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Re: domestic sockets

16A sockets or otherwise, it's no good for me, living in a third floor flat. And flats tend to be particularly popular in cities (where this car is aimed), whereas a nice cosy garage setup is more prevalent in rural areas (where this cars uses are severely reduced).

Basically batteries of most descriptions and in most scenarios are shockingly inadequate. Batteries in TV remote controls are dandy. Mobile phones are just about tolerable (though 3G limits this claim). Laptops are broadly insufficient (fires notwithstanding, Sony seem to be leaders).

Anyway, back to cars: Leccy requires an age to "refill" and demands some wholescale rethinking/remodelling of infrastructure compared to the the tank/combustion model which allows for rapid (near-instant) impromptu refuelling within the existing infrastructure.

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