I’m pretty sure it featured on here - the story of a bloke from Prestatyn who called 999 from his EV Jaguar I-Pace and told the police his brakes had failed and he couldn’t slow the car from 90mph. The police closed two lanes of the M62 and followed him until he ran out of charge. The outcome now is that he’s been charged with dangerous driving, causing a public nuisance and two counts of fraud by false representation. It was one of the news stories that the anti-EV lobby were all over at the time. There was a similar tale of an MG in Scotland, but I’ve not seen anything of that one since.

I hope JLR sue him for reputational damage and loss of sales/earnings. The story did a lot of damage to the Jaguar brand.

The other element to this stuff is that it makes an average Joe look like a driving god. You just can’t get standing starts wrong - not too many revs to break traction, too few revs and it’ll bog down - you don’t need any great technique other than flexing your right ankle. I’m always a bit wary for the first couple of metres, to avoid a huge shock load to shafts, CV joints, etc, but after that it’s point and press. Even a regular Dual Motor Tesla Model 3 I drove on a test track hit an indicated 135mph from a standing start after just half a mile.

Precisely. Even in snow and ice with an I3 I felt always in control. The Honda Jazz auto would lose traction with a series of jolts on ice ... I3 was much smoother in extremis. Dial down the power through an ECO setting and town driving is easy peasy.

... you don’t need any great technique other than flexing your right ankle. I’m always a bit wary for the first couple of metres, to avoid a huge shock load to shafts, CV joints, etc, but after that it’s point and press.

The vehicle has changed a lot, but the transfer of torque to ground is still rubber to asphalt. People have said that tyre particles add to pollution, so presumably EVs may not help here ?

I wonder what's involved with the coolant change? If Renault are charging c£200 to replace the 12v battery (standard less than £100 item you'd find in any ICE), then the c£500 may not involve any special equipment? Makes it all DIYable when the cars reach 2nd owner on.

I think you are a bit out of date as to what a main dealer would charge to replace a 12v battery! More like £400 on many models.

This is quite an informative page.

www.prestoneuk.com/blog/a-guide-to-vehicle-fluids-.../

.... there’s been waterless coolant for years. It’s glycol based and has a boiling point almost twice that of water. Corrosion concerns are obviously reduced when you don’t have water in a cooling system.

Compared to water, glycol is rather viscous and will need to be thinned, or a tougher pump will be called for. Not only that, water is an excellent coolant because of its heat capacity - meaning it transports waste heat away efficiently. Pity it's corrosive really ....