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    Best energy provider for EVs

    I am with Iresa. They are cheaper, I am on an Eco7 tariff Elecrtric only (10.92p per kw and 7.72p per kw). I have had no problem with they in the 1 year and 3 months that I have been with them but who knows if they are better.I live in South Wales where rates may be different.
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    Gas Stations Are Not Dead

    This is starting to happen in the UK and Europe. Welcome to Shell Recharge Shell are an Anglo Dutch (Headquarters in UK and Holland). They are starting before the end of 2017 with some petrol (Gas to you in USA) stations with charging points. The artical says that they wil be charging 25p per...
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    Bristol service centre

    According to the Teslsmotors site the service centre is coming soon. Cribbs causeway site is only sales and is about 5 miles away from centre of Bristol.
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    Tesla Says Model 3 Will Be On Sale 2017 Alongside Chevy Bolt

    Elon was interviewed by the BBC recently and he said "would go into production at the end of 2017".
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    BMW i8

    BMW showing mirrorless i8 at CES. BMW i8 Mirrorless concept unveiled at CES How long ago did Tesla have Model X shown on their website with camera's only?
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    Picture of Model S used by MSN to announce record car sales in UK in 2015

    The link below is for an item on MSN to announce record cr sales in United Kingdom in 2015. The main picture is of 2 Model S's although Tesla is not mentioned in the article. Car sales set to hit an all-time record
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    DRL - tail light

    In the UK, DRL is ONLY front lights. I asked about this a few years ago on a new Peuguot I had purchased as to why the rear tail lighrs were not lite at the same time and was told it was only the fronts. Wikipedia has the following write up A daytime running lamp (DRL, also daytime running...
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    Budget 2015 Bad News :-(

    The VED will go into the Road fund from 2020/21 (ie at the time of the next election
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    Supercharger Locations UK

    There are 2 open superchargers near Exeter and the Supercharger map for 2015 shows one Bodmin area Supercharger | Tesla Motors Europe and 2015
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    UK unsubsidised solar pv report

    The figures I quoted were when prices were high and subsidy was high. As far as I am aware the payback time is about the same for the high price/subsidy model and the low price/subsidy model. The difference is that the higher model lasts for 25 years and the lower model is over 20 years.
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    UK unsubsidised solar pv report

    I have 3.8kw solar near Swansea which I installed in 2010. It looks as though payback will be in about 9.5 years just taking the subsidy into account. It is about 8.5 years if I include the saving on imported electricity. I recently bought a Leaf (to long to wait for Model 3) to use some of the...
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    I-65/i-75 — A New Route from Chicago to Florida

    There is another thread just started Kentucky has something in the works which seems to think that there is a supercharger planned for London KY.
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    Model X Subsite Updates

    DJ, why do you think that means something is going to happen. Could it not be that a developer built into the website the fact that if modelx is detected in url then direct to model x 'home page'?
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    Hoegh Osaka

    The BBC news has just reported that the ship carried Jaguar and Land Rovers as well as heavy equipment (JCB's etc). NO TELSA's
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    Mercedes reportedly working on a bespoke EV architecture

    Item on Worldcarfans.com Mercedes reportedly working on a bespoke EV architecture Mercedes reportedly working on a bespoke EV architecture The first Ecoluxe-based model is slated to arrive in late 2019 or early 2020 and it could be a crossover coupe that measures approximately five meters...