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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    Recycling is great mate- having your exhaust stolen to be recycled is possibly not everyone's happy dayz
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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    IP68 sealed It has been spotted in left and right drive but we may be last to see it.

    Crab walk- swimming and more.
    BYD reveals luxury electric SUV

    Go to the 4th minute to see the swim

    Only 4WD I saw swimming other than mine, was a pajero- it sunk after swimming a bit Swimming in the very fast river crossings I have been in a few times might be very very bad of course
    IP68 - my Defender definitely wasn't going through water that deep a few times

    Similar looking to the Kia EV9 but that is not an off-roader.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    IP68 sealed It has been spotted in left and right drive but we may be last to see it.

    Crab walk- swimming and more.
    BYD reveals luxury electric SUV

    Go to the 4th minute to see the swim


    Only 4WD I saw swimming other than mine, was a pajero- it sunk after swimming a bit Swimming in the very fast river crossings I have been in a few times might be very very bad of course
    Can you imagine the service department on Monday!!??. I want to claim warranty! Where is the car? At the bottom of the ocean!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot View Post
    Can you imagine the service department on Monday!!??. I want to claim warranty! Where is the car? At the bottom of the ocean!
    But Google maps said there was a fast charger there
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    Quote Originally Posted by Narangga View Post
    But Google maps said there was a fast charger there
    Salt water fueled battery

    Salt water torpeado battery I used/ fired worked very well. Still in use. Not the Bottom of the ocean. About 10 metres down when cruising fast was cool.

    still in use now via ones like V616: Seawater-activated battery for A244 torpedoes

    It is "Magnesium-silver chloride " as were my ships torpeado battery a long time ago

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    Burn Baby burn

    Telsa can be hot Burns the battery of Tesla Model S, serious difficulties in "taming" the flames of the electric car


    That battery fires can be a PITA is not a surprise of course. Big pond fuel oil fires I trained with were amazingly hard to put out without AFFF. That is of course now known to be very carcinogenic

    Back to the car

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    Holden, ford, toyata, Hydindai ----

    When I was a kids I think I recall some being very anti Ford, Holden, Toyota......Even Landrovers get the odd shellacking.

    Driving a quirky Chinese EV MG XS happened mostly as I knew I was going to do a lot of miles helping chemotherapy. It clearly not a 4wd long range 4wd beast

    For what it is I like it. More comfortable in many ways than many of the cars I have owned. Clearly cheaper to run than my Disco IF notes limitations are excused

    "Chinese EVs from Xpeng, BYD, and MG are common sights on the streets of Oslo, Norway.

    This article comes to us courtesy of EVANNEX, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at InsideEVs, nor have we been paid by EVANNEX to publish these articles. We find the company's perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free of charge. Enjoy!Posted on EVANNEX on January 31, 2023, by Charles MorrisChinese electric vehicles are making their way into European markets at large. Xpeng announced its first deliveries to Norway in October 2020. Around the same time, John Voelcker, a seasoned auto reviewer, drove the company’s P7 electric sedan, and pronounced it pretty darn good—it had “perhaps 75 percent of the features and capability of a Tesla,” and at the time, carried about 50 percent of the price tag. (That may no longer be the case, thanks to Tesla’s recent price cuts, but the Chinese brands’ prices are still tempting.)
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    Not sure china will take over the car world.

    Things do change rather fast in the car industry here of course. It may be all about the money for some. Quality, capability and longevity are keys attributes I think may see this all turn on its head again inside a few years.

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    But wait - there will be more

    "Too early and too risky": Toyota confirms go-slow on electric vehicles in Australia

    Only Toyota vehicles welcome to use their chargers - Oh What a Feeling
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    Quote Originally Posted by Narangga View Post
    "Too early and too risky": Toyota confirms go-slow on electric vehicles in Australia

    Only Toyota vehicles welcome to use their chargers - Oh What a Feeling
    "See: Toyota faces disaster unless new CEO performs miracle pivot to electric vehicles"
    was the bottom line Almost funny when you put it that way.

    Dealers with chargers are bit common here. None share access and none have after hours for those they allow to use them

    Back to toyota link

    Below the graph is



    "What these numbers reflect is that technology shifts don’t happen in a linear fashion and that once certain market thresholds are reached, growth can accelerate dramatically. In the case of Germany and the UK, EV share was below 5% for ten years but once that share reached 5-10%, it then grew rapidly to a 33% in just 2 years."

    Australia at 5% is a few years from that statistic possibly.

    Check the Science thread for an almost impossible amazing recycling option for almost everything to ethanol and much more .

    I personally find this more than interesting as "Ethanol has five times higher volumetric energy density (6.7 kWh/L) than hydrogen (1.3 kWh/L) and can be used safely in fuel cells for power generation."

    A direct swap for all petrol stations perhaps?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    "See: Toyota faces disaster unless new CEO performs miracle pivot to electric vehicles"
    was the bottom line Almost funny when you put it that way.

    Dealers with chargers are bit common here. None share access and none have after hours for those they allow to use them

    Back to toyota link

    Below the graph is



    "What these numbers reflect is that technology shifts don’t happen in a linear fashion and that once certain market thresholds are reached, growth can accelerate dramatically. In the case of Germany and the UK, EV share was below 5% for ten years but once that share reached 5-10%, it then grew rapidly to a 33% in just 2 years."

    Australia at 5% is a few years from that statistic possibly.

    Check the Science thread for an almost impossible amazing recycling option for almost everything to ethanol and much more .

    I personally find this more than interesting as "Ethanol has five times higher volumetric energy density (6.7 kWh/L) than hydrogen (1.3 kWh/L) and can be used safely in fuel cells for power generation."

    A direct swap for all petrol stations perhaps?
    I missed that the good ship Toyota was going to have a new skipper.

    Yes I have already referenced technology adaption trends- Technology adoption life cycle - Wikipedia

    On the numbers Australia is barely at 3%

    And to think Holden went E85 but the industry stuck with E10. https://www.drive.com.au/news/2011-h...compatibility/
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