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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by Spruce on Today at 08:21:48 am »Interesting thread this.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by Perfect Windows on Today at 08:12:12 am »Manufacturers are slashing prices because they ain't selling enough and some manufacturers are pulling out of making them.
Not selling enough...
Article at: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/electric-vehicles-uk-sales-price-b2540169.html
Some manufacturers are pulling out of making them? I ask because I had a good look and all I could find was Volvo selling off its share in Polestar in order to concentrate on building EVs under the Volvo name. Can you let me know which manufacturer is stopping making them?
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by Soupy on Today at 08:11:20 am »Betamax came out before VHS, yet Betamax became obsolete. It doesn't pay to be the first jumping on the bandwagon of new technology.
Wait until all the problems of EV new technology is ironed out. They have low range, higher insurance, higher risk of battery fires. Price of charging in public is rising, anxiety with range and charging stations. They are being pushed by dealers because of fines if not meeting sales targets by the EU even though we are no longer in the EU. Manufacturers are slashing prices because they ain't selling enough and some manufacturers are pulling out of making them. EV secondhand sales are depreciating rapidly which in turn fuels new sales. Dealers are refusing to accept old EV's making them become classed as white goods in a throw away society of keep it until it's no longer practical or financially viable to sell.
Hybrids ain't the future as once the battery is knackered the whole ICE car is rendered useless unlike a normal ICE vehicle, people don't realise this.
I'm fortunate I'll retire before needing to worry about EV's being forced upon us owing to ICE vehicles trying to be phased out by government, however the market and public opinion determine the future, not the government.
Step away from the daily express/mail/telegraph/sun.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by Perfect Windows on Today at 08:05:39 am »They are being pushed by dealers because of fines if not meeting sales targets by the EU even though we are no longer in the EU.
Damn the EU. Forcing us to have stronger laws than they do regarding the phasing out of internal combustion. Painting us into a corner where they make our government, against its will, create rules more stringent than the EU. Bunch of unelected idiots, they are.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pathway-for-zero-emission-vehicle-transition-by-2035-becomes-law#:~:text=The%20zero%20emission%20vehicle%20(%20ZEV,increasing%20to%20100%25%20by%202035.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by Perfect Windows on Today at 07:48:03 am »6
Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by Soupy on Today at 06:31:17 am »Betamax came out before VHS, yet Betamax became obsolete. So did VHS. What's your point? It doesn't pay to be the first jumping on the bandwagon of new technology.
Wait until all the problems of EV new technology is ironed out. They have low range,Not an issue if you're not driving it very far, like, you know, a window cleaning round higher insurance Not true higher risk of battery fires less risk of diesel fires. Price of charging in public is rising if you can't charge it at home don't buy one, anxiety with range we suffered with that for two whole days and charging stations. They are being pushed by dealers because of fines if not meeting sales targets by the EU even though we are no longer in the EU. Manufacturers are slashing prices because they ain't selling enough and some manufacturers are pulling out of making them. EV secondhand sales are depreciating rapidly which in turn fuels new sales. Dealers are refusing to accept old EV's making them become classed as white goods in a throw away society of keep it until it's no longer practical or financially viable to sell.
Hybrids ain't the future as once the battery is knackered the whole ICE car is rendered useless unlike a normal ICE vehicle, people don't realise this.
I'm fortunate I'll retire before needing to worry about EV's being forced upon us owing to ICE vehicles trying to be phased out by government, however the market and public opinion determine the future, not the government.
Ahem.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by windowswashed on Today at 03:35:03 am »Betamax came out before VHS, yet Betamax became obsolete. It doesn't pay to be the first jumping on the bandwagon of new technology.
Wait until all the problems of EV new technology is ironed out. They have low range, higher insurance, higher risk of battery fires. Price of charging in public is rising, anxiety with range and charging stations. They are being pushed by dealers because of fines if not meeting sales targets by the EU even though we are no longer in the EU. Manufacturers are slashing prices because they ain't selling enough and some manufacturers are pulling out of making them. EV secondhand sales are depreciating rapidly which in turn fuels new sales. Dealers are refusing to accept old EV's making them become classed as white goods in a throw away society of keep it until it's no longer practical or financially viable to sell.
Hybrids ain't the future as once the battery is knackered the whole ICE car is rendered useless unlike a normal ICE vehicle, people don't realise this.
I'm fortunate I'll retire before needing to worry about EV's being forced upon us owing to ICE vehicles trying to be phased out by government, however the market and public opinion determine the future, not the government.
Wait until all the problems of EV new technology is ironed out. They have low range, higher insurance, higher risk of battery fires. Price of charging in public is rising, anxiety with range and charging stations. They are being pushed by dealers because of fines if not meeting sales targets by the EU even though we are no longer in the EU. Manufacturers are slashing prices because they ain't selling enough and some manufacturers are pulling out of making them. EV secondhand sales are depreciating rapidly which in turn fuels new sales. Dealers are refusing to accept old EV's making them become classed as white goods in a throw away society of keep it until it's no longer practical or financially viable to sell.
Hybrids ain't the future as once the battery is knackered the whole ICE car is rendered useless unlike a normal ICE vehicle, people don't realise this.
I'm fortunate I'll retire before needing to worry about EV's being forced upon us owing to ICE vehicles trying to be phased out by government, however the market and public opinion determine the future, not the government.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by Smudger on Yesterday at 11:09:31 pm »Give it a few years and the electric car will be viewed as a minor blip that we will all be grateful never became a major source of transport. - if it does we are all DOOOOOOOMED
Hydrogen is the real way forward - clean air - clean fuel - convert your current V8 monster onto it .....
Hydrogen is the real way forward - clean air - clean fuel - convert your current V8 monster onto it .....
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Electric vans
« Last post by AuRavelling79 on Yesterday at 10:56:33 pm »It will soon be a £1 a Kw to charge out on the street. Heard the insurance has tripled on EVs. If you have a bump then the insurance company can right off the vehicle in the realms of safety. Next year road tax comes in for all EVs. If nothing goes wrong with them then they are great but its when stuff begins to happen out- with your control is when the fun begins. In life one always follows the money and this is when the depreciation begins to dive this tells us no one wants them. It should get better but I think Hybrid is the way forward. Toyota are selling one at moment, petrol hybrid that does over 700 miles on a tank of juice. Good to hear how you get on with it but don't park to close to your house when charging it.
You sound way too emotionally invested in your arguments Michael.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: pressure washer issues
« Last post by Stoots on Yesterday at 09:50:49 pm »hope so i must admit i did think should have got a honda... bloody loncins
I always get belt drive - no such issues
Engine isn’t at fault here, if it’s the gearbox, then a Honda engine won’t have made any difference!
I know that now but not at the time I was fearing it was the engine luckily I had pretty much finished when I saw it leaking.
Sell that one and get a belt drive 😜
Nah I'll definitely upgrade next year tho if I get enough work and enjoy it. So far it beats window cleaning for enjoyment but that could be novelty.