EV general discussion

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

twiggy just fired his CEO and CFO because they did not share his objectives. One of the reasons its that he wanted to not claim the diesel subsidy.
I wonder if they have decided/recognised that the green hydrogen dream is just that.
Regards PhilipA

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CFO left four weeks ago. Has just been appointed to the board of Tivan - vanadium mining start up in the NT

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

This week, Tesla significantly expanded its Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program in Australia, which will improve access to reliable fast charging infrastructure for all EV users.
In the case of Australia, the first five Supercharging stations (all in New South Wales) were included in the Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot in February. As of today, we counted roughly 30 locations, which appears to be more than half of all Supercharging sites in the country.

That is eally noice of letric pedo giy toss..... I have Sat slowly beside many empty SUperduper chargers so many time on my Chemo express runs I honestly could never ever use one now. Happily I do not need to see them at all now.

Perhaps my last Chemo express EV drive will be next week. very happily stopping at a non Eletric Jesus charging place.

Noting the Eletric Jesus car battery failed and was replaced very recently. That one has very few KM traveled on its clock. [bigrolf]

This one could be in Grumpy OLD buggers perhaps.

The map suggest I could. NOt a cent of my money will go that way[thumbsupbig]

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...q=60&m=2&f=jpg

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So how many chargers at each of these places?
Nothing mentioned in the link.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

The absolute lightest single cab one, with no fuel is 1800kg. But the time you fill it up with fuel and oil will be 1900kg. And no tray I assume. Is about the same weight as a five seater with full cabin EV. Right.

I think point made.

Hardly anyone buys those anyway. Most of them that I see are the dual cabs, starting at 2100kg. I don't think it's at all realistic to compare a 2 seater to a five seater. I mean my lotus is 700kg for a two seater. That makes EV's look really heavy.............

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Exactly hardly anyone buys them, everyone wants dual cab, high riding, even if it is not 4wd, and preferably auto. Your Lotus two-seater is half the weight of a single cab which compares fairly as a single cab is basically a two-seater, unless you have a very friendly crew of three, even with column shift. A contractor I know got a high riding ute at a good price but had to have it converted to low or standard height due to working at a lot of places with parking garages as it wouldn't fit with ladder racks.

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Originally Posted by scarry

So how many chargers at each of these places?
Nothing mentioned in the link.

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It Varies. Colac has 3 or 4 I think. Some have more an App called PLUG Share can provide almost all detail. I have it set for Charge places I can use so it doesn't point me to the many I have not been able to use.


GOOGLE for Geelong did show
"Charging
6 Superchargers, available 24/7, up to 250kW
CCS Compatibility" and address. The Super Jesus car here has via a Super Jesus app the same in car nav showing distance and other information.

Coverage is getting better for all charging options at last. Noting that peak times will be a PITA as more people start driving EVs due to Fuel and servicing cost savings over petrol and diesel.

Happily for me perhaps Australia is SLOW[bigwhistle] Appreciate the silly cost and the sub optimal battery EV tech is still the biggest issue allowing me breathing space at the remote fast CCS charge place I am enjoying now. Remote is relative to my Mum and Dads. I love the drive myself.

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

It Varies. Colac has 3 or 4 I think. Some have more an App called PLUG Share can provide almost all detail. I have it set for Charge places I can use so it doesn't point me to the many I have not been able to use.


GOOGLE for Geelong did show
"Charging
6 Superchargers, available 24/7, up to 250kW
CCS Compatibility" and address. The Super Jesus car here has via a Super Jesus app the same in car nav showing distance and other information.

Coverage is getting better for all charging options at last. Noting that peak times will be a PITA as more people start driving EVs due to Fuel and servicing cost savings over petrol and diesel.

Happily for me perhaps Australia is SLOW[bigwhistle] Appreciate the silly cost and the sub optimal battery EV tech is still the biggest issue allowing me breathing space at the remote fast CCS charge place I am enjoying now. Remote is relative to my Mum and Dads. I love the drive myself.

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Yes that number certainly won’t cut it once they become more popular.
Electricians will certainly be busy,as well the electricity provider as there just won’t be the power available that is needed.
They are already talking blackouts in Qld this summer,and there are very few EVs around.
It will all fall over sooner or later.[bighmmm]

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Originally Posted by scarry

Yes that number certainly won’t cut it once they become more popular.
Electricians will certainly be busy,as well the electricity provider as there just won’t be the power available that is needed.
They are already talking blackouts in Qld this summer,and there are very few EVs around.
It will all fall over sooner or later.[bighmmm]

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Just noted Hydro TAS suggesting 30+ electricity use in Tassie. WE all suspect some of the hype over science or physics might bite us[bigwhistle][bigwhistle][bigwhistle]

News for Summer black outs/ brown outs and payments to industry to shut of to avoid this in Vic is similar I hear.

I'm off to Current Affairs for a laugh after that depressing thought[bighmmm]

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

I'm off to Current Affairs for a laugh after that depressing thought[bighmmm]

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To check out the Naughty Bits?[bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by scarry

To check out the Naughty Bits?[bigrolf]

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It could have almost made the General Chat but where is the fun in that[bigrolf] XXXXXL was funny I thought[bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by scarry

Yes that number certainly won’t cut it once they become more popular.
Electricians will certainly be busy,as well the electricity provider as there just won’t be the power available that is needed.
They are already talking blackouts in Qld this summer,and there are very few EVs around.
It will all fall over sooner or later.[bighmmm]

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Which I think is great for local jobs (actually not just me, but Saul Griffith too, Saul Griffith - Wikipedia, and Rewiring Australia ) and the local economy. Not just during the construction phase but also for servicing, maintenance and repairs.

This was interesting- it was rubbishing the idea we can EV very big tanks now!

"Each gallon of diesel contains 38 kWh of energy, therefore requiring about 19,000 kWh of energy to propel an Abrams 250 miles under normal conditions using an internal combustion system"


"GM’s state-of-the-art Ultium battery, a new architecture that will find its way into the dozens of electric vehicles the company plans to launch in the coming years. The 2022 GMC Hummer EV is the first production vehicle to feature Ultium, and its 212.7 kWh battery pack weighs 1.33 metric tons. Simple arithmetic yields a battery pack weight of approximately 40 metric tons required for our theoretical electric M1 Abrams!"

Cheeky my cut and past from SUBSTACK Doomberg!


The number change from 19000kWh down to 6333kWh was to do with EV motors being more efficient than internal Combustion engines. Doomberg was generous and allow a 3 times more efficient to the theoretical EV tank motor[biggrin][biggrin][biggrin]

It still makes me chuckle thinking of a TANK towing a power cable behind it[bigrolf][bigrolf]

EV /FCEV tanks might exist when tech catch's up with the Dreamers. The full funny yarn
Charge! - Doomberg