On 25/08/2019 17:53, misterroy wrote:
Idly musing about life at work the other day, electric cars came up, and their range. We struck upon a solution. A trailer. A trailer with a diesel generator on it, the electricity going back to the car. Could we run it on red diesel, and not have to pay the congestion charge?


I think you'd face the argument that the red diesel is in breach of the
requirement[1] that it not be used "as fuel for a road vehicle" (subject
to the exceptions for tractors etc). It is after all just an
articulated diesel-electric.

[1] s.12 Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979
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