That's just how hybrids are. Utterly brilliant in urban traffic, not much better than a standard ICE on a long motorway jaunt. 41 sounds quite poor though. I have a small to middling SUV with a 2L petrol, no hybrid, no turbo or anything fancy and managed 53 over the course of an hour's drive. Will concede ideal conditions on that run though. I think it doesn't help that a lot of hybrids are a standard car with a different drivetrain - even on a motorway run a Prius gets great mileage because it's designed to get great mileage. That's its raison d'etre.
BYD (short for Build Your Dream) is a brand I was completely unaware of until I saw a car with BYD branding parked on my street. Now they’re becoming a common sight in London and they even have a showroom in Mayfair within a stone’s throw of Rolls Royce’s, Lotus’ and Porsche’s.The abuses are starting to leak out now, amongst other things. There are a few reasons why Chinese cars are cheap so no surprises about their human rights abuses.
How electric cars fuel human rights abuses
Electric car makers risk supply chains which expose workers and local communities to exploitation, as mines needed for the battery metals expandinews.co.uk
Why should private transport be subsidised?
Leaving aside that reduced tax != subsidy, it's the government's own target to get people into EVs as quickly as possible. Costs aren't coming down fast enough for them to meet that, so the options are either to extend their target date for a certain %age of EVs on the road or to incentivise them financially in some way.
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The government(s) was hoping that the might of the auto industry would solve their climate commitments for them. Oddly enough, it seems they aren't charities. So it will either get pushed back, or they'll have to put real money into it.
BMW says Goodbye to Electric Cars; it has now Solved the Problem of Hydrogen Engines - MES - Hydrogen Central
BMW says Goodbye to Electric Cars; it has now Solved the Problem of Hydrogen Engines - MES. It seems like hydrogen engines could
I also know nothing about the technical side of things, but I'd assume that the batteries/fuel cells will still require rare and precious metals which is one of the huge problems with EVs in general.
Because a hydrogen fuel cell can't provide decent peak power, a hydrogen car is actually an EV with a hydrogen fuel cell continuously charging it. It's already an EV, they've just made it more expensive and complicated.
I think the idea is that you use electricity to create the hydrogen fuel. And that means you can use industrial electricity production at source rather than needing to store it in batteries
Except that storing it in batteries is way more efficient than making H2 out of it.
More interesting in that article is the mention that they are also rebooting the R5, which not only looks way cooler but it’s just 25k, which seems pretty reasonable for an EVHow about this for a small useable EV. A claimed range of 250 miles and under £30,000
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New Renault 4 first look: a small but spacious electric car with retro styling
This is the new Renault 4, a modern reboot of the classic 60s hatch which offers decent practicality in a small, city friendly package, and it’ll cost less than £30,000.www.carwow.co.uk
Not many teens could afford to insure a 5 turbo! Absolute angel of death reputation for good reason. Up there with the old 911s before they tamed them for most deadly car on the road.More interesting in that article is the mention that they are also rebooting the R5, which not only looks way cooler but it’s just 25k, which seems pretty reasonable for an EV
New Renault 5 on sale in 2025: funky electric car to cost less than 25,000
The all-new Renault 5 is finally here, and this retro-inspired electric hatchback retains almost identical styling to the concept car from three years ago. Read on for all you need to know.
Both the 4 and 5 models bring back happy childhood memories. But the former was a tradesman / farmer vehicle, while the R5 was at the top of the wish list of any youngster as their first car, in France and Spain at least. The Renault 5 Turbo was genuine teenage car porn
Oh I know. The turbo lag and subsequent wild boost totalled a great many of them. Those wide back wheel arches, though
It's just a High end Chinese EV.
