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If that is true, then it's precisely the definition of getting more efficient as the load goes up. But I don't believe it's true. If a...

No argument that electric is way more efficient than ICE. But the highlighted bit implies that a diesel engine gets more efficient when...

Possibly, but I've not heard of losing lots of range in an ICE when loaded up. Can Bunkermagnet confirm what happens with his diesel...

All true, but it doesn't explain why it's more pronounced on an EV than ICE. In both cases the amount of extra energy required would be...

Can anyone explain the physics of why adding load impacts range so much more on an EV than an ICE? I just can't fathom why.

Be warned that both Thurlestone and Bigbury are a bitch to get to (but worth the effort). Prepare yourself for single track lanes with...

I don't hate my current dentist. Or the one before that. I *do* hate what the dentists I had to endure in the 1960s/70s/80s did to me...

Yes, but if the mic at the bowler's end was used in error, then the spike would have arrived LATER. But the spike on Snicko is BEFORE...

Back home after another delayed flight to Bristol and then a diversion through Bridgewater because part of the M5 was closed for reasons...

Thick Bermuda grass on aprons around greens. Hate it.

Since this is the thread about people who've passed, can we agree that the fact so many nice people have died but Trump is still alive...

I haven't seen it yet, so don't know what it looks like. I like your description of the "purple trash can" 😅

My daughter recently had Octopus install a heat pump. Her house is a 1930s semi. Octopus replaced all the radiators (but the pipework...

There will be plenty of water in them now. It absolutely peed down today. And I came here to get away from the rain 😭 (This is the...

I don't much care for Journey. I haven't listened to it much, primarily because every time I try those dreadful out of tune vocalists...