Peace out and culture adventure ahead

[Tesla2.0]

Loving the photos! I get to travel by proxy ha ha. Keep them coming! I hope you’ve enjoyed the Platinum Jubilee celebrations!

This is the most crowd I have ever seen in London. Entire Central London is as dense as Disney World EPCOT Center in summer at this point. So much national pride in London that flags and queen’s face are just obiquous . It is safe to say that this nation will not go Republic any time soon.

 

[Tesla2.0]

I see many Hyundai EVs. I was told by Uber drivers that Britain’s is going to be to all EVs by 2035 and all auto manufacturers got the message.

 

[Tesla2.0]

First time caught a Polestar in the wild!

 

[hydbob]

Are you actually on vacation or just a fact finding mission for other EVs in London?

 

[Tesla2.0]

Both, I have other countries to visit as well.

 

[DeaneG]

Human energy is even greener and healthier than electricity. #london

I was surprised to find out that photosynthesis (sun->plants) is only about 11% efficient, and humans (plants->human motion energy output) are about 25% efficient. So sunlight->human power output on a bike is at best about 2.6% efficient. Solar PV to grid is about 18-20% efficient, and grid to car to motion about 75-80%. This gives about 15% efficiency for sunlight -> car's motion output, six times better than a human on a bike.

 

[Tesla2.0]

 

[mnewber1]

meanwhile, I’ll be missing my Lucid GF during business trip. But I’ll post other foreign EV culture I find interesting here.

I'm missing the Lucid I don't have yet...

 

[Tesla2.0]

You will get it. Everything just slow now.

I'm missing the Lucid I don't have yet...

Hang in there! She is worth the wait!

 

[Tesla2.0]

Interesting first time seeing Toyota Prius dashboard close up. It switches petro and electric mode based on speed of acceleration and velocity in generation of electricity. #uber

 

[Tesla2.0]

KIA Niro EV is actually very cute looking!

 

[Tesla2.0]

First time seeing BMW i3 in the wild. Very functional at 153 miles range, but design lol strange…

 

[Tesla2.0]

At UK, they are taking Lucid Air reservation but no price is set yet. So my guess this area might take 1 year+ wait. But they are expecting all over Europe delivery. This part of world is also experiencing supply chain bottleneck just as bad as in USA.

 

[Tesla2.0]

Ferrari electric tricycle

 

[Tesla2.0]

I only understand today why Brits don’t like EVs. 90%+ of people don’t have have garage. Most of houses were built predated 1910 before automobiles were born. The later house and midrises, people just park on street. This makes home charging very difficult to own an EV.

Even Model 3 is very rare here. People mostly prefer hybrid.

 

[Tesla2.0]

Pretty awesome electric van, 150 miles range, delivery driver told me super fast and he loves it!

 

[MPawelek]

Carbon neutral? Does the electricity appear out of thin air?

 

[Tesla2.0]

Carbon neutral? Does the electricity appear out of thin air?

They probably plant a lot of trees to convert CO2 in their HQ.

 

[Tesla2.0]

France is suffering vineyard frost damage. The winery industry has seem worst pain in decades from climate change.

Meanwhile, their auto industry landscape is converting to electric at exponential rate…

 

[Bbq9]

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LOL

Used to live ‘next door‘ to Burford

And … in central London opposite HMS Belfast and the Tower of London. This is like a memory trip home