Details of BS7671:2018 Amendment 1 are here.

whjohnson:

All of this may become irrelevant quite quickly. Electric cars only made up 2 % of total new vehicle sales last year.

IMHO EVs are part of the solution, but not all of it. Even for a large car, e.g. M-B S-Class, 100 bhp is all you need on the motorway. It is decades since I have found any stretch of road where even 90 mph was achievable for any length of time. Problem with only 100 bhp is lack of acceleration, but that is solved by having large motors. You don't need a big battery because you will run up behind the next vehicle soon after winning the traffic lights grand-prix. 600 bhp vehicles won't last much longer because they will fail to meet CO₂ emission limits. M-B have been slow to move into all electric vehicles and don't forget that they have access to F1 technology, so my hunch is that this will be their trajectory.


A 40 mile electric range will be enough for most people's commuting. Beyond that, you rely upon the ICE.


Germans will have to put up with slower speeds on their derestricted bits of motorway. Tough!

whjohnson:

All of this may become irrelevant quite quickly. Electric cars only made up 2 % of total new vehicle sales last year.

IMHO EVs are part of the solution, but not all of it. Even for a large car, e.g. M-B S-Class, 100 bhp is all you need on the motorway. It is decades since I have found any stretch of road where even 90 mph was achievable for any length of time. Problem with only 100 bhp is lack of acceleration, but that is solved by having large motors. You don't need a big battery because you will run up behind the next vehicle soon after winning the traffic lights grand-prix. 600 bhp vehicles won't last much longer because they will fail to meet CO₂ emission limits. M-B have been slow to move into all electric vehicles and don't forget that they have access to F1 technology, so my hunch is that this will be their trajectory.


A 40 mile electric range will be enough for most people's commuting. Beyond that, you rely upon the ICE.


Germans will have to put up with slower speeds on their derestricted bits of motorway. Tough!