[Scottish Cleaning Service]

Several countries charge a per-mile or per-kilometer fee, particularly for heavy vehicles, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the Czech Republic. The UK is also planning to introduce a mileage-based tax for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles starting in April 2028. Many countries, however, measure mileage-based fees in kilometers rather than miles.

This could turn out a money spinner in the future for the UK Gov. They have nibbled around the edges with congestion charge but the gold mine will come from pay per mile. I think there is nearly 43 million vehicles in the UK and if they can get even half of them on the pay per mile then they will milk it for all its worth. If you look back at fuel duty, it is now nearly 70% of the cost per litre. Diesel and petrol is cheap as chips if we remove the duty and vat then a litre of petrol would be around 75p.

[KS Cleaning]

Seriously considering pulling the trigger on an E Custom Sport. I’ve emailed the dealer to get dimensions of battery pack underneath cargo area, hoping against hope that my cage will straddle the battery pack. If this isn’t doable is there anyway to strengthen lashing points and use ratchet straps? My concern is that it’s an upright 500 litre tank so probably not the ideal shape for using ratchet straps.

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Seriously considering pulling the trigger on an E Custom Sport. I’ve emailed the dealer to get dimensions of battery pack underneath cargo area, hoping against hope that my cage will straddle the battery pack. If this isn’t doable is there anyway to strengthen lashing points and use ratchet straps? My concern is that it’s an upright 500 litre tank so probably not the ideal shape for using ratchet straps.

You could just get a different tank of go for a custom built tank. Compared to cost of van should be a relatively small expense.

[KS Cleaning]

Seriously considering pulling the trigger on an E Custom Sport. I’ve emailed the dealer to get dimensions of battery pack underneath cargo area, hoping against hope that my cage will straddle the battery pack. If this isn’t doable is there anyway to strengthen lashing points and use ratchet straps? My concern is that it’s an upright 500 litre tank so probably not the ideal shape for using ratchet straps.

You could just get a different tank of go for a custom built tank. Compared to cost of van should be a relatively small expense.

That’s  an option yes. My current tank has an immersion fitted and also has a 1 1/2” outlet/tap  for fast filling a backpack