"Adrian" wrote in message
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Most mileage is in short bursts in urban areas.

I doubt it.

Stop making things up.

The _right_ question for short urban journeys is "Why are people using
private cars instead of public transport?"

The question here is not a social question it is addressing the vast
inefficiencies of the IC engines and the dirt it emits. Please focus.

Why restrict yourself to such a
narrow range of solutions?

There are lots of solution to stop wasting energy in vehicles and stopping
them killing the planet and our lungs with the filth they emit.

The articles are about the future. The electric Mini gets 200 miles
range and outperforms a Porche.

Yeh, right...

That is encouraging.