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Default Electric cars - running costs.

In article ,
Andy Bennet wrote:
On 19/10/2017 23:55, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
harry wrote:
On Thursday, 19 October 2017 10:42:51 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andy Bennet wrote:
We did not get an EV based on the cost of the fuel, it is just plain
more enjoyable driving.

Must admit that's the first time I've heard that one. ;-)


Electric cars are a dream to drive compared with ICE.


A Tesla may be interesting. But not as interesting as many many ICE
cars at the same price.


I dunno, A S P100D can do 0-60mph in 2.28 seconds, and you can listen in
comfort to some quiet Brahms and eat a sandwich while doing it.


Going to help with that time it spends queued up waiting for a charging
point to become free - as I saw the other day. Interesting you think it
drives itself though, so you could do something like eat a sandwich at the
same time. I'd actually find that rather difficult even as a passenger in
a car accelerating hard.

Try doing that while sweating your way through gears in anything else.


The majority of cars have an auto option these days - and is the norm on
high performance ones. Although you can also control the gearshifts
yourself.

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