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Steven Raith

Re: Sums

That may be true, but if the roads and traffic denote that driving style suits it, it's still going to seriously hamper the range.

IE up here in North Yorkshire, there is a lot of pulling out of junctions at full throttle to join traffic (if you don't want be stuck there for ten minutes), overtaking the tourists, tractors and dawdlers, plenty of hills that require full throttle to maintain speed, etc - basically where you use more throttle travel, more of the time - even with 200lb/ft available.

if the original range is 113 miles, around here you're probably not going to see more than 70 miles per charge even if you drive conservatively - and notably less if you're enthusiastic, just due to the nature of the roads.

So it's a relevant point to make!

Steven R

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