Zero emission road vehicles.

[Nick]

I would imagine it was a software issue somewhere. It sounded like it was running at a fixed speed, so maybe something with the cruse control. Didn't seem to be actually running away, would have expected a far worst outcome in that case.

Something odd though on the BBC report. The driver said (just before it was stopped by police vans) "Mr Morrison said: "Eventually I came up to a roundabout which slowed the car down to about 15mph" Not sure why that would cause it to slow down if it was ignoring everything.

[andrew Ivimey]

'Seemed' like it was going slower, then - something to do with the non existance of centrifugal force or summat or poor journalism. But I would like to know.

Oh and I never read beyond 2001 - the sequel was 2010? Mr Clarke was not my favourite at the time. Faint blushes but I loved Robert Heinlein - Man who sold the World and Stranger in a ..... phroaaaar

Right now I'm enjoying what seems to be another iteration of The Hitchhiker's guide... it seems to change each time I read it and I can't help thinking, as I still have a cassette version, carefully wrapped in pre jiffy jiffy bag and posted off to a Kibbutz as it played out I think on a Tuesday evening, where I was enjoying the good life having not got to ToTP for Christmass but Bethlehem instead - not yet Jerusalem , recorded off the radio many years ago, that I could be right - it just changes Imagine a Kindle that just alters things, a page here - no, too much, a word or a paragraph just so it is unsettling without actually destroying the narrative.

Christmas - that's better. I had to look it up.

[Max N]

It’s possible you could scrub that much speed off going around a roundabout.

[Nick]

It’s possible you could scrub that much speed off going around a roundabout.

Yep, but that would suggest the motor/electronics/control system is not tying to maintain a wheel speed. Or that was my thinking.

I would have just gone around and around the roundabout if that was slowing it down.

[steve s]

Another interesting read..

https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/art ... 343119.php

[Neal]

It’s unbelievable but some how I’m not surprised, what comes out his mouth should not be taken at face value.

[pre65]

It’s unbelievable but some how I’m not surprised, what comes out his mouth should not be taken at face value.

All of it ?

Was the bit about the diesel generator true ?

[steve s]

Was the bit about the diesel generator true ?

I did a quick search before I posted the link it appears the generators are to cope with seasonal peaks. Not the normal day to day charging, but nevertheless a bit of a surprise to me.

[Greg]

Seems like a well thought out scheme to me. If the power from the grid goes down, a back-up keeps the cars rolling. Nothing new in that article. The American motoring press is littered with similar articles and others where Musk can do no wrong. Both sides of the Tesla/Musk divide spout loads of bollox.

[Neal]

I think it would be more credible if there was a battery storage array and solar panels to provide the extra Kw during peak demand (as Shell does with some of their charging hubs) rather than a dino juice powered generator!

[pre65]

"Electric cars will be banned from the roads in Switzerland if the current energy crisis worsens.
The Swiss government announced today, Friday, November 2, that it will ban electric cars from the country’s roads if the energy crisis worsens. In the event of Switzerland running out of energy this Winter, then ‘non-essential’ journeys using electric vehicles will be prohibited.

Because the country is dependent on imports, the government fears there could well be a shortage of energy in the coming months. Around 60 per cent of Swiss energy is generated via hydroelectric power stations."

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/12/02/s ... its-roads/

I have seen many other similar reports, one even suggested they might ban games consoles if things got really bad.

Of course, it couldn't happen in the UK.(could it ?)

[Nick]

Well it never happened last year given that daily mail artical was from 2022

[pre65]

Well it never happened last year given that daily mail article was from 2022

Well spotted, you get tonight's special prize.

Seems the same scenario is being predicted again this year.

[pre65]

It seems two (at least) large car rental companies in the USA have stopped renting Tesla EVs because "they are too expensive to own, and run."

[Nick]

It seems two (at least) large car rental companies in the USA have stopped renting Tesla EVs because "they are too expensive to own, and run."

And how does that make you feel?