Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by 3toes

Those small wind farms were built due to subsidies being offered. A bit far back in the memory banks but it was an attempt to kick start what would today be seen as green energy. At the time it was about ‘energy security’. Unfortunately there was something about the subsidies being for building without a requirement to generate any power. Took the subsidies which far exceeded the build cost and closed down. Probably a simplification of what happened

It seems to happen too with mines. I've seen heaps around the country where clearly whoever was operating them seems to just walk off and leaves the place as it was. In some cases with toxic chemicals everywhere.

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

It seems to happen too with mines. I've seen heaps around the country where clearly whoever was operating them seems to just walk off and leaves the place as it was. In some cases with toxic chemicals everywhere.

It's not uncommon for mines to be placed on "care and maintenance" if the price of the mineral or metal that they're producing at that mine falls to a price where it's not economic to continue - most likely with small scale underground mines where the margins are slim.

"Tesla recalls 1.6 million electric vehicles in China

The cars reportedly have problems with their automatic assisted steering and door latch controls."

I think that's now 3.6 million recalled BYD now out selling Tesla might not be the key player now? The first good Solid state battery might be the one to watch?

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

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Its not going to be just me. " The Federal Government is planning to introduce compulsory lane keep technologies from 2024"

I'll be doing several hundred KM again in a week or two. Be interesting to see what the other updates do.

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I drove a couple of hundred kilometres yesterday. Only about 10% of it had marked lanes. Wouldn't the money spent on this sort of thing be better spent on road improvements? (Oh, I forgot - road improvements cost governments money, extra gadgets only cost car buyers!)

Several Software updates on it. The acronyms used baffled the staff. I got a few of them. BMS was easy. One seems to have made the Lane Keeping assist a lot subtler. It did 'not' allow my settings to remain. Turn the car off and it reverts to what MG wanted not what I want

At least my Everest has a button on the end of the indicator stalk to turn it off and it stays off on start up.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by PhilipA

At least my Everest has a button on the end of the indicator stalk to turn it off and it stays off on start up.
Regards PhilipA

Fully agree Phillip. Almost happy that it's only a Software fix which will occur as hundreds of grumpy people do not advertise well for any car sales

Originally Posted by PhilipA

At least my Everest has a button on the end of the indicator stalk to turn it off and it stays off on start up.
Regards PhilipA

Same for my Dmax - one button on/off - settings are kept. They have only done this with the latest model apparently after numerous complaints about it resetting every startup and being a pain to turn off through the menu.

Try a new Hilux out if you want really badly implemented driver assist - or even worse, a Haval... What gets me is the Rav4 is done really well - my partner has one, but they don't seem to have copied the software for the Hilux and it's bloody aweful.

"(Reuters) -Tesla has lowered driving-range estimates across its lineup of electric vehicles as a new U.S. government vehicle-testing regulation takes effect with the goal of ensuring that automakers accurately reflect real-world performance.
Tesla has historically issued range estimates that overstate what its cars can deliver, prompting widespread complaints from customers, according to some automotive testing experts and a Reuters investigation last year."

Wish our government would do the same to all of the fibbers

This bit is not reasonable at all "Reuters reported in July that the automaker, about a decade ago, rigged the algorithm that controls in-dash range estimates in Tesla vehicles to give rosy projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge. The story also found the automaker created a secret team in 2022 to suppress thousands of driving-range complaints and cancel owners' range-related service appointments." Link I would say more but it might be too political!