Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Homestar

Wouldn't believe that at all - as Eevo says, too easy to fudge and you end up with a car worth scrap value.

I like EV's and would have one if they weren't so expensive - I wouldn't buy a second hand one, so me - as a potential target for this market, still wouldn't move to an EV by doing this - back to the drawing board. Until battery tech is cheap enough that an EV can compete with an ICE vehicle cost wise for purchase - on it's own, not with subsidies, etc, then I'll take a serious look.

The same issues with the old grey imports,which were stopped years ago, will rear their heads again.

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



Stop drooling 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?

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.

Originally Posted by scarry

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?

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"

499km range for one version looks interesting. Not sure about the skinny seats As usual its a next year car anyway. 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.

Originally Posted by turps

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.

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.