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It monitors 12v battery health/voltage, and uses a DC to DC charger to keep it charged from the traction battery if necessary.

Most modern EVs do to be fair, although VW and Hyundai struggled...

A widely held view amongst the profession, so I’m told.

This is where PetPlan seem to be very good, and probably why their premiums are a bit higher, but they seem to not quibble about any legitimate claim.

The vets seem to like them too, you can...

Good on you, rescue dogs are always rewarding.

I do wonder about this term ‘self-insuring’, surely it’s ’not-insuring’ and simply ‘paying’?

This next bit isn’t aimed at you by the way, but...

PMSL AT TESCO…….

Yep, agreed, a good topic for people to think about!

Yes, ‘Flying the Flag for British Agriculture’ wasn’t it, at the British Farming Awards industry bash?

Not saying he hasn’t put farming in the spotlight, but it is but one particular perspective,...

My EV has a WLTP range of 297 miles, I get around 225-270 in my 25k a year driving. About where I expected, given I spend a lot of time at 65-70mph on motorways and the A1.

It is what it is, I...

Fleet News did a more recent test, Mustang Mach-E RWD ER managed 288, all the cars covered 250 miles without any special driving techniques, the smallest and cheapest being the most efficient on...

I wouldn’t say a Hummer of any variant is typical for a passenger car even in the US though, and no more representative of a general car than a Lamborghini Huracán for example?

Many diesel Ford...

I guess it depends on what you’re terming long distance, and what EV you’re trying to do it in, but I use mine every week for a 400 mile round trip, albeit with an overnight before the return...

I watched this earlier, the tagline was “If Rolex made cars”.

Lovely thing!

No doubt, and I was working on one at 14, that wasn’t really my point.

If anything, Harry Metcalfe is a ‘non farmers farmer’ more than anything that countryfile do.

I like him, I like his car...

I’m only aware of Tesla (Model Y), BYD and CATL using structural battery packs, and there’s no doubt it’s a good option for lowering manufacturing costs and making EVs cheaper and/or more profitable....

Yep, and it’s been cheap to run in all that time no doubt.

I quite miss my i3, it was an early 2014 model, great fun to drive as well.

A guy I work with, a pilot, has an i3S in black, great...

Purely out of interest, my wife’s Tesla M3 LR is now 3 yrs 2 months old, with average mileage.

I just popped it into Motorway and WBAC and they’re saying £23.5k, which is about 46% of its list...

Insurance is up generally on everything, I’ve just renewed mine to start in a few days fine, it was circa +25% although I could have got it for a similar price going with a company I’d never heard of...

For the avoidance of doubt, whilst I’m interested in some of the technical aspects of the cyber truck, including the problems, overall I think it’s a steaming pile of sh1t3 and I wouldn’t be seen...

It’s no better or worse than your average massive US pickup I’d have thought?

It’s only slight redeeming quality might be it’s active safety systems might mean you’d be less likely to hit...

I’ve seen a bit of Harry’s Farm as well, but it’s still a millionaire playing at farming.

I know Countryfile got a bit of stick earlier in the thread for being ‘countryside for Townies’, but farm...

Just to add to the thread, renewed my car insurance for which I paid £549 last year, 25k miles a year, class 2 business cover and 2 other named drivers.

My renewal came in at £859, which I...

‘Gentleman Farmer’ demonstrating that to make a small fortune farming then you need to start out with a larger one.

A sort of Top Gear meets The Archers in many ways.

Enjoyable nonsense all...

Self insurance is ok, especially if you’ve got the means to spend a few thousand, until it isn’t.

I’ve been with PetPlan for decades, and tried other companies off and on as various pets have...

I’m no Tesla/Musk ‘fanboi’, but the (somewhat perversely!) China built M3s like the one my wife owns were a step up build quality wise from the Fremont examples that came before them and gave Tesla...

Personally, I would agree with that, but seems the planned ‘Model 2’ has been canned as Musk feels it wouldn’t compete with the raft of competitor vehicles coming in that space, and he sees the...