Mike Spain

@LEVIS please tell me Durian Od Subtle is still a thing 👖

@AntiEVidiots @modernheroestv @eV_Newt @YouTube Looks like a mini armoured car. Is there a camo colour option?

Wow, how cool is this thing? I’ll wager @modernheroestv will be getting one of these! How about you @eV_Newt? youtu.be/zwDmdEj5jQU?si… via @YouTube

@AntiEVidiots It’s so worrying how easily Reform has spread, esp when you factor in the harm they will do to those very people. I hope the OP has enough money for health insurance for both the kids.

Reform nuts are relentless! Let the kids be kids. This twat would be going crazy if it was Muslim kids that young shaking a Free Palestine placard on a bridge.

@cineworld I just took my daughter to see it. She really enjoyed it. ‘80s was a golden age for films for sure. Crawley Cineworld could turn volume down a few db though. Painful at times. (We love seeing films there though - cracking cinema overall).

It's almost our time down there! 🗺 On July 27 & 30, The Goonies returns to Cineworld screens to celebrate 40 years of this iconic adventure story!

@Ourpetezhere @AntiEVidiots Same. I’m 2 years in. It was ok then, but sometimes problematic (like m/way servs with just 2 old Elec Highway chargers). Now, there are so many options when out away from home it’s eezy peezy. More and more elec forecourts etc. amazing in such short space of time.

@AntiEVidiots I’m 15 months into EV ownership and even in that time I’ve seen enormous improvements in charging infrastructure.

As an EV driver of 11 years, this past 12 months has seen the biggest leap in rapid charging infrastructure as I’ve seen in the previous 10. electricdrives.tv/uk-sees-25-ris…

@Jane61773534728 @AntiEVidiots Things have moved on so fast! I kinda miss those days of feeling like a “pioneer” and the charger chats / Learning from each other. Still a community though ✊I’m going to make a conscious effort to talk to a fellow EVer next time I’m out charging.

@AntiEVidiots We used to wave in solidarity with other EV drivers, now it’s so normal to see them we don’t bother anymore

That’s TWO of my neighbours now that bought an EV. Then within 6 mths replaced their ICE for another EV. Tell me again how people are ‘FORCED’ to buy an EV.

@Warburtons not one nearby supermarket has 50/50 thins. Is there a supply problem?

@AntiEVidiots I was thinking that the other day whilst walking kids to school. Had to breathe in disgusting exhaust fumes the whole way. Clouds of it sometimes. I’m noticing it more. Annoying noisy engines (deliberate & knackered), oil patches, etc. It all seems so old fashioned.

Has something happened to my nose? Walking along a main road, I’m conscious how much it stinks of oil, petrol etc. Didn’t really notice it before. I’d hate to live at the side of a main road. Just me? 🤔

@AntiEVidiots There’s still professions that carry more trust than others, more influence, views carry more weight. A reminder to me the other day that this can be completely misplaced when a fireman was going on about Betamax/VHS, lithium running out, hydrogen future etc. Disappointing.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT. Common tactics: Strawman argument - China is worse Nirvana Fallacy - they use rare earths Gaslighting - you are just virtue signalling Ad hominem - You’re stupid because Non sequitur - you drive an EV so you don’t like driver’s cars Any other examples?

@HalifaxBank In fact. None of your phone numbers are working. Hangs up or just silence. How can we contact?

@HalifaxBank Phone number for fraud reporting isn’t working at all @HalifaxBank - how would one report an attempted attack?

Our app and online banking services are now working as normal.

@RealismHelps @ProudBrit19 @AndyatAuto Depends what you mean by “interest”, and what you want from a car. New tech is interesting, electrical engineering is interesting. Getting the best from an EV is interesting (in my opinion). Different is interesting.

@ProudBrit19 @AndyatAuto Eva are bought by people with zero interest in cars. Plus, who cares what other countries buy?

Total new car registrations in the EU fell 3.4% in February, BEV sales jumped 23.7%, a second consecutive increase, while hybrid car (HEV) sales rose 19%. Electrified vehicles - either BEV, HEV or plug-in hybrids (PHEV) - sold in the bloc accounted for 58.4% of all passenger car registrations in February, up from 48.2% a year earlier.

@AntiEVidiots That’s the great thing these days, there’s SO many alternatives. I would certainly have looked at Model Y next year when renewing, but thinking Kia EV5 perhaps now.

If you are considering buying a Tesla but are being put off from buying one because of Elon’s words & actions, what alternatives are you considering?

@AntiEVidiots I saw this one. What I’m noticing though is the ratio of ill informed anti-EV comments v anti-BS comments (as in, it’s a F-ing diesel) seems to be improving slightly in favour of the latter. Compared to last year for example.

If a media outlet makes a mistake then question its journalistic rigour. If it keeps the ‘mistake’ live after the facts are made known, then question whether ANYTHING they publish can be relied upon. At that stage, it has become a propaganda outlet.

@BTNPalacePier Happy New Year. Bit windy out there - are you guys opening today?

@Drummond224 @MarkEvans1967 @Drummond224, I kept my diesel for the same reason when I first got an EV. But v quickly stopped using the diesel - even for long m’way stuff. Charging infra is fine for long journeys in my exp. and a lot better than few years back.

@MarkEvans1967 That’s good to know. I had a toss of the coin decision between a cupra Tavascan and a model y. Cupra offered a free home charger so they won should have it delivered in Feb. Don’t plan on doing long motorway journeys still got the big diesel for that.

As it’s such a waste of time charging my car who stop at the services for a coffee and pee I was wondering why so many petrol and diesel cars are just parked for ages 😉

@BTNPalacePier That old 10p horse racing one. Kids like the balloon pop / buzz saw one though. Never managed to make it pop yet.

What are your favourite arcade games to play? 🕹️

@graeme_cobb I’m willing to take some flak on this, but I’m quite looking forward to seeing Kia’s EV5 in the UK as a replacement (upgrade) on my Niro EV (which I like a lot).

Which car is everyone looking forward to seeing in 2025? I’ll start - it’s this 👇

@top1percentile @JonnyAustin2 @JimHigham @AndyatAuto Works both ways though Nigel doesn’t it? The amount of clearly false info spreading debunked misinformation daily on social media would suggest anti-EV lobby guilty of similar. I think most are just sick of it.

@JonnyAustin2 @JimHigham @AndyatAuto These anti-‘fossil fuel’ fanatics and EV zealots are deluded to the point of psychosis, all brainwashed by the relentless propaganda of climate change & the fallacy of NetZero. Their inability or refusal to see & accept the falsehoods, fallacies & flaws is quite extraordinary.

Stellantis closing the Luton factory is devastating for the 1,100 workers. It’ll be convenient to blame this on the ZEV Mandate, but that isn’t the full picture; after all Luton doesn’t currently make an EV and it exports most of its production. It’s down to a combination of headwinds (including Chinese EV competition) the European auto industry has been facing and we musn’t roll back progress being made with EVs although I would support greater flexibility on the annual targets.

@KirstieMAllsopp @BBCr4today If we spent half as much effort thinking about solutions rather than moaning about new tech (in its early days relatively speaking), we’d be world leaders. Growth. Productivity. Mentality. But nooooo.

Who was the utter moron on @BBCr4today who said, talking about charging electric cars, “it is the minority of people who don’t have driveway” what is he smoking?!