EV general discussion

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Originally Posted by Tins

Teslas have ludicrous mode. Perhaps the Korean cars have a Panic mode.

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I can remember the first set of traffic lights in Bali, that had only been in situ for about a month.

No matter what the colour the light was the Balinese would slow right down, put the hazards on and proceed slowly through the intersection.

Very civilised I thought.

And aware of the way tourists drive/ride!

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

Did you read the Car Sales test of the hybrid Prado?
the one where the tester went through a water splash a bit fast and the 48V shorted out and killed the whole car?
weird thing is that the water apparently got into the 48V via the air filter box. How unlike Toyota. (sarc)
Regards PhilipA

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why does an EV have an air filter box?

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Originally Posted by Eevo

why does an EV have an air filter box?

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48 volt is a mild hybrid, so battery only runs ancillaries.

My MH L405 has 48V for stop-start and for a minor acceleration power contribution in traffic.

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Originally Posted by Eevo

why does an EV have an air filter box?

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Because it is not technically a full EV - only used electrics to get going and then the ICE engine takes over. - that is why it is called a Hybrid [thumbsupbig]

I rented a car in Spain a few weeks ago and they supplied a BMW X1 diesel mild Hybrid. The hybrid part did low speed work in towns and assisted with acceleration at highway speeds. It really flew from 120Kmh to say 160Kmh . It was interesting to look at the Kms to empty as they would increase going downhill. It did about 7L per 100km in the two weeks I had it with most time on highway at 120Kmh.
Regards PhilipA

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

I rented a car in Spain a few weeks ago and they supplied a BMW X1 diesel mild Hybrid. The hybrid part did low speed work in towns and assisted with acceleration at highway speeds. It really flew from 120Kmh to say 160Kmh . It was interesting to look at the Kms to empty as they would increase going downhill. It did about 7L per 100km in the two weeks I had it with most time on highway at 120Kmh.
Regards PhilipA

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I enjoyed driving in Spain. I felt a lot safer there, than on a lot of Oz motorways, even with being left hand drive.

We had a Hybrid Kluga in NZ for a few weeks.
I didn't clock the fuel economy,but it was pretty gutless,not much go at all.
Died in the arse whenever it saw a hill.

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Originally Posted by scarry

We had a Hybrid Kluga in NZ for a few weeks.
I didn't clock the fuel economy,but it was pretty gutless,not much go at all.
Died in the arse whenever it saw a hill.

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Should have hired a real EV [biggrin] "Science Says Hard Acceleration Might Be Good For Your EV Battery

" Science Says Hard Acceleration Might Be Good For Your EV Battery

Apparently my mg4 goes to 100 in 7.7 seconds. Not earth shattering yet great fun[bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf]