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Post by prof20 on Jul 26, 2017 18:19:29 GMT
Technology will have to improve significantly by 2040, or we'll all be b**gered. (I wonder if I'll still be driving around at 92). This is one response from an ARRSE poster telling just how it is with the current generation of hybrid vehicles.... 'Yippeeeee!! That's really going to work up here in Scotchland. Distances between towns and villages aside, the terrain and weather mean that realistically, we get half the range of electric cars on the south coast. We took a Mitsubishi Outlander for a 24 hour test drive. The "33 mile range" was actually 11 miles before having to switch to petrol to get us home again. Not once, but three times in three different directions and 11 miles was the furthest. Running in "charge" mode whereby the petrol engine charges the battery, we managed about 26 miles before the system switched to petrol only as it could not top up fast enough. the joy of hills and twisty roads! Over a 24 hour period and around 160 miles, using the maximum amount of battery we could, we averaged 28.6 mpg. A long term test from one of the motoring mags averaged 35.4mpg over 6 months of use down south on flatter roads and warmer climate. The official Mitsubishi MPG is 156.9mpg. So for £45k you get a hybrid that does less mpg than an equivalent priced Land Rover Discovery. Makes sense to me! '
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Post by cookie on Jul 27, 2017 18:57:06 GMT
Nuclear powered cars are the only way to go. Saves on casualties in rta's as well. There would be no survivors and would clean up local area
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Post by GB584 on Jul 27, 2017 18:57:13 GMT
I keep hearing people moaning about this but I am quite excited about it. We will be stealthily buying up extension leads and stockpiling them for the great day when the combustion engine goes the way of the Dodo (not to be confused with Dodi although both are now extinct).
Electrical cabling will be as rare as hens teeth and you can purchase one from me for £99.99 (subject to inflation and the state of my bank account at the time).
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