Thread: EV general discussion

Getting back on to EVs rather than rum or the Navy......

My son phones me several times a day. This afternoon he started talking about EVs. An EV would make sense for him as a commuting vehicle. His typical round trip is 130km/day, currently in a diesel I30 - which he is quite happy with. To move the whole family, as when coming here for Christmas, he has a D2 seven seater. His wife has a Getz and his eldest daughter a Nissan Micra, both very second hand.

He is very interested in going electric, but sees several problems.

1. He would have to charge at night. This concerns him, as with a recently installed house battery to go with his solar, they are now getting power bills of zero or less, and he would prefer to keep it that way. He works at the National Library, and there is no way of charging there.

2. He has never paid more than $10,000 for a car - which leaves the choice of EVs pretty slim to put it mildly. He wanted me to tell him prices were coming down. Obviously, they aren't.

I think his situation exemplifies the problems with EVs for many people.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I'm not sure who is really going to cash in on the most on the EV surge.

the average mugwump is being led to believe that if everybody drives EV's then some sort of green salvation will happen to the planet.

that is just sheer and pure bull**** perpetrated by the contributors to EV production.

remember from basic school science....energy is neither created nor destroyed.....the ICE car makes it's energy under its bonnet and dumps out it's exhaust....the EV makes it's energy from factories and electricity generating sources and still dumps it's waste from chimneys into the atmosphere.

the manufacturing footprint is massive and really no greener , just shifted sideways , to be seen from a different view.

ICE vehicles are very inefficient with a lot of energy being converted into heat, also they can't really recover energy used in braking also converting this to heat. EV's however are only going to get greener as the power grid becomes more renewable.

I commend this scientific discussion on the BMW Hydrogen car to forum memebers who believe that hydrogen is the future for cars.
One of the interesting things is that the hydrogen if liquid will boil off if the car is not used so it is forbidden to garage the car!
This will apply to every type of hydrogen car that stores it in liquid form. And really liquid form is the only way if you look at the video.
BMW's Hydrogen V12 Engine Is A Hilarious Engineering Stunt - YouTube
Regards PhilipA

quote..Did the RAN do a rum issue? I know the RN used to, but I fort our lot were stuck with warm beer.

when I was a grunt I found out that that RAINF had a rum ration and questioned my CSM who took appropriate action and had said ration issued to the diggers. We usually carried it the 84mm ammo cases and the CSM or QM issued it out on exercises or special occasions such as Anzac Day and Long Tan Day.

......but for a long time the diggers never got it.....who got it? I can guess.....

I had one Splice the Main Brace- Canadian from UK stock in a very odd bond store- It was 100 year old plus when I was 17 years old !
All ships including Australian seem to have one "1945 HMS Urania"
Splice the mainbrace - HMS Urania - Naval Historical Society of Australia

She was a oil burner like HMAS Vampire tech. Battery or hydrogen would be much easier

Is Tesla's total dominance of the electric vehicle market coming to an end?

Originally Posted by Narangga

Is Tesla's total dominance of the electric vehicle market coming to an end?

Definitely,once the big players get their act together.The biggest companies know the new vehicle market the best,they didnt get to where they are,just by falling out of bed.They also have the best resources,some maybe a bit behind with Ev's,but i am sure they will be ready to go,once,Ev's take off,if they ever do.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Here's a Melbourne company partnering with a UK company to convert Land Rovers and other vehicles to electric. Says they are booked up with orders until 2024.

Australian EV conversion startup merges with UK firm to turn classic cars electric | Electric vehicles | The Guardian

Classic electric vehicles for adventure — Jaunt

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Fellten - Electricity. Engineered.