EV general discussion

IKEA through distributors: ANC, KINGS transport and All Purpose (distributors)

IKEA’s global commitment to fully electric vehicle delivery fleets by 2025 has required their Australian distributors to procure electric vehicles for their deliveries.


Fremantle, Western Australia and Hobson’s Bay, Victoria via Cleanaway- Using SEA Electric garbage trucks


Still a low % of course. Growth rate in Australia is picking up fast and accelerating "charging stations growing by 40% since July 2019"


https://electricvehiclecouncil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/EVC-State-of-EVs-2020-report.pdf


The announcement that the UK is to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, a full decade earlier than planned, has prompted hundreds of questions from anxious drivers. I’m going to try to answer some of the main ones we’ve had sent in to the BBC.[wink11]

Then Landrover kicks in » Plans to manufacture a range of new electrified vehicles at its manufacturing plant in Castle Bromwich, UK. » Commitment to offer customers electrified options for all new Jaguar and Land Rover models from 2020. » EV investment $2.34billion

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That's ME[biggrin] Looking at doubling my PV at work. Might move the work one to home dobling up here for a EV likely needed inside a year now as my 2005 Lexus is looking shaky now.

Who has or has driven in a truck tractor or mining style beast powered by a Cummings engine? They are almost slow movers in the area[biggrin]

Cummins powers on with hydrogen technology strategy – Prime Mover Magazine

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300t of Cummins powered Double
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Then Landrover kicks in » Plans to manufacture a range of new electrified vehicles at its manufacturing plant in Castle Bromwich, UK. » Commitment to offer customers electrified options for all new Jaguar and Land Rover models from 2020. » EV investment $2.34billion

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I could own the T-shirt now :
Landrover: Turning drivers into electronic technicians for the last 17 years.

Who knows how badly they can bollox up reliability an all-electric drive train.

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300t of Cummins powered Double
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And no need to tell you they are babies compared to some of the NW 4 dumper versions seen on our last trip up

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And no need to tell you they are babies compared to some of the NW 4 dumper versions seen on our last trip up

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Indeed...

When we had them on site initially we had the power train unit and 5 wagons. Was just too much for the haul route.

There’s some seriously fun gear out there... [emoji41]

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I could own the T-shirt now :
Landrover: Turning drivers into electronic technicians for the last 17 years.

Who knows how badly they can bollox up reliability an all-electric drive train.

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I always thought a lot of the shirts should have read...

Landrover Drivers: thinking they’re mechanics but most are ham fisted tight arses

Half the issues with old LRs was hack home mechanics too tight or inexperienced to do a job correctly.

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I always thought a lot of the shirts should have read...

Landrover Drivers: thinking they’re mechanics but most are ham fisted tight arses

Half the issues with old LRs was hack home mechanics too tight or inexperienced to do a job correctly.

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That is true, but if they didn't have silly issues, they wouldn't need to be fiddled with, and half fixed by DIYer's.

Although some enjoy doing this, and it keeps them off the streets[thumbsupbig]

That is, the vehicles, and the DIYers[bighmmm][biggrin]

In the teams I mech for on their V6 Sprintcars we call it “Leaking Talent”.

I’ve seen examples of work on old LRs where there are no leaks, drips etc. as it should be.

I personally cringe when I hear them say “It’s a Landrover; it’s supposed to leak”

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I always thought a lot of the shirts should have read...

Landrover Drivers: thinking they’re mechanics but most are ham fisted tight arses

Half the issues with old LRs was hack home mechanics too tight or inexperienced to do a job correctly.

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And the other half is caused by well paid career "mechanics" who should know better (both dealer and independent).

Another aspect of EVs 403 Forbidden

To be fair, this is likely to be an issue with current fossil fuel vehicles as well.

To summarise for those less technical, on some Tesla cars a key part in the electronic hardware has limited life - the memory module that remembers what happened to the vehicle can only be written to a limited number of times. For typical use, this is around twelve years. Rectifying the problem means replacing a complete, hard to get at, circuit board. By this age it is unlikely that the manufacturer will have much interest in supplying parts. (Although this article is about Tesla, there are likely to be similar issues with any manufacturer, and later Teslas use a memory module with a much longer life.)

This sort of thing tells against the meme that electronic or electrical parts are inherently more reliable and long lasting than mechanical parts.