I service my friends ML 350 and he finds about the same. The ML is a big heavy vehicle and 4x4 doesn't help. My CLS has the 9 speed box which is an absolute dream. On my recent trip, the downward journey to Baden Baden returned 47mpg. My 42mpg was an average over the entire trip.
I had a 2 seater 280ZX with an aftermarket Janspeed turbo kit fitted, which had two extra boost-activated injectors on the inlet manifold that just dumped a fairly uncontrolled volume of petrol into the intake charge, and that only did about 8mpg.
i had my first proper shot of an EV last week. a Vauxhall Mocca. apparently it was fully charged when i picked it up. i noticed it was sitting at 99% when i turned onto the main road. apart for the first squirt just to see, i drove it like a v,old man. somebody like ElT. slow acceleration, zero accessories on, including the radio, broad daylight, a scortchio day and no traffic hold ups. 30ml round trip, i returned it with a 76% charge. Nope. not ready.
Saw that and wondered if it was a deliberate act by an unknown party or a battery (or several) self combusting. I know Volvo claimed to have fitted a batch of duff batteries into 40,000 EX30s that could self ignite whilst charging but would these 30 Jaecoo SUVs have been put on charge at the holding area ? I thought the latest generation BMS was pretty bullet proof. Andy
It just feels to me that this is all a consequence of running before we can walk. Technology would have always evolved to help the environment but the desperation to push, push, push for unnecessary reasons has resulted in technology not quite getting it right at the moment.
I think the point is that these demonstrations that may have a valid point are frequently hijacked by, or used as cover for, those wishing to undertake criminal behaviour.
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/p...car-registrations-in-northern-ireland-5040019 In the same vein, is the Minister aware that of the 39,000 new vehicles registered in Northern Ireland last year, 18,000 were under the Motability scheme? Percentages have obviously changed since I left school.
