An electric Tesla Model 3 has completed JOGLE, John O-Groats to Lands End, with only one and a half hours spent stopped and charging, breaking the previous record easily. This is enabled by a network of high power chargers which can charge electric cars at up to 250kW. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/tesla-model-3-breaks-record-shortest-charging-time-crossing-uk The carbon impact of electric cars … Continue reading Electric Cars – a resource for teachers in 2020
“Yay my energy bill is in!” or “How we pay only 9p a unit for our electricity!”
We switched to a time-of-use electricity tariff from Octopus in the summer, from an Economy 7 tariff. This means that the price of electricity varies every half an hour, depending on the wholesale price. Between 4pm and 7pm a peak-time 12 pence is added, capped at 35p/kWh. So there's an incentive to avoid the 4pm … Continue reading “Yay my energy bill is in!” or “How we pay only 9p a unit for our electricity!”
