EV general discussion

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Originally Posted by goingbush

Indeed, ive only ever charged mine at home, why would you do it any other way unless your on a trip.. You don't take your phone to a public charge point to charge it.

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Funny you should say that Don. You quite often see people at power points in cafes etc charging because they either forgot, or used it excessively and ran out of power.
So this begs the question, I wonder how “mainstream “ people consistently using the car, not referring to a trip, but just around the city for arguments sake, will need to do this (??)
Im guessing personally, you’ll only cock up once, maybe twice before you learn to remember to charge the car.

Actually I would probably need to use it all the time. As I would have it locked in ludicrous mode. As have been driving slow diesels for way to many years now. I want fast.

I've been surprised at how many EV charging points I've noticed while travelling in NQ. I didn't realize so many were around. They have been pairs of 7Kw chargers.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I've been surprised at how many EV charging points I've noticed while travelling in NQ. I didn't realize so many were around. They have been pairs of 7Kw chargers.

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The newish Bendigo Hospital has a couple of chargers. 1 or 2 for visitors. And a couple more in the executive/doctor only parking.
That one I can understand as some work some very irregular hours.

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The newish Bendigo Hospital has a couple of chargers. 1 or 2 for visitors. And a couple more in the executive/doctor only parking.
That one I can understand as some work some very irregular hours.

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And of course doctors are some of the privileged few who can afford EVs. Average GP salary 269K. Specialist????.
Regards PhilipA

So apparently Queensland has an Electric Super Highway stretching from Coolangatta to Cairns and Brisbane to Toowoomba.
I see the one here in Bowen has 50kW and 22 kW fast chargers, so that's good.

Queensland's Electric Super Highway | Transport and motoring | Queensland Government

This comparison predicts buying an EV, despite the higher purchase price, could still produce a saving of about $5000 over 5 years.

Compare electric vehicle costs | Transport and motoring | Queensland Government

Here's a story about driving the Queensland electric super highway.

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Originally Posted by Chops

Funny you should say that Don. You quite often see people at power points in cafes etc charging because they either forgot, or used it excessively and ran out of power.
So this begs the question, I wonder how “mainstream “ people consistently using the car, not referring to a trip, but just around the city for arguments sake, will need to do this (??)
Im guessing personally, you’ll only cock up once, maybe twice before you learn to remember to charge the car.

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So True, Lots of People run out of Petrol now , I suppose the same people will run out of battery but will blame the technology instead of their own stupidity.

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

And of course doctors are some of the privileged few who can afford EVs. Average GP salary 269K. Specialist????.
Regards PhilipA

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The school my mum used to teach at used to have more than one lc200 Sahara and disco 5 plus more than one HSV in the car parks. Most students would be from the lower income homes.
So there are a ton of people out there that can justify $80,000 for a car.

If you could fit a bull bar to one. I would seriously think about buying one. And my wage is way less than that.

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Originally Posted by goingbush

So True, Lots of People run out of Petrol now ,

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yes, difference is, takes 2min to put fuel in a car. but several hours to charge an EV, even if its not a full charge.