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      I see it as more Ratcliffe having fallen out with Athena, now needing to make it Ben’s fault that the UK cannot have 2 teams.
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      sounds like they need a bit of H&S applied to them then…. 😜
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      I hear stuff like this from time to time, and I simply don't get it. Basically every EV out there, and definitely a mercedes will...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      In the last 12 months I've driven EVs from Suffolk to the west coast of France, to the alps (3 times) to Cornwall, Hull etc etc...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      Yes in context it was clear I was talking about ICE powered. To me it's telling that those who say it cannot be done are not those...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      The Leaf is real world of a battery type that is no longer used. It's simply not relevant. Absolutely you shouldn't sink money into...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      Ok... 1. The leaf did have huge battery drop off. This is well known, and due to that car NOT having thermal management on its...
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      flaming reacted to kashurst's post in the thread Net zero hits boating ! with Like Like.
      EV batteries are a large collection of individual cells, grouped in modules that are all monitored independentally. Yes it is possible...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      There is really no evidence that EV batteries are failing. In fact the body of evidence is very much starting to point the other way...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      For sure, when on a cruise it's that overnight charging. But rather like with motorway EV charging, that's the exception not the rule...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      There are now plenty of examples of EVs that have done hundreds of thousands of miles on a battery. A recent one had a Tesla that had...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      I see things rather differently. Firstly, I disagree about EV. The thing that I think a lot of people who haven't driven one miss is...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      Most boats generally sit still all week and go out at the weekend. So a power supply capable of delivering say 80% of battery capacity...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      Yes… but the point is that the car is being phased out. After that point the boat becomes rather more exposed to the optics of...
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      flaming replied to the thread Net zero hits boating !.
      Except that the optics are the reality that people with conspicuous consumption face.
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