Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Homestar

At least ICE vehicle operate in cold climates - something the owners of EV’s should have been warned about - is there anything in the fine print saying charging may be difficult in cold weather?

I really think the concept has taken a hit up North in the USA - will be interesting to see EV sales figures in those States in the coming year.

Perhaps a lot of the 'Evironmentally Conscious', driven buyers are being a bit too reliant on climate change?

Originally Posted by Saitch

Perhaps a lot of the 'Evironmentally Conscious', driven buyers are being a bit too reliant on climate change?

They will probably spin it to show that their approach must be working.

Silver lining I guess is that all those frozen Teslas are not impacting the grid atm, so ordinary folk can keep their heaters on.

Originally Posted by Tins

They will probably spin it to show that their approach must be working.

Silver lining I guess is that all those frozen Teslas are not impacting the grid atm, so ordinary folk can keep their heaters on.

Do you have electric heating John? I do. Heat pumps rock.



Below is from Novated lease car lease calculator SEM - Flare HR The 10k savings are No FBT and significantly reduced servicing costs I guess.

Fully appreciate the cost of the battery is still to high and still not solid state which will be my next if FCEV Landrover is not here yet.

Save on average $6,000 on a internal combustion engine vehicle and $10,000 on an eligible electric vehicle

Originally Posted by scarry

With ICE vehicles in Aus,the car manufacturer supplies the vehicle to whoever tests them.This is done in a specialist laboratory,audited and controlled by the overseeing Govt body.
The manufacturer will do their own tests,but these are not the rated published figures.

EVS could be tested differently,possibly by the manufacturer?

Have given up on all this fancy schmancy testing crap. Seems you cannot believe the "TEST" figures from any one of the crooks.

('im & 'er) could see the writing (or wrorting) on the wall, got shot of the '95 D1 facelift Discovery & replaced it with a Mazda CX3 Sport. 2 litre donk. 5 year warranty. Out now, but apart from the usual servicing not had one problem,( he says touching wood.)

Grabbed the trade in of $1000,( worth more ) & not now subject to exorbitant fuel price increases & we fill up about 3 wk intervals & spend about the same as filling the Discovery for one week & doing the same KMs.

Lovely car except the interior is the usual Crap Black , still, 'er indoors loves it ( more than me I suspect.)

The only problem I can see is, & you've seen images of blokes being driven to their final resting place in a favourite Series 1 with their muddy boots hanging out or over the tailgate & wrapped in a Blue Tarp.

At a pinch it could still be the CX3 Boot for me although it may be a tad tight WTF!, or a trailer but first off I would need a Tow Ball fitted to Maz.

Originally Posted by Tombie

When SA went dark for 4 days, local service stations were running Gensets to keep on pumping.

For added security, many in this town now keep tanks full(ish) or hold reserves in drums.

Ironically?, we also have battery reserves (utilising solar on van etc) to keep instant HWS system running. As well as utilising boat fuel tanks as storage for keeping the good old Honda EU22i running when required.

ICE still requires (in most cases)an electric pump to stick the fuel in at the local Servo..

Jerries
Always find a couple of ex Army 20 litre Jerries in my well ventilated shed, mainly for the rideon & as car reserve & Genset.

Just discovered that my new employer allows you to salary-package e-bikes .... I'm thinking of one of these:

They are actually a car replacement in most instances.

Originally Posted by Homestar

All through the North of the USA and also Canada are finding this out at the moment. A work colleague used to live in Canada and his friends there have been sending him pics of dead Teslas all over the place and charging stations full of them. Tow trucks are working overtime moving them about.

I bet there’s gunna be a quite a few for sale shortly and the second hand market will be flooded with them.

All hail our electric future! 🤣

There appear to be two issues: owners not taking into account reduced range because of the cold so arriving at the charger with under 10% charge and second not knowing that if it's cold the battery has to be heated up before it will charge - the Teslas will do this as you drive to the charging station but you have to tell it to. If you don't, when you get there and plug in it won't start taking on a charge at all until it gets to the right temperature, so you can add an hour or two to charging time, which then affects other users.

I'll let you make of this what you will.