I certainly won’t be buying an EV, too expensive and, as a retiree on a pension, I can’t afford one.
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I certainly won’t be buying an EV, too expensive and, as a retiree on a pension, I can’t afford one.
I am in a similar situation to Ron - but I would liketo get one if I ever find one that meets my needs and that I can afford.
I wouldnt take one if you gave it to me. Wouldnt get me to town anyway.
The three vehicles I have, a 57 SWB ,a 92 Disco both 200TDI and the 67 Forward control Camper, Isuzu turbo will all see me out.
Keith
Oh, I'd take one for free :) And flip it immediately after and pocket the money, to buy a real car [bigrolf]
Went to the Rotterdam zoo yesterday (which is badly going backwards in all regards so would no longer recommend) and it had something like 10 EV chargers. They put signs underneath the "EV ONLY PARKING" signs that were already there stating "100% EV only" so PHEV's are no longer welcome and ALL of those were taken up by the time I arrived halfway through the morning and were not moved until I left around 3. This means that of the I dunno, 1000 parking spots, 10 were for EV's and all the poor sods that came after driving an EV would have to have enough range or crawl to the nearest fast charger with their screaming kids who are completely worn out after a day like that and hope they could top up a bit in the time it takes to "take a pee an drink a coffee" as it is sold, or the time it takes to "have a worn out kid throw a tamper tantrum that will pull your hair out"
Needless to say I drove to the nearest fuel station with chargers en-route and guess what, A line waiting for those chargers and people arguing (friendly) with each other if they could please not charge any longer than absolutely necessary because, you know "the kids" whom could be heard through the closed cars. Sure, not all the kids were misbehaved :) But to me it made a very nice point
A zoo is one of those things that attracts people far and wide, mostly with kids and requires you to have a vehicle with quite a bit of range. It seems unlikely that the zoo grounds are going to be able to install many more chargers any time soon. Even if they installed 10 times more, that would still only be 10% of total capacity and there are supposed to be many more % of EV's on the road soon.
Where it used to be that old zoo's that used to lie at the edges of a city are now well within the cities limits and that start to cause parking problems in a big circle around said zoo, we will now have that problem with EV charging, potentially displacing locals trying to charge.
I'll be interested from a pure technical point of view as to how situations like this are going to be solved (if at all) and in what time span. Personally I think this is one of the myriad of instances where I need to conclude that this has not been thought thru, at all, whatsoever.
Cheers,
-P
Politicians and lobby groups don't have to think things through, because they don't have to suffer from their decisions.Quote:
Originally Posted by prelude
This is not limited to EVs, but they are the main culprits, and if the various govts get their way will be the only alternatives. I can't possibly link to the video, but Lous Rossman bells the Ford cat with his take on the new patent application re ads in your car. That microphone you find so convenient, the one that is increasingly replacing the humble button, will, if Ford et al get what they want, will spy on your conversations to target you. Your phone, especially if it's Android, already does this. Do you want your car doing it too?
Hi,
A bit about EVs on The Spirit of Tasmania.
Link
Cheers
Insurance requirements I'm tipping. We're going to see more of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by austastar
Keeps getting better...
https://youtu.be/aEaWqQzf6cc'si=cSRKOT5u_vBpDdP5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tins
Is mainstream media reporting on the pretty much daily battery fires yet? Do you like the big fireproof enclosures around those batteries, so if one torches off, it doesn't torch all the batteries around it. How do they these approved when layed out like that... These are supposed to be "smart" first world countries.