Seems very sensible to me, otherwise 2 cars could block the charger for the entire day.
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Is sort of the point?
Not for the high power charger parking spaces.
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ErmâŠ
This weekendâs adventures in charging: my mum and partner experiencing charging at Beaconsfield twice.
Good: charging rate
Bad: had to queue both times (6 Ionitys and 3 Gridserves for two carriageways is not enough now), not helped when some gimmer pulled in front of the chargers towing a caravan (not in an EV) and then had to reverse back to let people out.
Video channel rabbit hole brought this up:
So if you need to deliver milk quickly, this is what you need to do to your Milkfloat.
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My Tesla came back not long after Lopwell, with a hole in the paint to the metal on the drivers door (not there when it left and the other side to the door repair and respray). I sent it back and politely said sort it.
Over a week ago it came back and the repair was just a waft of spray and the a laquer. I could still see the outline of the paint hole and the indentation. Seemed an attempt to quick fix it as it was someting they were paying to resource. Sent it back a second time.
Emailed yesterday to say it would be ready today after a proper job. Emailed today to say the QA person wasnât happy with the finish so itâs back in to have the door stripped and resprayed again.
Forgotten what it looks likeâŠ
How about a nice new Capri?
I really donât get their naming conventions at the moment, first an electric mustang and now a capri 
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It really feels like someone in their marketing department has zero clue about cars / car history and is just fucking around with the names for the sake of the caché they bring.
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Ah I see youâve been to marketing school.
I thought it was a Polestar thingy at first; the side view is rather similarâŠ
Theyâll probably have a statement like this in the accompanying blurb:
âIt shares the unique headlight graphics and dynamic surface treatments with the Ariya SUVâ
Probably.
I think things like the revised Beetle, Fiat 500 and Mini arenât too bad on that front, but thereâs just a complete disconnect when Ford does it.
Yeah, they are all merging in to one car with the push for everything being an SUV and having to have the aero for efficiency.
I do fancy the Alpine A290 though
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Isnât there also increasing regs on front shape for how crash friendly they are if they hit a pedestrian?
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Iâd counter that the Bronco and Mustang (not Mach-E, the Mustang) are among the best âriff on an old design with new detailsâ in the industry but they do lack consistency.
Looks like a Renault 5 to me, perhaps on purpose.
Ford have played a blinder, everyone talking about a new model.
Anyone who actually had a Capri back in the day would unlikely be buying a new Ford EV anyway so I donât really see an issue. Vauxhall bought back the Viva for example.
From a design point of view, I think it looks pretty gash, as a lot of the âflat floorâ ground up EVs do, to tall side profile and wheels too large and just generic toss surfacing.
At lest something like the BMW i3 still looks fresh, interesting and has an identity alongside being lightweight & innovative.
