Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on January 14, 2021, 06:35:31 pm
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Junk mail from Free Now:
Hi Stephen,
Yesterday, we announced the new FREE NOW Home Charger Grant Match initiative and will be investing €6million to help FREE NOW drivers with the cost of installing an electric vehicle home charger.
Although there are long-term cost benefits, we understand that the initial cost of putting an electric vehicle on the road can be expensive and want to support you where we can. So, to make that initial change to electric even easier, we have launched the FREE NOW Grant Match that allows you to save an extra €600!
How does it work?
We’ll be offering every driver who successfully avails of the SEAI home charging grant scheme an opportunity to save an additional €600 through the FREE NOW EV Home Charger Grant Match. Eligible drivers will receive a rebate of up to €600 on their FREE NOW commission, further reducing the costs that drivers must bear. The FREE NOW Grant Match will be available until the 31st January 2022.
Who can apply?
You can get this grant match if you drive an ESPSV and have successfully availed of the SEAI home charging grant scheme and have had a home charger installed. You can learn more about the FREE NOW Home Charger Grant Match and apply by clicking the button below.
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You may not be planning on making any big changes now, but when the time does come to upgrade your vehicle, we want to help you make the best decision. We’ve pulled together a helpful blog that tells you everything you need to know about Electric Vehicles, plug-in Hybrids and Hybrids. Check it out here.
Have a great day
The FREE NOW Driver Team
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I wonder are they still giving the €1000 towards the purchase of the car like before.
I think one of the conditions of that deal was that you has to brand your vehicle.Not really a great offer.
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Might give them a shout next year!!
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Mightn't work for double jobbing scum... they haven't said what time limit applies to the credit.
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Mightn't work for double jobbing scum... they haven't said what time limit applies to the credit.
Won't be costing them a penny this year!!
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Only available until 31st Jan next year. I assume you have to have paid the up to €600 in freight after buying the charger and before Feb 1st 2022 to get any rebate?
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There should be at least 5.9 million left after the 2021 Free now allocation is given out.
They should be taking this serious by offering 5k for every driver that buys a leccy car.That plus the 20k from the NTA would make me get serious about going electric.
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esla has been told to recall more than 150,000 of its vehicles over an issue with failing touch screens, which could increase the risk of crashes.
The issue with the Model S and Model X cars involves memory chips that are used in the displays of 158,000 vehicles made between 2012 and 2018.
They wear out and the screen to stop working, which could increase the risk of accidents on the road.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requested Tesla make the recall. The firm has until January 27 to respond.
Tesla did make some updates to mitigate some of the issues but the NHTSA said they were not sufficient.
It said the failure of the media-console units (MCU) was "a defect related to motor-vehicle safety”.
It cited a range of issues including the loss of rear-view camera images and controls for heating, air conditioning and defrosting.
The potential loss of audible chimes and alerts associated with indicators and the driver-assistance Autopilot feature was also noted.
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Thank fuk mines a 2020.
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Tesla would need 1,600 YEARS to earn the money invested in the company on the stock market
Tesla delivered less than 500,000 cars in 2020 yet added almost $750billion to its market value as its shares continue to surge
After a dip on Monday, they rebounded to more than $853 per share
Yet experts warn that the company would need 1,600 years to earn as much money as has been invested on the stock market at this current earnings rate
Its share price is currently 128 times the amount of earnings per share
The industry average is for share price to be around 15 times the price of earnings per share
If shares prices continue to rise on Wednesday, founder and CEO Elon Musk, 49, could once again become the world's richest person
IF ELECTRIC CARS ARE SO GOOD WHY HAVE NONE OF THE OTHER CAR MAKERS STOPPED MAKING COMBUSTION ENGINED CARS AND WENT ALL ELECTRIC .
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Because the battery technology isn't quite there yet John....and the charging infrastructure certainly isn't,the Toyota Prius is around since 97 but they didn't put all their eggs in that particular basket but i'd buy a Toyota hybrid over any other car manufacturer hybrid.
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Big gamble to buy a EV now even with grants .The mechanics to mind them might not be available and costly .
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Looking at the Tesla share price it has to CRASH that will have the effect of people losing trust in EVs that will destroy second hand or trade in value so you would need to be comitted for the full 9 years and will the batteries last that long .
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The folks who believe in Tesla aren't thinking about just electric cars.That's just a small part of something bigger.Tesla will keep going up and they'll keep splitting the shares like Apple did.
Short sellers lost 35 billion on Tesla last year.How do you bet against Tesla?.That's financial suicide right there and honestly demonstrates a lack of insight.Ten years from now $900 for a Tesla share will look cheap.I'll be happy to remind ya.By then Musk will probably own Daimler and Ford and a few other companies.
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Big gamble to buy a EV now even with grants .The mechanics to mind them might not be available and costly .
What mechanics.Its electric.
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The folks who believe in Tesla aren't thinking about just electric cars.That's just a small part of something bigger.Tesla will keep going up and they'll keep splitting the shares like Apple did.
