Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by johnp38
Too lazy to google but I do recall reading years ago that volcanoes erupting and other gaseous earth leaks are a huge source of emissions and a few days of volcanic activity is equivalent to a few years of man made crap.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

True but man made emissions are over an above natural emissions - mother earth has shown over millions of years to be able to cope with natural emissions once the planet has settled down but is having trouble with man made stuff

There are plenty of people (like Alan Jones) who make that claim about volcanoes but it seems that it is not true.

According to this site and many others, humans emit 100s of times as much C02 as volcanoes.

Do volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans?

This UN site says:
“It takes only three days for man-kind to equal the entire annual CO2 emissions of all volcanoes on earth,”

https://unric.org/en/even-volcanos-do-not-surpass-the-human-contribution-to-co2-emissions/

Polestar grabbed my attention a few hours ago. It is one of those SPAC merger listings in the US. Not an IPO just a odd marige of a bucket load of cash raised with the hope of a merger with a hopefuly very good idea that is not yet on the share market. Not legal to do in Australia. It was a Volvo baby Then a Volvo - Geely baby not listed describes as "independent" from 2017 onwards

Polestar will trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol PSNY

SPAC is GGPI Gores Guggenheim Inc on Nasdaq

Not in myself but watching


Pricing the Polestar cars looks fairly sharp Not a Disco replacement



https://www.drive.com.au/news/2022-p...ice-and-specs/

Originally Posted by vnx205

Originally Posted by johnp38
Too lazy to google but I do recall reading years ago that volcanoes erupting and other gaseous earth leaks are a huge source of emissions and a few days of volcanic activity is equivalent to a few years of man made crap.




There are plenty of people (like Alan Jones) who make that claim about volcanoes but it seems that it is not true.

According to this site and many others, humans emit 100s of times as much C02 as volcanoes.

Do volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans?

This UN site says:
“It takes only three days for man-kind to equal the entire annual CO2 emissions of all volcanoes on earth,”

https://unric.org/en/even-volcanos-do-not-surpass-the-human-contribution-to-co2-emissions/

A lot of dumb ****s equate 'smoke' with CO2.

The 'smoke' from volcanoes is nearly all just steam.

DL

Dirty steam, with occasional large lumps, also significant amounts of sulphur oxides.

Magma coming from deep in the crust has almost no carbon content, but is likely to pick up carbon bearing rocks on the way up, mainly limestone, but also other carbonates and coal, oil shale, and oil or natural gas which will oxidise to carbon dioxide as soon as they come in contact with the atmosphere.

A 3k drop in Ford Electric engine. Apparently the engine what is in the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT


Ford’s Already Out of $3,900 Electric Crate Motors

EV hot-rodders are adopting the Blue Oval's new offering in a hurry.

By Caleb Jacobs November 5, 2021


Ford’s Already Out of $3,900 Electric Crate Motors

| The DriveThe bad bit is of course "In order to make the crate motor work at all, you'll need to source your own inverter and battery pack, which is no small feat. If and when you're able to find those, you'll at least be happy to know Ford supplies a vent tube assembly, an LV harness and connector, and an HV motor to traction inverter harness."

Stats for the car. Link
2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT and GT Performance Edition: By the Numbers

• Base price: $61,000 ($66,000 GT Performance Edition) (all prices exclude destination fees)
• Powertrain: 88 kWh battery | 1-speed transmission | all-wheel drive
• Horsepower: 480
• Torque: 600 lb-ft | 634 GT Performance Edition
• 0-60: 3.8 seconds | 3.5 GT Performance Edition
• Seating capacity: 5
• Cargo volume: 29.7 cubic feet (59.7 with the second row down) | 4.7 cubic feet front trunk
• EPA range: 270 miles | 260 GT Performance Edition
• Quick take: The Mach-E model we should've gotten from day one.

I don't know why they are calling it a crate motor , Its just a Motor which is pretty useless without its specific inverter. Like buying a short engine in ICE terminology.

As I understand a 'crate motor' comes with inverter & everything you need to programme & make it run .

Originally Posted by goingbush

I don't know why they are calling it a crate motor , Its just a Motor which is pretty useless without its specific inverter. Like buying a short engine in ICE terminology.


As I understand a 'crate motor' comes with inverter & everything you need to programme & make it run .

Fully agree. I would add most of the ford 'crate' motor looks like it a facade. It is useless to me for my hope to move my Disco off ICE. No hope untill I can get the power source which is suitable for my needs. Honestly happy to wait for a fuel Cell option myself. Love my 2 big enough batteries at work yet can see a replacement will have options at their expiry date in a year or several

I do think the price points is a start and happy to see bits on the market.

I see the biggest issue of say a D2 conversion would be the need for a hefty GVM increase.

Enough battery to go a good distance would be significant wouldn’t it?

GB:
How heavy are the batteries in the Series? And what’s the overall weight change?