Vauxhall Ampera - would you consider one?
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From: Dr Zoidberg on 30 Jun 2010 14:56 http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/blog/vauxhall-ampera Basically an electric car with a small low powered petrol engine to keep the battery charged if you exceed the 40 mile range. This sounds like a far more sensible drive train than the sort you find in a pious - the engine can be tuned to be run continually at it's most efficient speed, smoothing out the energy demands over your journey. Obviously the price will be an issue, but the running costs have the potential to be quite a lot cheaper. Most of my journeys would be fine in electric-only mode, and just about all of them would be fine when petrol-assisted. -- Alex
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 5 Jul 2010 09:22 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> saying something like: >http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/blog/vauxhall-ampera Would I consider one? Yes, when the used values are sensible enough.
From: Tunku on 5 Jul 2010 14:18 "Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote in news:i0g41l$ra$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/blog/vauxhall-ampera > > Basically an electric car with a small low powered petrol engine to > keep the battery charged if you exceed the 40 mile range. > This sounds like a far more sensible drive train than the sort you > find in a pious - the engine can be tuned to be run continually at > it's most efficient speed, smoothing out the energy demands over your > journey. > > Obviously the price will be an issue, but the running costs have the > potential to be quite a lot cheaper. > Most of my journeys would be fine in electric-only mode, and just > about all of them would be fine when petrol-assisted. > My primary consideration would be, "would it tow a caravan?" ;-) -- The above post may contain traces of irony
From: Halmyre on 6 Jul 2010 06:00 On 30 June, 19:56, "Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!...@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote: > http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/blog/vauxhall-ampera > > Basically an electric car with a small low powered petrol engine to keep the > battery charged if you exceed the 40 mile range. > This sounds like a far more sensible drive train than the sort you find in a > pious - the engine can be tuned to be run continually at it's most efficient > speed, smoothing out the energy demands over your journey. > > Obviously the price will be an issue, but the running costs have the > potential to be quite a lot cheaper. > Most of my journeys would be fine in electric-only mode, and just about all > of them would be fine when petrol-assisted. > Would I consider one? Only when you can pry the steering wheel into my cold, dead hands... -- Halmyre
From: Bagpuss on 6 Jul 2010 06:42
On 30 June, 19:56, "Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!...@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote: > http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/blog/vauxhall-ampera > > Basically an electric car with a small low powered petrol engine to keep the > battery charged if you exceed the 40 mile range. > This sounds like a far more sensible drive train than the sort you find in a > pious - the engine can be tuned to be run continually at it's most efficient > speed, smoothing out the energy demands over your journey. > > Obviously the price will be an issue, but the running costs have the > potential to be quite a lot cheaper. > Most of my journeys would be fine in electric-only mode, and just about all > of them would be fine when petrol-assisted. For £25k? Not a hope in hell. I'll continue to spend a grand, two at most on something old, and keep the rest in the bank thanks. Miaow! |