Lady Florence Norman: https://mashable.com/2015/06/15/1916-su ... urope=true
Looks suspiciously like it's ICE to me though.....
Edit...Wiki says 155cc 4 stroke, I assumed it was a 2-stroke....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoped
Moderator: RichardW
Lady Florence Norman: https://mashable.com/2015/06/15/1916-su ... urope=true
You are leaving it a bit late to get over to Porto Mick
Sadly I'm having to settle for the armchair view but I'm ready!!!NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑29 May 2021, 17:56
You are leaving it a bit late to get over to Porto Mick
REgards Neil
Looks like at least 2 have, unless my charging buddy from Sheffield is on a Scottish Tour
I'm not so sure that bringing down the price of BEVs at the moment is a good idea for the long term survivability of the major car manufacturers. They need the ongoing on-costs a lot of motorists pay with their cars. The main dealer servicing and the genuine parts are all a necessary income stream to keep the manufacturers balance sheets healthy - or at least keep them less alarming. They all help to keep the dealer network limping along. There's less scope for things to go wrong or servicing needs with the BEVs so there's a risk the main dealer income stream will start to dwindle in a few years time once more BEVs are sold. How long before there's a major exposé on the 'scam' of main dealer BEV servicing and they have to radically reduce BEV servicing costs ? Far better to keep selling as many ICE cars as you can to keep the new car servicing going for as long as possible.NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑31 May 2021, 17:19
Did mistakenly engage in a conversation with a Hyundai Kona owner with an exhaust pipe. He mentioned the ridiculous differential between a Kona Electric and a Kona ICE (he quoted £38,000 opposed to £28,000......
Haven't checked the figures out but it wouldn't surprise me. There is a straight jacket of pricing which none of the manufacturers want to break out of and its about £8k to £10k too high for the 100% BEV across all categories from city car to mid range family cars, to high end prestige models. Higher volume production and competition needs to change this around and bring the prices down to parity with ICE.
I'd shorten that to: "Beware of the general public"( * beware of the general public they can exaggerate)