Tim Oldland

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Tim Oldland

@Timoldland

Owner of @BespokeChargers. Design engineer specialising the field of EV infrastructure and also write about cars. “Pompous windbag”

Brentwood, Essex, UK Katılım Şubat 2009
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Tim Oldland
Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
People seem to think I’m only pro-EV, this is absolutely not the case. The future will need a multi-fuel approach to succeed: Daily personal transport and ‘last mile deliveries - BEV Commercial LGV/HGV/Agri - Hydrogen Classics/supercars/sports cars - synthetic fuels 👍
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Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
@hjwakerley Yep. It was combining the EV bit and the looks, plus the price. It just got to people. I’m just like 🤷🏼‍♂️ I’ll never be able to afford one, so it’s irrelevant how I feel about it really.
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Helen@hjwakerley·
@Timoldland I think if you put an EV in the Purosangue it wouldn’t get half the real venomous hate this has.
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Helen@hjwakerley·
Is the Luce the most hated car ever? It is unlike any other I have encountered in terms of the hatred it provokes on social media. Just as an example, my partner did a review focusing solely on the car's features… no opinions. He wasn’t paid; he was simply genuinely interested. He lost nearly 1000 followers… and the comments 🤬 Never before have I seen such venom across every single platform about a single car. Not in the 16 years I have been doing this job.
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Tim Oldland
Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
So Polestar has clearly realised what a stupid idea the rear window-less normal 4 is and are releasing a 4 Estate. This will sell much much better, the car it always should’ve been. Or should this be a Volvo?
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Peter Harrison@Specialized_Cb·
@Timoldland They also have an SUV (4) coming in September. Which I’m watching closely
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MB@markbishopuk·
@Timoldland @hiltonholloway Problem with home overnight charging is that the CPM figure isn't real, as those EV/off-peak tariffs bring higher daytime rates. Flipside of ~8p/kWh at night is 32-36p/kWh daytime. I'm paying ~22p 24/7
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Hilton Holloway
Hilton Holloway@hiltonholloway·
That EV revolution in full. Expensive public charging plus a charge per mile.
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Tim Oldland
Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
@RupertLichfield @LUDENClassics Yeah that’s the usual level. It’s a systematic failure of containment and purposeful dumping over decades that results in it going so deep. Yucky stuff.
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Roo@RupertLichfield·
@LUDENClassics @Timoldland I remember when Porky Olders scrapyard closed in Tovil they got away with only removing two meters of soil.
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LUDEN Automotive
LUDEN Automotive@LUDENClassics·
Got this text just now, which is from Grange Aston Martin Brentwood, asking for help to save the dealership as the landlord has submitted plans to redevelop the site into a supermarket. Not sure why I would want to support a business which was always semi hostile to any potential customers (and I bought my car there, from the only sales person who ever spoke to me in the dozen plus times I went in). That said, I'd much rather see Aston Martins (even if they have AMG V8s) than a Lidl or whatever it'll be. You can follow the link and submit objections to the council should you wish. grange.co.uk/news/grange-br…
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Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
@LUDENClassics I guess to see how much it would cost to rectify. That’s a pretty prime bit of land, but removing 12m deep of earth across a massive site probably doesn’t make it worth doing 😂
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LUDEN Automotive
LUDEN Automotive@LUDENClassics·
@Timoldland 😂 I wonder what the cost was. That is above and beyond what you'd expect. If you know it's more than a couple of meters deep why bother keep going
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Simon Lane
Simon Lane@SimonCarGuy·
Not helping Tim 😂 I'm going to live with it for a while and not make a knee jerk decision. Same with the exhaust which I thought needed Xpipe - now I have the car I just don't think it needs it. I mean its already loud enough you can hear it at the other end of our street.....not sure I want to be any more anti social!
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Simon Lane
Simon Lane@SimonCarGuy·
I mentioned here a while ago that I wanted a Maserati Gran Turismo to replace the Corvette. Well it’s landed. It’s a later GTS done 37k miles. Took it to the Goodwood Ball on Sat and it was fabulous. Fast enough, sounds & looks delicious. I wasn’t sure about wheel colour but they’re growing on me. Blue calipers pop behind them. Thanks to my friend Ken at KNM Cars who specialises in these for great service.
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Tim Oldland
Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
@TransportActio2 Also your post is deliberately asinine - the LTC is 1/10th of the length of HS2 - 14 miles vs 140. So it’s going to cost nowhere near as much - your post is designed to make people think it’ll cost more and you know it.
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Tim Oldland
Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
@TransportActio2 How much revenue is lost every year by haulage getting stuck around Dartford? Every single day there are huge delays and it’s the only option. I’d wager this will save billions. What will HS2 do now? Allow people to get from (almost) London to Birmingham ‘a bit’ quicker?
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Transport Action Network@TransportActio2·
Mile for mile, the Lower Thames Crossing is likely to be more expensive than HS2. Yet public money is being thrown at this damaging road scheme without a completed business case in place!
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Tim Oldland
Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
I’ll eat my hat if this happens in 2028, it’ll be used as a political point-scorer in the lead up to the next GE. Even if it does, it’ll mean negligible revenue for the gov as for a few years it’ll be voluntary reporting. First 3yrs of ownership there’s zero way of tracking it so everyone will do a magical 1000 miles and then do it again with the next lease/salsac/pcp at 3yrs.
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James McKemey
James McKemey@JamesMcKemey·
@hiltonholloway @raymasseytweets Whatever your views on EVs it is an asinine policy on its face - for a govt seeking to encourage them. For me the dumbest policy they’ve made in the space.
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Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
Even normal home overnight charging will only go from around 3p/mile to 6p/mile, still insanely cheap to run. Obvs those with solar will stay the cheapest. And those who regularly use DC chargers for work won’t notice it, it’s a tiny increase. The duty recovery had to come from somewhere.
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MB@markbishopuk·
@hiltonholloway I suspect this kills the economic case, except perhaps for higher- and additional-rate company car drivers, and people who can charge for almost nothing at home due to solar panels/batteries and who seldom/never use public chargers
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Tom@poorscousertom·
Man loses his Evri Parcel and wearing his double breasted jacket in 31 degree heat, decides to search the neighbours doorsteps for this temu thong.
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Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
@port27500 @TheEvEngineer @O_E_W I’ve said this elsewhere, but 2028 is bullshit though, will be used as a political point in the next election. It’s certainly coming, as it should. The gov gets about £700 per car in fuel duty annually (averaged) so at 7p per mile it’ll average out.
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John@port27500·
@TheEvEngineer @O_E_W Yes, obviously they'll increase it - it needs to fill the hole left by the drop in fuel duty. I expect in the future that running an EV will cost the same as running an efficient ICE car today. Did anyone really think that EVs would always be cheaper to run?
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EVEngineer
EVEngineer@TheEvEngineer·
That's me out of an EV. Love mine but I'm not having being held over a barrel to drive a car I've paid tax on, pay tax to charge, pay road tax. My PCP is up in 2028 so it'll be sent back.
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🚨 BUDGET: Summary of the leaked OBR report before the Budget - Income tax and National Insurance thresholds frozen for an additional three years until 2029-30 - Pension salary sacrifice capped at £2k a year for employee and employer contributions from 2029 - New 3p-per-mile-tax on electric vehicles from 2028 - Mansion tax from 2028 on homes over £2m - Two child benefit cap to be lifted from April 2026 - Gambling tax changes including a rise in Remote Gaming Duty and a new General Betting Duty, worth £1.1bn - Freeze student loan repayment and interest rate thresholds for three years from 2027-2028 - Dividend taxes up by 2 percentage points for basic and higher rate taxpayers - Fuel duty frozen for another 5 months before being increased in stages from September 2026

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John@port27500·
@Timoldland @LUDENClassics Is that the boarded lot on A128 just before the Middleton lane crossroads? I had wondered why that had remained undeveloped for so long.
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Tim Oldland@Timoldland·
@5054magazine If it gets lorries off the M25 around Dartford then it’s only going to be a good thing for the UK. I wonder how much haulage getting stuck there every day costs the economy?
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EVEngineer@TheEvEngineer·
@Timoldland Yeah I get they need the money but as I'm sure you're aware they have destroyed the EV industry with all these U turns, delaying fuel duty increases etc etc this isn't going to help convert sceptics
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