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My daily commute is a 180-mile round trip on a variety of motorway sections, roundabout filled dual carriage ways and B roads. I currently drive a 2009 Citroen C5 diesel automatic. Tax is a whacking £350...
I've ordered a Tesla Model 3. I want to use the grant to get a wall charger for my driveway. The options for the chargers are a little confusing, as well as the independent installers. Do you have any...
I signed for an electric car (Nissan Leaf) on 9 March 2020 with an EV Grant of £3500 and I'm due to take delivery on the 16. Will I still get £3500 or will it be £3000?
Would it not be a good idea to move to hydrogen-powered vehicles and not bother with battery power? It would have a lot of advantages such as not having to dig up the roads to lay cables and install charging...
Having driven through some epic puddles and sections of flooded roads over the last few months how do electric cars perform in these situations? Are the motors and connections fully waterproofed?
If I was unfortunate and got caught in a flood that was say two feet deep, what would happen in an electric car. Would a battery short cause electrocution of occupants or cause a fire? How safe would...
Which is the best home charging point one to install - Pod-Point or Chargemaster? Pod point says 3.6 kw compatible with a MINI Countryman PHEV 2020 but should I get a 7kw charge point?
Which is the best value electric car?
It is stated that electric cars will be much cheaper to service than petrol/diesel. Is this actually the case?
Having bought a new petrol powered car, I was interested to hear the Government bring forward the date for banning the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles. As I live in a block of flats and park in the...
 

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