Do we own the last great Gas Jaguar?
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When gas revenues dry up EV owners will have to be targeted - certainly in the UK the government raises a huge amount of tax from gas sales two-thirds of the price is tax!) so I bet they'll start taxing the electricity used to charge vehicles. They'll have to do something dramatic to prop up their finances when no-one is paying gas tax.
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Cheers, agree with all, save I can really see an electric car in my [wife's] future, we are expanding our PV setup at home so probably should get it to about 15kw system size and another 15kw of battery, so potentially we wouldnt pay for electricity at all for the car. I am not really a fan of the shape of the iPace. It isnt ugly, but it doesnt attract me, and that is why we have just bought a new XE which should take us another 3 or 4 years I suppose. I am really looking forward to seeing what the new XJ looks like, and Callum mentioned something "really special" coming up which has piqued my interest as well, but at the moment it is pretty hard looking past what I drive - steering, noise, gears, and looks first for me, speed really comes a distant fifth. The electrics lose gears, noise, handling, and looks, IMO.
The World's Fastest Consumer Car.
The specs on the Tesla $200K roadster are absolutely insane.
That modeled version isn't as compelling as an earlier version, but still I laughed out loud.
https://www.tesla.com/roadster
Base Specs
Acceleration 0-60 mph
1.9 sec
Acceleration 0-100 mph
4.2 sec
Acceleration 1/4 mile
8.8 sec
Top Speed
Over 250 mph
Wheel Torque
10,000 Nm
Mile Range
620 miles
Seating
4
Drive
All-Wheel Drive
Base Price
$200,000
Base Reservation
$50,000
Founders Series Price
$250,000
Founders Series Reservation
(1,000 reservations available)
$250,000
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Agreed it is crazy fast and insane numbers. But once you have dragged everyone off in the neighborhood and embarrassed them, I think it would be a pretty boring car without noise and gears. Like slot car racing, you think it's gonna be awesome and it gets tired after 3 minutes.
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