{"id":8190,"date":"2022-12-09T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:05:37","slug":"lowflying-december-2022-putting-the-ev-in-seven-conversion-trade-offs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/lowflying-december-2022-putting-the-ev-in-seven-conversion-trade-offs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowflying December 2022 &#8211; Putting the EV in sEVen &#8211; Conversion Trade-offs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caterhamlotus7.club\">Lowflying<\/a> for December 2022. This is part 2 of a multi-part series and is a cut down version of this post:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1728\" height=\"1117\" data-attachment-id=\"8191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/lowflying-december-2022-putting-the-ev-in-seven-conversion-trade-offs\/putting-the-ev-in-seven-part-2-lowflying-december-2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1728,1117\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1670169770&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022.jpg 1728w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022-600x388.jpg 600w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022-1536x993.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putting-the-EV-in-sEVEn-part-2-Lowflying-December-2022-1200x776.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Putting the EV in sEVen &#8211; Conversion Trade-offs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another article in Lowflying for December 2022. 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