Thread: Trial complete: electric vehicles can work in Australia

Originally Posted by ian4002000

If you wanted to extend the driving range of the vehicle on special occasions, could a generator be connected to your system ? and if so what size generator would create enough power for the electric motor ?

Ian
Bittern

not really , it takes 6-8 hours charging at 3.3kw for 100km range. so would need a 25kva generator to sustain 100kmh . At 100kmh its pulling 200-250 amps at 144volt.

My LandRover conversion is not very efficient compared to properly designed EV's ,

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Originally Posted by goingbush

Also charging at Tesla destination chargers is Free .

No account required , no card swipe , Its Free .
I asked the winery where this charger is located & they said Tesla installed their 3 phase solar array, the charger & power wall all for free .

One Tesla and my Landy are the only two cars they have seen charging with it.

I tasted some wine while I was charging , cost me $35.00 , that sucked . Need chargers installed at Micro-Breweries
have a look at PlugShare - Find Electric Vehicle Charging Locations Near You

Have to say this is amazing.......

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Didn't know if I should put this here or the Autonomous vehicles thread, but here will do.

What a fabulous thing.

Just as an aside, I read somewhere recently that pedestrians are "gaming" the autonomous test vehicles by walking out in front of them, knowing that they have to stop.

This would also apply to the latest Subarus and Mazdas with autonomous braking. Could make for a slow trip in city centres. It also could affect the theories of futurists that AVs will reduce congestion. Imagine all those AV Ubers stopping every few metres.

Regards Philip A

Autonomous braking could also have advantages.
Obviously if your car stops it avoids it being damaged and saves money.
Auto braking would also be essential on automated public transport, such as buses travelling fixed routes. I can see Brisbane's excellent busway network being a prime candidate for auto buses with auto braking.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Just as an aside, I read somewhere recently that pedestrians are "gaming" the autonomous test vehicles by walking out in front of them, knowing that they have to stop.

This would also apply to the latest Subarus and Mazdas with autonomous braking. Could make for a slow trip in city centres. It also could affect the theories of futurists that AVs will reduce congestion. Imagine all those AV Ubers stopping every few metres.

Regards Philip A

He he - love to see someone try that in front of the wrong vehicle that didn’t have the tech fitted...