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Promising the earth


Reluctance to buy into electric cars is understandable when consumers have become wary of misleading claims

Richard Young

Posted 04 July 2023 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Opinion|Automotive|National


OPINION: My old Saab estate, Dominic, is looking sad enough to warrant his own country song. His rubber shark fin aerial cover has perished and fallen off. His badges have gone from bright blue to dull...

My old Saab estate, Dominic, is looking sad enough to warrant his own country song. His rubber shark fin aerial cover has perished and fallen off. His badges have gone from bright blue to dull chrome and his window seals are mostly moss. I swore a couple of years ago that when his turbo wheezed its last puff I would be going full electric to save the planet and, after the chunky initial outlay,...

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