ridiculous idea. It’ll be far easier to circumvent paying the per mile charge though things like clocking than it is to avoid paying the duty on fuel. All that would happen is people would suddenly be able to afford to run humungous gas guzzlers even easier, then spoof the mileage readouts. If they’re doing road pricing, folks will just use the dodgy 4d plates.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

It’ll be done using telematics and cameras

[@salibaba]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru my problem with it is how will they charge that mile. Will it be a flat rate? If so, a mile in a Range Rover will be the same cost as a mile in a Picanto. The current fuel duty makes it proportionally much more expensive to drive a mile in the RR just now.

[@isackville]

I hope they don't bring in pay per mile as i do 17500 miles a year. But if it's done on road tax as we drive a motorbility car the cost should be zero as we don't pay for road tax. But they need to find a fair way were eveybody pays the same.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍

[@simonreeves2017]

Hi, greetings from Oxford. I do think a pay by mile car tax is a good idea - in principle. This could easily be linked to MoT collected mileage data, with cars under 3 years old being offered an on-line mileage submission. A weighting factor can be applied based on the individual vehicle specification, perhaps a combination of emissions and curb weight?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Hi 👋 Everyone would just click their cars Simon, it’ll be done using telematics and cameras and it’ll be bloody expensive. Shame.

[@earleyriser1967]

Every single journey you make will be monitored and charged for. Goodbye freedom.

[@davidpickard9393]

I think Radar Cruise control encourages Lane hogging.Otherwise the cars can unintentionally undertake.Most drivers do no fully drive thier cars.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I use radar cruise all the time but I also use the lanes as I should.

[@ianl4518]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Everybody who uses it selfishly says that.

[@adrianwood2566]

My ID3 won’t speed up when there is a car detected in the next lane so no unintentional undertaking.

[@stephengreen8986]

Didn't know the cupra depended on China. I had assumed Spanish content in the main. How did the world car industry transfer production without us knowing? How did they think it would work out for employment?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

So much of so many cars is manufactured in China these days but Cupra are now making some vehicles in China.

[@VintageLynx]

Unless I move house an EV can never work for me. Most times I cannot even park near my house due to other peoples cars parked. I rent a garage - which has no power at all - just to have a place to park. I will probably end up taxed to the max but nothing I can do 😑

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

And that’s why councils need to act

[@ians3328]

In our small town the council have put in 16 slow chargers which are fine to charge over night. At no cost to them. Developer pays and takes the profit. Car parking charges at a £1 overnight. All walkable in 10mins from anywhere in town. Hopefully yours will extract a digit too. Chicken and egg. At the moment no one uses them but they are there for when people do want them.

[@W.SussexSaddler]

Hi Jim, any rumours for a Huyndia equivalent to the Kia EV3

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I haven’t hear but there will be one for sure.

[@chrisduffill5248]

I think pay per mile and no other taxes would work , the government should then bring back incentives to buy EV’s otherwise there will be a lot of old cars on the road . The only people buying an EV will be business drivers . The private sector is at a huge disadvantage

[@matthewtyler-jones8317]

@@chrisduffill5248 right! The only way I could afford the Škoda I just bought is by buying through my business

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

But at what price? Pay per mile at 1p per mile is a different proposition to at 10p per mile.

[@mikadavies660]

The pay per mile is likely to make everyone's road tax at £3,000/yr plus. Because as ever they will have 200,000 employees collecting the tax. If they want it to totally replace fuel tax then think about paying £5,000/yr.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Or they could of course cut costs and spend public money like it’s precious rather than free (which will not happen).

[@mikadavies660]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Nice dream... Remember this crowd are out to prove they can make Boris and his wasteful corruption child's play. They may arrest mini drivers for having Union Jack tail lamps?

[@ISuperTed]

Don’t want to get taken down by the woke YT police, but my wife has genuinely been to Dick Lovett many times!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

😂😂😂

[@simonreeves2017]

I love my BMW, but if they think hydrogen is the future I really worry about the sanity of their leadership. The problems with hydrogen are massive and insurmountable, because the laws of physics are hard to reinvent!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍

[@mivanp2185]

hope you well Jim looking for a quick turm around lease if I sell my motor over the next week

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍👍 there’s plenty of decent choices at the moment.

