Are we being forced to go electric?

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CXRAndy

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Day 1 Ypres. Charged twice in the UK. Once at lunch when we got to Stansted services and Eurotunnel. Though I needed had bothered to get to Ypres. The hotel has charging, but don't need it to get into Germany today.
 
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the_mikey

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All uphill said:
My opening and closing statement.

No, we are not being forced to go electric; it is possible for many, but not all, people to organise a lifestyle and home location that does not require a personally owned motorised vehicle at all. Train stations, ebikes, living in a 20 minute town, work near home, car share schemes can all be part of a car ownership free life, but it does require change, which some will find painful.
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Absolutely this, I own a vehicle and I know the reason for owning that vehicle is not to get me around but simply to appease other people in my family, but I have it firmly in my sight to rid myself of the parasitic machine so I can get back to enjoying life and not doing dumb stuff to keep other people happy.
 
CXRAndy

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Entered Germany now, came across a stretch of autobahn, so stretched the Tesla's legs @125mph, was effortless. ;)
 
TheDoctor

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I recently had a lowly 208 electric as a courtesy car.
Once I'd got used to it, did the obligatory standing start foot-to-the-floor in Sport mode.
OMFG.
It just kept accelerating! It pulled better than our old 150bhp tdi, and carried on pulling. No gear change, no let up. Highly impressive.
 
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TheDoctor said:
I recently had a lowly 208 electric as a courtesy car.
Once I'd got used to it, did the obligatory standing start foot-to-the-floor in Sport mode.
OMFG.
It just kept accelerating! It pulled better than our old 150bhp tdi, and carried on pulling. No gear change, no let up. Highly impressive.
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Imagine whats its like a 'ludicrous' Tesla. I was really excited at been given one a loan car, but after just one full throttle launch it felt like I gave my self concussion, spent the rest of the time with the car been worried that I would accidentally crash it into a bush/house/tree etc.
 
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gzoom said:
Imagine whats its like a 'ludicrous' Tesla. I was really excited at been given one a loan car, but after just one full throttle launch it felt like I gave my self concussion, spent the rest of the time with the car been worried that I would accidentally crash it into a bush/house/tree etc.
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I don't even take my leaf out of eco mode. Too fast for my liking.
 
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