Thread: EV general discussion

Who knew the worlds first 4x4 was actually an Electric Vehicle with 4 hub motors built by Ferdinand Porsche presented to the public during the Paris 1900 World Exhibition.

Historically it was not considered a proper 4x4 because it was Electric so the Internal Combustion Spijker took the mantle.

For a short while the trucks being used underground in the Mt Isa mine were electric.

Apparently there was a time when that was the most economical method, but soon after that when the distance the ore needed to be transported inside the mine changed, diesel trucks became more economical again.

The trucks were assembled down in the mine, but instead of dismantling them to bring them out, they pushed them down a disused shaft. They brought just one out to display in their museum.

At least that is what I was told during an underground mine tour in Mt Isa about a decade ago.

Originally Posted by INter674

In the 50/60s in the UK milk and mail was commonly delivered by electric carts...which also in some varieties had solid rubber tyres! They were also common at railway stations and on the docks as haulage carts.

I think electric milkfloats continued on until past the 80's.
Apparently the battery pack was sized to suit the milk round, as the batteries got older they would end up crawling back to the depot as the batteries were almost flat.
Mostly used on the delivery rounds close to the depot.

YouTube

Worlds fastest milkfloat (Rover V8 fitted) YouTube

I'm sure I remember a jet powered milkfloat at Santa Pod dragway but that was a long time ago.....


Colin

Aus post are using electric trikes around some of the suburbs of Perth
Some have the posties using pedal power
The postie that delivers to my home in Perth is still using the old Honda CT
He’s dug a huge pit in the front lawn
Then refused to deliver the mail as I got sick of filling it in
Had a couple of words to his manager and now he’s back delivering
He’s dug his hole and now he has to live with it

When we were travelling in Tassie lots of caravaners had electric bikes on the backs of their vans.

My old neighbour just paid $8000 for an electric pedal assisted mountain bike.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

When we were travelling in Tassie lots of caravaners had electric bikes on the backs of their vans.

We used them while in NZ a few years ago.

A word of warning,don’t let the battery go flat,they are bloody heavy,well at least the ones we had were.

They are probably a bit lighter today.

SWMBO is on about getting one,but the price of the good brands is rediculous.

Yes, they are expensive. I can't justify it.