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Volkswagen ID. Buzz Reportedly Exploded, Caught Fire Days Later
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A person who brought a wize bang air filter- told me it went a bit nuts and suggested Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide levels and other levels made the air filter go BEEP when she cooked with gas.Originally Posted by prelude
Funny thatI was never really a boy racer but when I was younger I did want lower suspension and lower profile tyres (see my name, yes its the car). It was a fun hobby to go the herefore mentioned ring, before it was hip due to top gear and all. Ordering a trip in the ring taxi and then have some blond girl show up was hilarious, until you got to the first corner... Everything told you BRAKE! and she was like, no no, this is a full throttle corner. Of course she left us too soon.
Having said that; as I got older larger wheels and higher lifts became my thing with the 4bee and in stead of a 4 banger I went for the slow burble of the V8. What I never got however was why the EV crowd wanted the speed thing? I know speed was always a selling point on cars, certainly on top gear and what notbut EV's are not even in the same ballpark so acceleration is a meaningless figure and compares apples to oranges in this case.
Finally, yes there will be a select few that manage to somehow get more power out of an electric vehicle but it is not as simple as porting and polishing a head, sticking a different exhaust under or things like that. The race is determined at the start by the vehicle you drive because modifying it is exceedingly more difficult.
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other bites like "A new report from the American Lung Association lays out the enormous health benefits of a nationwide shift to electric vehicles and clean energy. Alas, the potential payoff depends on the slim chance that lawmakers, automakers, and utilities can rise to the occasion to save tens of thousands of lives.
That optimistic scenario would cut enough pollution to prevent up to 89,300 premature deaths through 2050, the report finds. There would also be 2.2 million fewer asthma attacks over the same period of time. And since money talks, the health benefits add up to $978 billion and 10.7 million fewer lost workdays over the next few decades.
Those wonderful things only happen if the US sells only emissions-free passenger vehicles by 2035, even if some gas-guzzlers stay on the road. (The average person keeps a car for about 14 years or 200,000 miles.) By that date, the country’s electricity would also need to come from clean renewable energy instead of fossil fuels. Unfortunately, that might be a long shot, at least under current policies."
Might not impress people who love the burble of a V12
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SupporterWonder where this will pan out? A fire.
Volkswagen ID. Buzz Reportedly Exploded, Caught Fire Days Later
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Maybe the emission cheating module had a meltdown.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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SubscriberI guess only appropriate to publish the counter arguments.
Fact check: why Rowan Atkinson is wrong about electric vehicles | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars | The Guardian
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Links in The Counter argument could fit in my Green washing thread for a few bits! One suggested all the deserts in China are empty wasted space so millions of sq Kilometers "could be" solar!
Yes in theory- No way in the world will that occur! Its a bit like suggesting solar panels over the entire Simpson DesertNone of us think its wasted space in my book.
The author did bring up many interesting aspects just a few very very wobbly WE Could -but never ever will statements of waffle. Reality V 'wishes' is clearly not fact checked by some writers or loud commentators. Energy density, Infrastructure and so many more require science and planning not dreams I think.
The author missed the fact China is building about 10 Nuclear power plants every year for the next ......... That is energy density on a very small land foot print
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SubscriberToo cheap to use the range hood then.(or maybe have a chimney on their rangehood)A person who brought a wize bang air filter- told me it went a bit nuts and suggested Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide levels and other levels made the air filter go BEEP when she cooked with gas.
Regards PhilipA
ChatterBox
SubscriberOne country with large empty deserts which is making significant inroads to transitioning to renewable energy is Chile.
How Chile is becoming a leader in renewable energy | World Economic Forum
Wind and solar overtake coal in Chile | Ember
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She has a range hood Phillip. I thought the same honestly. I have A Carbon Monoxide testing device - I used it to check our old/prior gas ducted heater every year after chatting with a Gas pluming mate about testing heaters and having another even older gas heater fail due to rust in the flu part of it.
It doesn't show much difference here when we use the one gas burner I have on our Induction Cooktop. We did get out of gas heating due to a family member who had asthma as a child.
Back to cars and EVs as thats off topic really
A news list of prices and EVs in Australia. I note the MG4 is not on it so its not perfect as they are inbound now.
"Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor: $68,400" just might tick a box if the Uranium price keeps going Nuclear for me. That said due to a extra two fast charging sites on the main drive I do often the quirky PITA short range MG ev might stay till a better option comes along.
On a bright note for NON ev types. Notice the diesel fuel price about 20 cents under the ULP price. It was an annoying time when Diesel prices were flipped and costing more than ULP! Still very happy I am not adding a few hundred dollar of Diesel every week or two! At a lot less than 1/3 the cost for running the MG ev on electricity still makes me smile. The last load before I handed the Disco over to a new home was $151.14 for 84 litres
The new list
Every New Electric Vehicle in Australia, From Cheapest to Most Expensive
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Our Model Y is here. Two weeks in... it's a great bit of gear. On the highway seems to do about 130wh/k. Around town more like 120wh/k which is well under the 160wh/k that they have on the sticker.
It's well built and drives super well. I've got nothing to complain about at this point.
2005 Defender 110
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SubscriberAlways thought it makes more sense to talk actual consumption and not estimated range to empty. It’s how we compare fuel economy with ICE vehicles.Our Model Y is here. Two weeks in... it's a great bit of gear. On the highway seems to do about 130wh/k. Around town more like 120wh/k which is well under the 160wh/k that they have on the sticker.
It's well built and drives super well. I've got nothing to complain about at this point.
12-13 kWh/100km sounds very efficient.
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