Today a Nissan leaf owned by our friend Robert Sharpe of EV Consultancy, EverGreen Consulting, came by for a visit, test drive and a quick charge. We do like the Leaf – it offers superb engineering with solid build quality and reliability. Robert is driving close to 20,000 miles per year on electricity in the Leaf and loving it. For more details on EverGreen EV Consulting see their website.
Tesla refreshes Model Y Tesla has refreshed its UK volume seller Model Y and first deliveries are expected to reach UK customers in May. Orders are now open for the New Model Y with prices starting at £60,990 for the “Launch Series” – Long Range AWD model in Black or Quicksilver. Tesla claims the new
Government borrowing costs soar This week has not been a great week for the Government with a raft of pointless arguments about pointless public inquiries and Musk calling people names but much more importantly the Bond market has worked up to the sorry state of the UK economy. Government borrowing costs higher now than at
The Telegraph reports: Net zero policies are sharply driving up energy costs, the Bank of England has admitted, as officials battle to bring living costs back under control. Sarah Breeden, the Bank’s deputy governor, said households and businesses were paying more for energy because of so-called carbon permits, which require power plants to pay for
How Close Were We To Blackouts Yesterday? We received an Octopus energy alert for a Saving Session lunch time yesterday the 8th Jan. Hey Alastair, The first Saving Session of January is today between 5-6pm! Yesterday was cold with no wind and light snow over the UK. As Paul Homewood on his site summarises a post from Watt
