Electric Vehicles: What have you spotted?

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First Tesla Model X I've seen in the whole spotted today while I was picking folks up from the Station.

Not actually as much of a tank as I expected it to be.
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Zelandeth wrote: Not actually as much of a tank as I expected it to be.


No, they're quite sleek for a modern. I see one every day at work.

Look at the dash. The LCD screen is the size of a domestic wide-screen TV!
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The way things are going, might only be a matter of time before LCD covers the whole of the front windscreen. Why look at reality when you can look at enhanced VR? :shock:
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white exec wrote:The way things are going, might only be a matter of time before LCD covers the whole of the front windscreen. Why look at reality when you can look at enhanced VR? :shock:


That might have distinct benefits in bad weather Chris...

Plus the opportunity for a decent HUD, traffic info display and so on. Imagine a satnav working on a real representation of the road ahead...

The opportunities are endless; limited only by imagination :)
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CitroJim wrote:
Plus the opportunity for a decent HUD, traffic info display and so on. Imagine a satnav working on a real representation of the road ahead...

The opportunities are endless; limited only by imagination :)


..........and the hackers desire to install a bit of code into the software to suddenly pop up some footage of the Cresta Run on the HUD whilst you're bimbling down to the shops :rofl2:
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bobins wrote:
CitroJim wrote:
Plus the opportunity for a decent HUD, traffic info display and so on. Imagine a satnav working on a real representation of the road ahead...

The opportunities are endless; limited only by imagination :)


..........and the hackers desire to install a bit of code into the software to suddenly pop up some footage of the Cresta Run on the HUD whilst you're bimbling down to the shops :rofl2:


At least it'll make a dull drive exciting :lol:
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I can just imagine grandma in the passenger seat turning to grandad in the driving seat and saying: "The weather's bad today, don't you think you ought to slow down a bit ?" :rofl2: :-D
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:shock: :shock: :shock:
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Spotted a couple of tesla's down here, a few leafs and zoe's but both Renault and Nissan dealrs close, couple of the mitsubishi hybrids and prious's. The latter more often going to the golf club!
Friends down the road have an elecy berlingo/partner van, we have seen A Renault Twizzy out in the wild too!
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Saw a Leaf today in Milton Keynes...

In the regulation colour for all of them: Silver <yawn>

Never seen one in anything but...
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Saw a white Leaf on a 17 plate this morning, Jim!
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Only ever seen a Leaf in White - probably the same one each time.
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Maybe they are coloured by region and our colour is sliver perhaps and yours is white!
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Dark silver Renault Zoe spotted in the Kingston Tesco car park just now.
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When out handing a bike over to a customer a Grey leaf demonstrator Wafted past! Close to gun metal grey, bt lighter??
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