Teslas and other EVs, East Dulwich drivers which are your favourites and which to you dislike

[malumbu]

Seeing that Teslas are in the news following a massive recall I thought I'd take the opportunity to say that I don't like them.  This is based on one test drive of the ridiculously fast model X or S around Shepherd's bush. 

Now the Nissan Leaf, that was a different kettle of fish, having test driven both an early version and a newer one with the mega regen  braking on it (the e pedal).  I drove around Pimlico with a smile on my face waving to everyone.

I had quite fun driving the transit plug in hybrid, mainly due to the control and instrumentation being very retro.

I was schmooszed by Toyota, not that thrilled by the Prius plug in (odd car) but had a rare drive in a hydrogen fuel cell car - the Mirai.  Official blurb on the Toyota web site gives it a 0 -60 of 0 seconds, must go through some sort of time vortex.  Hydrogen cars are nowhere near critical mass in terms of sales yet, but prices have fallen by 10's of thousands for new (so few made couldn't find any second hand ones on sale).

Anyway a light hearted thread about EVs you iike and don't like, I hope some Tesla drivers can give an opposite view from my biased one.

It would help if you had actually driven an EV.  If I buy another car it will be an EV.  If you hate the whole concept could you start another thread up please?

On autonomous vehicles there is a strict approval scheme that has five classes from memory - a self parking car will be one of the early classes and that has long since been approved.  Collision avoidance, white line drifting alerts, and  adaptive cruise control are other forms of autonomy, permitted and becoming standard.  A quick Google was surprisingly unhelpful - government has adopted the common term self-driving - which is rather simplistic, no doubt as this lot want to be 'down with the people' rather than explain things properly.  I'm not sure whether the issues with Tessla had any real significance as no fully autonomous vehicle has yet to be approved for UK roads,  Again a subject for another thread.

Edited December 14, 2023 by malumbu

[Penguin68]

Oh, come on - this thread is about "Local travel related questions and issues - trains, buses, cycling, LTNs, CPZs etc..." - I know you have managed to derail it from 'General ED issues' in your attempt to get the whole topic of local traffic lounged - but this surely is a step too far, even for the Southwark Council fan club?

[malumbu]

Did you have anything to say Penguin?  If Admin wants to move it so be it.  I thought that some people who had driven EVs may have a view.  Bah humbug. 

[CPR Dave]

Those c***s that drive their electric bikes on the pavement and through pedestrian crossings / red lights / no entries etc

Those are the EV drivers I dislike the most. They are also always the most undeservedly smug.

And there should be a special place in hell for the ones who park their electric bikes in the middle of the footpath  

[malumbu]

Was to this post really necessary?  I suppose others can come to their own opinion.  You sound rather angry.

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