On Wed, 1 Feb 2017 12:31:30 -0000, "tim..."
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"David Cantrell" wrote in message
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 06:06:32PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
On 2017-01-30 16:59:31 +0000, Recliner said:
The vehicle isn't the interim model.
That kind of hybrid is; the long-term solution is a pure electric
vehicle when battery technology is good enough.

We don't know when it will be good enough.

Ah,

we might not know

but TPTB do

otherwise they wouldn't have put in laws mandating use of 100% emission free
vehicles by insert some date in, the not to distant, future

If technology hasn't invented new battery technology by then, we will all be
breaking the law (or only allowed to drive cars with pathetic ranges)

How large is the zone where zero emissions is required?

If it's reasonably small, the PHEV could run with zero emissions
within it, but would be able to use its small petrol engine to
recharge outside it (assuming there aren't enough charging points,
which there should be soon).