[@mivanp2185]

Sry jim that was severely lacking any info . Looking for as cheap as possible 5000 miles max family friendly would be better . But just A to B hope you can help me out .

[@mivanp2185]

​@@DefinitelyNotAGuruive just had a look at lease loco . Whats your opinion on petrol vs. Electric with the current costs

[@mivanp2185]

Who is your go to lease company at the moment?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Just check out the latest lease deals videos, all the info is there. 👍

[@ZZR1200ZX]

£100k for a Jeep. I’ll say no more. 🤭🤭🤭

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

👍

[@johnfrancis4401]

I think we should impose tariffs on Chinese cars because that will help our neighbours - the French and German car makers - and we really owe them lots. Besides I’ve bought my MG4 and tariffs will increase its resale value.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Superman-nn4nw]

How will the pay per mile work? How will they know how many miles have been done? Will this re-introduce a modern version of clocking? The motorist will no doubt need to fund the mileage box and its installation. What p***es me off is if every driver decided to leave their car at home and use public transport it couldn’t cope anyway. It’s all about maximising the shaft of the public.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Well you see all those cameras everywhere and all those computers inside your car…public transport in my area is beyond a joke already. Almost non existent, unreliable, usually filthy, and expensive.

[@Checker63]

I am sure Geoff Buys Cars did a video saying that the RAC did NOT say that they wanted a pay per mile scheme. They put out a statement to that effect apparently. However, when it does inevitably arrive, I'd say it will be in addition to the other taxes, low to start with and then creep up. The government see the motorists as cash cows. They will use it as yet another way of getting people out of ICE cars

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Brian-om2hh]

I don't know about the RAC, but the Head of the AA - Edmund King - was allegedly involved in discussions with the government regarding the development of a system of Road Tolls. His wife is also said to have assisted him to arrive at what could be a workable road pricing scheme. Of course once the government has a play around with it, then it could turn out rather differently......

[@mrlv8126]

It’s all doom and gloom for us motorists…😢

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Replace motorists with Brits and I agree.

[@volt8684]

It’s what wef want

[@Dentos19]

Dick Lovett just love it😂😂

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

So does Dick apparently 😂

[@speedboostr]

Can anyone recommend a good cordless angle grinder and cutting disks?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Milwaukee are decent

[@Brian-om2hh]

Makita...or as Jim suggested, Milwaukee

[@jonron4729]

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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@nickyboy.]

140th

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@mustafaassad2916]

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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@chrisduffill5248]

The government should provide a market driven approach , and punish diesel and petrol users to promote cleaner drivers using a mix as you describe…… this will allow other tech like hydrogen to come to market……

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I think they’re already doing that with the taxes and duties on fossil fuels. Hydrogen seems likely to always be very expensive given the fact that the creation of it uses so much energy - and it then needs to be converted back to electricity again (unless we ever see mainstream hydrogen “engines”)

[@AlanH-o2u]

When batteries start to deteriorate like my iPhone battery the EV car market will crash.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Your iPhone battery lasts 2/3 years before it gets down to 80% right? There are plenty of 10-15 year old EVs still on the road with huge mileage on them that have had almost zero servicing and still have 80%+ of their battery life remaining and battery tech is getting better every year - most of those batteries could be repaired/refurbished for the fraction of the cost of a new engine - so what’s your point Alan?

[@Brian-om2hh]

Nonsense. There are plenty of 10 year old EV's - including those belonging to KZbin users. Your iPhone doesn't have a heat pump or battery management..... One particular user of an MG5 electric estate car - who operates a 24/7 call out service - has put 120k miles on his 71 reg MG5, and the battery state of health is still at 92% He posts videos here on KZbin regarding the car's progress... His first set of front tyres lasted 41k miles, which is yet another silly EV myth busted.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru He clearly hasn't heard of battery pack refurbishments Jim.....and he isn't the only one.

[@hazels27]

Thanks for another very newsy update.

[@likelikelikelikelikelike3971]

I’ve a 50k 8 year old Leaf as a daily with old tech and no heat pump or thermal management and it’s still over 90% state of health. The second hand battery has value if the car gets scrapped. All the batteries are recyclable.