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Old 01-08-2020, 08:03 AM   #25 (permalink)
Lemmy
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Definitely a way to go yet before customers start clamouring for electric vehicles instead of regulators twisting their arm to do so. A Leaf does something like 125MPGe, yet our Volvo can deliver 120MPG imp actual, and if you don't mind driving it in regular hybrid mode it can be refuelled in about a minute and has a range of over double that of the Leaf without refuelling.

So if the choice is down to the consumer alone without any regulatory pressure, why would they bother?
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2004 Smart Fortwo 0.7 petrol.
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2019 mileage - 1900 by car, 7100 by bicycle.
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