Thread: EV general discussion

Noted lots of people think EVs only run on Coal powered electricity for charging. If/When in the next year or so at least one Ev joins my place I will add one of these chargers which can ensure all charging is free for me

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If its my wife's the charger will be at work.

The coal objection is a furphy.
If you have solar on the roof and charge during the day, or from batteries, then coal should not be involved. Free power from the sun.
We have installed a 32 amp single phase circuit for running a welder at our separate garages.

EVs usually come with a charger to be installed at the premises.
If we buy an EV in the future I'm hoping we will only need to add the right plug to the 32 amp circuit and we'll be right, as type 2 chargers require single phase 32 amp circuits.

FYI this site has a run down on all the EVs available in Australia, plus information about charging options.
Progress is being made but it still costs about $50k+ to get into an EV. Mind you, lots of $60k utes are being sold, so it's all relative.

I could see one meeting our needs, but the price would need to fall.

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This EV is taking off.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The coal objection is a furphy.
If you have solar on the roof and charge during the day, or from batteries, then coal should not be involved. Free power from the sun.

Many wouldn’t have a set up capable of charging their EV or EV’s,without using coal at times.

Obviously this depends on vehicle usage,but at a guess,many that have children and cart them around here there and everywhere would have no hope keeping an EV charged.

Nor would tradesman that use their work vehicles,usually loaded,all day every day.

Sure for some that a small EV would suit,and only use it a few times a week,solar,if set up correctly may be OK.

But for mainstream vehicle usage,EV,s using solar is years away,and may never eventuate,it just doesn’t have the convenience of the vehicles we have now.

Some say legislation will change things,and politicians beat their chests about banning ICE’s here and there,in 20 or 30 yrs time,but in reality,if an EV can’t do the job of a current ICE,this isn’t going to happen.

More than likely fuel cells or hydrogen will take over.

Even Land Rover have said EV’s will not suit the majority of the vehicles they build,and now have joint ventures with other manufacturers developing fuel cells and hydrogen systems for vehicles.

A 3-400km range should be plenty adequate for most people.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

A 3-400km range should be plenty adequate for most people.

need 650 plus and only 5min recharge time.

Originally Posted by scarry

Many wouldn’t have a set up capable of charging their EV or EV’s,without using coal at times.

There's this thing called "green energy" that you can pay your retailer for that means that you're paying to use non-coal energy.

Originally Posted by scarry

Obviously this depends on vehicle usage,but at a guess,many that have children and cart them around here there and everywhere would have no hope keeping an EV charged.
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If you have a charger at home you'd actually have more daily range than an ICE because you can top up each night which I'm pretty sure doesn't happen with ICE. Unless you have a couple of thousand litres of petrol or diesei stored at home, and I suspect that would be illegal in most built-up areas.