Short sellers lost 35 billion on Tesla last year.How do you bet against Tesla?.That's financial suicide right there and honestly demonstrates a lack of insight.Ten years from now $900 for a Tesla share will look cheap.I'll be happy to remind ya.By then Musk will probably own Daimler and Ford and a few other companies.
Merc Stock markets love a must have share ill just give you one ENRON .Tesla have the field to themselves at the moment Musk will not buy GM or Ford he should he will just sell a shedload of his shares cash out and watch it crash and burn .The question is when .The big unknown is Chinas EVs unlike previous 100 years of motoring China never competed for market share .If I was playing the EV trade I would buy the Chinease version of Tesla .Tesla is a Ponzy .
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Big gamble to buy a EV now even with grants .The mechanics to mind them might not be available and costly .
What mechanics.Its electric.
When the Flux capacitor or the giggling pin or the laughing shaft go you or me wont be allowed go near them or we will void the warranty .Unlike your present motor you can carry out most mechanical work but with softwear and hardware updates these things could become expensive to maintain .Im sure like the Apple phone you will need special tools to do any work on them and they will be only available at Tesla or whatever service Docke .
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^^^Everything is a Ponzi John.Tesla could drop to $300 in the morning and within weeks it would recover.It's a cult.
Not one shareholder ever expects to receive a dividend from Tesla.They just wanna tell everyone how many shares they own and how much they've gone up.
Valuations are obscene but they're becoming normalised.. the EV sector of the stock market is red hot until something else comes along.Everyone is trying to be the next Tesla. Most won't but you will make a few euro trading the stocks.
I'm not really into buying a Tesla.They're more for the wealthier end of the market.Tesla are cannibalising BMW and Merc sales more than Toyota/Skoda.In the US they're cheaper.
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China Tesla up about 1400% this YEAR 14 days so that boat has sailed .GM or Ford will be the Biggest American Player in a few years if you could buy and hold you would be quids in but who has money to sink for about 10 years ?
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Merch the other unknown is Paggo or his successor .If the Exchequer are not getting Fuel Duty they could lump an Electric Vehicle annual tax on Scooters ,Bikes and cars .Paggo on the RTE this evening saying that our Tax Robbing low life Scum government are going to get Cock kicked by new tax rules that could cost us between 800 million and two billion a year in stolen tax .They will be looking for more coin from somewhere .Also read a sneaky survey in todays Rag that most older Irish families are living in too big a house .They must be thinking of a Room tax if your gaff is under occupier ?
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^^^You will make more John trading the small stocks that get bought by the crowd.Momentum trading is a real thing and it's legal.Lots of shit stocks getting pumped and dumped by YouTubers.
Buy 5000 shares for a dollar that's trending on social media and it could triple or more in weeks.Cash out then move on to something else.Easy money.
This has been fairly successful.All legal until it isn't.Tens of thousands of people on apps trying to force the algorithm to raise the prices at the same time.Mad stuff.
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I'd say they'll take one look at ye John and know you're in the boxroom!!
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Merch you going all cash before the weekend just in case the Trumpateers run Riot or will you buy shares in bullett and bandage makers ?
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I dunno John.I'm stuck in a trade that's below what I paid for it.Only a few hundred down but it's a gold miner so should be safe enough.I usually move everything into one instrument as it's easier to manage.
Even if there is trouble the markets won't be affected like before.But 10 or 20 % drops aren't fun.Tesla and apple are the new gold.
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I've noticed the seagulls a screaching louder and flyin anticlockwise
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If the Trumpateers run Riot Gold will break 2000 and the Miners will go up with it .As long as your Miner is not in South Africa lads down there are dying faster than farmed Chickens with runny noses .
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I've noticed the seagulls a screaching louder and flyin anticlockwise
Big Dommo got a warning from his Pigeon Club seems that there is a bad bird flu killing lots of wild birds
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Some Canadian outfit.Probably two blokes with a shovel and a few billion valuation.It will be grand I'd say.Trump has asked the gang to cool down.He will be gone and forgotten soon enough.
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Some Canadian outfit.Probably two blokes with a shovel and a few billion valuation.It will be grand I'd say.Trump has asked the gang to cool down.He will be gone and forgotten soon enough.
Seriously Merch dont think so .One of Our Kids is a conspiricy theorist and liked a few posts from Qanon on whatsapp a few weeks ago and was banned today .The US are shitting themselves .Its beginning to look like Nazi Germany in the 30s .Forget Fox News or CNN look to the normal CBS or CNBC for a fairer picture of the tension in the US of Anarchy .The King is dead long live the King they dont need Donny anymore the Juggernaut is in motion .Dont forget my big Double prediction American Soldiers shooting dead Americans and British Troops on the Streets of Britain shooting British Citizens .These are really scarey times .
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Here is an article on how hard the manufacturers are making it to repair devices .Imagine how many Chips are in an EV .....https://www.cbsnews.com/news/electronics-product-repair-manufacturers/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/electronics-product-repair-manufacturers/)
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The NTA are very slow with the details on the 15 million offered in the budget.I wonder are changing the plan.Probably a legal minefield for them.