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Joined: 08/11/2016
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| Posted: 02:46am 03 Dec 2019 |
You can buy a biofuel mix at practically any service station- E10... biofuels have become the mainstream...
Sure they rarely sell pure e100 (although you can buy it lol) it's just that most cars need extensive modifications to run anything higher than e10 (some particular models can run as high as e25 however)
Biodiesels are also available, but are rarer, I used to live near an BP outlet that had it, but I unfortunately moved away
I get it, you don't like EV,and see nothing but its problems, others see it in a more positive light (if you ever get a chance to actually drive a Tesla, take it, even the base model puts any of my old modifieds to shame in sheer acceleration)- I'd buy one today if I had the money, because they are really in the supercar class when it comes to acceleration and handling- which is part of their problem- they are the popular 'face' of EV, but it's like saying that a Lamborghini is the future of city cars (note in the link below that a 2 ton 'people mover' SUV is almost- not quite, but almost, the equal of a bloody Lambo!!!- that level of performance costs big $$$, regardless of whether it is an ICE or EV)
Lamborghini Aventador vs Tesla Model X Youtube
But face it Tesla has the 'gimmick' advantage at the moment
The real future EV is more like a Bolt or an E6 than a Tesla
'Fast charging' is also imho a bit of a gimmick, for 99% of peoples driving needs, a slow charger is perfectly fine, most people don't drive the max range of even current EV's on a daily basis, and already there are cities that only have 'on-street parking only' that are putting in place slow charger points (that don't need expensive high capacity electric power lines installed as they are low current slow chargers) on streetlights and parking meters- cheap to buy, cheap to install as they will run quite happily off a standard single phase electrical cable (and indeed as most streetlighting has been swapped out to low current LEDs, their cabling is well in excess of the power now required for lighting- so use that existing cabling for a charge point, this is being rolled out in parts of the UK and the EU already- in both residential areas and business areas, you park and plug in- tap your phone or a charge card and walk away
Streetlamp charging points
Already existing points in the UK
from Zap charge points interactive map
The thing is that bio probably will become a major player in the long distance stuff, EV will probably become the power source of the cities and dino will be relegated to history