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Plenty of mileage left in the tank

Six years ago, I wrote a piece in this column about the switchover to electric vehicles and its consequences on scooter owners. Since that time, things have changed dramatically, but it’s not all doom and gloom. Although it seems the UK Government can’t really make its mind up, it currently plans to ban the sales of all new petrol and diesel cars from 2035. It will be possible to buy a second-hand ‘petrol’ vehicle after that date, but as times go by, fewer and fewer of them will be on the

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