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Old 25-03-2022, 17:29   #586
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Re: [Updated] New petrol & diesel car sales banned from 2030

Does anyone know how much it would cost you for electricity if you charged your car from home?
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Old 25-03-2022, 17:40   #587
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Does anyone know how much it would cost you for electricity if you charged your car from home?
If you're on a typical tariff of 20p a unit (KWh) then a 50KW battery would cost £10 to fill up.

That's likely to go up 50% in April.
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That is true and that is why battery and wireless technology needs to improve.
A very interesting argument showing how they've come with wireless care charging.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/electr...does-it-work-/
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Does anyone know how much it would cost you for electricity if you charged your car from home?
How much will it cost in 2030 once they have you by the goolies
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once they have you by the goolies
Wasn't aware there is much of a choice in how you power an ICE car today.
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One wonders if land yachts will be made road legal
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How much will it cost in 2030 once they have you by the goolies
Unlike the generous kind warm-hearted petrol companies, who almost give it away…
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Unlike the generous kind warm-hearted petrol companies, who almost give it away…
They almost were giving it away during the 'highs' of Covid
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They almost were giving it away during the 'highs' of Covid
it costs bugger all with no tax on it
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it costs bugger all with no tax on it
It costs less, certainly not 'bugger all'.
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it costs bugger all with no tax on it
Good luck on buying it without that…

(It’s about 50% of the price).

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They almost were giving it away during the 'highs' of Covid
That statement is not congruent with actuality…
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That statement is not congruent with actuality…
Maybe not as such, but by April 2020 crude oil was trading for negative values . . . so it's near enough (without VAT) lol
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Maybe not as such, but by April 2020 crude oil was trading for negative values . . . so it's near enough (without VAT) lol
Don’t remember that flowing through the supply chain to the petrol stations* giving it away…

*we were discussing petrol, not oil..
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Don’t remember that flowing through the supply chain to the petrol stations* giving it away…

*we were discussing petrol, not oil..
Gosh you're right, silly me expecting the large Multinationals to pass savings on to the end user
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