Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Tombie

Really? I knew about Nic in Primary school…
He makes really cool coils 🥸

Really? Are you sure it wasn't just a female teacher telling you that her coil was tickling her!

Originally Posted by scarry

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I knew there was Edison,and Westinghouse,but never heard of the guy Tesla.

Maybe I was asleep when they mentioned it at school

Tesla was the 'inventor' of some key parts of the AC power system, where Westinghouse was the man who (eventually) commercialised it, buying the patents from him, so everything you bought had "Westinghouse" on the label.

Same sort of relation largely applied to Edison, with the difference that Edison did some inventing himself,and employed a lot of inventors while making sure that everything was sold with his name on it.

Edison's key invention was the electric light (and he espoused DC distribution), Westinghouse's was AC power distribution made practical by Tesla's induction motor and polyphase AC theory.

If Nicola Tesla hadn't been murdered , there's no telling what advancements we would be enjoying now.

Tesla had no friends.

Possibly the most brilliant man ever to walk the planet.....never proven though.

He was also the rudest and most arrogant man to walk the planet , hence no friends , he trusted no one.

It's probably worth the research to see what he invented and might surprise you to see what others claim to have invented which were Tesla's stolen inventions.

Mr Nicholas Tesla was a genius well ahead of his time. Suspect he would appreciate the argument put forward about economy of scale required for manufacturing of diesel engines with thousand of parts to a fuel cell with few stressed components
Anyone want to guess how many parts are in our Defenders, Rangies, Evokes or Discos engines?
A fuel cell has no moving pasts.

Admist to being a little crazy so reserched the question and had fun . A "*" is a wild card for seraching. I put a * in Cummings engine parts search - It seemed to melt the search function

Note Cummins is moving fast into hydrogen and battery tech Try it if you want Genuine Cummins Parts
Hyzon's Craig Knight chats with Sam Pickett from Knext Energy. Hydrogen vs Diesel.



Add that 3 years ago Toyota using its prior generation fuel cell "Electricity from the stacks is fed to two big electric motors" in a drag race Toyota Project Portal Fuel Cell Kenworth v Diesel


Fun to consider I think. We know the new bigger better generation of Toyota fuel cell is smaller, cheaper and more powerful than the ones used in that truck. The $9,000 price reduction ( I assume that's USD) gives an indication how quickly we will see the expected price reductions expected in the Hydrogen sector. Noting of course I think Nuclear power is a great idea if they got the tech right so I am at times mistaken

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

If Nicola Tesla hadn't been murdered , there's no telling what advancements we would be enjoying now.

Tesla had no friends.

Possibly the most brilliant man ever to walk the planet.....never proven though.

He was also the rudest and most arrogant man to walk the planet , hence no friends , he trusted no one.

It's probably worth the research to see what he invented and might surprise you to see what others claim to have invented which were Tesla's stolen inventions.

There is no credible, convincing evidence that he was murdered. He died in 1943 of a coronary thrombosis and had not produced anything worthwhile since about 1895.

There is no doubt he had some brilliant ideas. There is also no doubt that many of his later ideas were pure fantasy.

Tesla kept copious notes on his inventions and ideas, many of which

have survived to this day. Scientists were thrilled by the possibilities they might contain, but upon examination, these notebooks were found to be highly speculative and contain no useful scientific knowledge.

10 Uncomfortable Truths About Nikola Tesla - Listverse

The Detroit-based automaker revealed the new Bolt electric car, which it first brought to market in 2017 and was once available in Australia under the now-defunct Holden badge, alongside the larger, “electric utility vehicle” on Sunday night (US time).
Both vehicles are equipped with GM’s new semi-autonomous “Super Cruise” system which can recognise if a driver is paying attention to the road using facial recognition technology, doing away with need for hands to be on the steering wheel.
The new 2022 Bolt is priced from $SU31,995 ($A41,131 converted) and the EUV is priced from $US33,995 ($A43,702 converted), with the latter being about 15cm longer than the smaller vehicle.







General Motors unveils cheaper Bolt electric car and larger utility version (thedriven.io)

New sighting of Hyundai ionic 5 in Brisbane.


New images of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 that is slated to officially arrive in Australia in mid-2021 show the vehicle charging at the new 75kW RTM75 charger at Tritium’s headquarters in Brisbane.
Based on the South Korean carmaker’s “45” concept, the Ioniq 5 is the first of a dedicated all-electric series from the company under the Ioniq name, and will join the Hyundai Kona and Hyundai Ioniq electric cars already available in Australia for $59,990 and $48,490 before on-roads respectively.



New sighting of Hyundai Ioniq 5 testing at Tritium Brisbane headquarters (thedriven.io)

Electric vehicle battery material and testing firm Novonix has inked a new five-year deal with a battery material research groupDalhousie University.
Novonix, which has operations in Australia, US and Canada, and is listed on the ASX, has attracted recent attention regarding the growing demand for battery materials, having inked a deal with Tesla lead battery research Jeff Dahn who will become the company’s chief scientific advisor from July 2021.
The firm also recently announced it will receive a $US5.6 million ($A7.2 million) grant from the US department of energy for its work on synthetic graphite, which is aimed at providing a cost-effective alternative for the natural graphite materials commonly used in battery rechargeable anodes.
The new sponsorship deal with professor Mark Obrovac’s lab at the Canadian university – the same location of Tesla battery lead Jeff Dahn’s lab – builds on a former two-year agreement.





EV battery material firm Novonix strengthen ties with Dalhousie University (thedriven.io)