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BBC Article Link Does anyone really buy that the brakes failed and the car forcefully continued driving to the point of needing to be TPAC rammed off the road?

I recently discovered my 2018’s washer nozzles weren’t spraying anything during the icy conditions last week. Just put it down to the lines being frozen up. Then noticed a strange tingling/falling-glass kind of sound when opening the frunk lid after that. Tried topping up washer reservoir only...

See the relevant bit of the King’s Speech background notes. Sadly means little for the chances of Tesla’s FSD Beta in the UK, what with its need for driver supervision and the UK still adhering to UNECE Automotive regulation. Only 4 years in the making, sigh.

I happened to be outside lately and heard the distinct sound of EV motor whine surprisingly coming from a Royail Mail delivery van. Turns out the local delivery office is the 7th in the country to get a fully electrified fleet for both deliveries and collections, courtesy of Peugeot’s e-Expert...

Courtesy of Channel 4: “Elon Musk: Superhero or Supervillain?” (Monday 16th May 2022, 21:00–22:00) “Profile of the billionaire entrepreneur, one of a tiny group of powerful, uber-rich men with global reach exceeding governments. The programme features contributions from those who know Musk, who...

Channel 5 are giving a whole 55 min programme on the subject of “Should I Buy an Electric Car?” this evening from 19:00–19:55 BST. Production dated 2021, summary “Alexis Conran investigates as Britain gears up to make the switch to electric.” Will be interesting to see the angle taken and the...

Just to make others aware, having arrived at a service centre yesterday and cruising in Valet Mode (to reduce a problem being attended to) I found my Tesla automatically entered Service Mode on arrival at the geo-fence zone, greying out the various in-car security options and app control too...