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Yeah, but who’re have one second hand and risk having a worthless vehicle once the battery dies. There are more than one report of these things ****ting batteries just out of warranty and Nissan not coming to the party and wanting $25K for a new battery. I wouldn’t touch one new or second hand to be honest, Nissan gives me pretty much zero confidence they can do anything properly these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoMick
The same issues with the old grey imports,which were stopped years ago, will rear their heads again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
Sorry,can’t get a part for that model......
Blind Freddy can see this happening all over again.
I think I found a EV car a lot of us might love. The POM have done it with style PLUS in my thoughts
Jaguar XK120 by Lunaz
https://lunaz.design/images/pages/jaguar-xk120.jpg
Stop drooling [biggrin] More picks at Lunaz - Lunaz Design - Classic Electric Cars
How many people would a Leaf actually suit?
Not many on here,as an example,I bet.
It’s a tiny little thing,suitable for few.
That’s the issue,they need EV,s that are convenient,and suitable for the majority of people,and priced sensibly.
Until that happens,sales numbers will be low,in fact actual world wide sales have hardly moved in the last couple of years.
Hybrids are now huge sellers,as they suit people’s needs.
And just for a stir,I found the Land Rover 2009 Defender brochure in a cupboard we were cleaning out at the workshop.
Seems they pump out 291grams per km of CO2
Yet a 200 series LC TD, 2020 model pumps out 250grams per km of CO2.
I wonder how much truth is in those figures?[bighmmm]
Agree regarding Hybrids - big fan of these and have driven a couple as hire cars for a week at a time - I'd have one, and one of the cars on my short list for next year (looking at something at some point to purchase next year) is a Hybrid. No EV made it on the list, as they don't suit my needs as a daily. The Hybrids are also competitive price wise - not a huge amount more these days than their ICE counterparts and is a good bridge between the 2 IMO. I averaged under 6 LP100KM with all City driving for a week last time I drove one.
very little saddly. I love my Disco. A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. This assumes the average gasoline vehicle on the road today has a fuel economy of about 22.0 miles per gallon and drives around 11,500 miles per year. Every gallon of gasoline burned creates about 8,887 grams of CO2. Leaf is very old EV tech. The replacement is a "Nissan Ariya. The Next Gen-EV"Quote:
Originally Posted by scarry
499km range for one version looks interesting. Not sure about the skinny seats[bigwhistle] As usual its a next year car anyway[biggrin]. It is clearly not a Deefer or Disco 4wd replacement. The problems with the air cooled batteries in the 10 year old Leaf technology is well known. The Ariya might just save Nissan which looks to be in real trouble on other issues.
Aren’t there some of the original Tesla S models getting around with 300,000+ miles on them that are still above 80% capacity.
No idea - would love to know if there is - that's the sort of thing the EV companies should be shouting from the rooftops if it's true.Quote:
Originally Posted by turps
small article on electric motorbikes in aust
Zero Motorcycles: the electric bikes Australia can’t have — JET Charge
Zero Motorcycles: the electric bikes Australia can’t have
January 03, 2020
tldr:
But all was not well for Zero. Despite strong interest and development over the 2010s, they couldn’t achieve the engineering or the economies of scale necessary to bring prices down to match combustion-bike levels — not even close.
The report I recall was on a limo that travelled from LA to Las Vegas and had 400 K miles on it and was on its third battery.Quote:
Aren’t there some of the original Tesla S models getting around with 300,000+ miles on them that are still above 80% capacity.
But it had been supercharged often which kills the batteries.
Regards PhilipA