That NACS charging will be North America only of course, other markets will get CCS or the Chinese system.

I don't think they're required to, it's just commercial reality. Tesla only have a minority of the EV market and using a proprietary charging system would cut Tesla owners off from public charging.

I would. I’ve never seen or heard of a button to open a door so unless somebody told me I’d look for a conventional handle. Pressing a button wouldn't even occur to me.

It’s not a wooden car. It has a steel chassis. What Morgan call a frame isn't what the Americans think it is.

I think there may be a language barrier here... the car is built using traditional coach building techniques so metal panels on a wooden frame, but that's not what the Americans call a frame. It just forms the body which then goes on a steel chassis - what the Americans would call a frame.

The racing programme presumably had first call.

Well, strictly speaking the race programme was state funded, not private cars.

Actually, the magazine followed the TV show.

You didn't specify cars... every urban bus I see here, and many of the long distance ones, has a six speed ZF unit.

I see one frequently.

It was deemed cheaper than designing a new gearbox.

This wasn’t normally the case. As time went on and engines produced more torque, overdrive went from the upper three gears to the upper two to just fourth as the torque in the lower gears would be too much for the unit.

Well, Germany and Europe are not the same thing... both statements are true.

An 225....RIP

I’ve never noticed that on a car but you do you.

It would be the "getting killed" thing.

Yes, that’s an e-208. Usually the e badge is more obvious but it’s blue and gets visually lost on a blue car.

Well, I don't want one, but if I had to a double cab in blue with the 2.0 diesel (nothing else sold here) with the manual gearbox and manual air conditioning (yes, it's extra) would be almost €50,000 which is a great deal of money.

Toyota's eCVT isn't much more complicated than an EV's single speed gearbox and EVs have traction batteries too.

Try living in France. Every town and village has a Zone 30 guarded by speed bumps and chicanes.