New VED Bands

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mrmr96 said:

I guess it comes down to how efficient the regeneration system is, and how big the engine is to keep the capacitors topped up. The puny engine needs merely to cover the difference between the energy recovered from braking and that required to acceleration.

The devil is in the detail, but I can't see a car specced to handle commuting being any fun on a B-road.

mrmr96 said:

somewhere north of 600Nm of torque and this will be sustained to get you back up to the speed you were doing before you hit the brakes.

At 0 rpm. Electric motors produce maximum torque at stall and a (usually) linear decrease with rpm. Electric motors really make quoting torque figures irrelevant, power is what you care about.

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Welshbeef said:

Look at how many sub 120g/jm cars you can buy now vs a year ago & how many are going to be <99g/km...

Yes, pity they're all st.