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    Quote Originally Posted by 101RRS View Post
    Yesterday I spotted the usual Camry Hybrid taxi going through a drive through - what was unusual was that the petrol engine was running on LPG. Not seen a Hybrid converted to LPG before.

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    There used to be lots of Toyota Prius taxis on gas in Melbourne.
    Given a Prius gets about 4L/100 in traffic, and a bit worse on the open road, it would take a lot of Ks to to get a ROI

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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyC View Post
    There used to be lots of Toyota Prius taxis on gas in Melbourne.
    Given a Prius gets about 4L/100 in traffic, and a bit worse on the open road, it would take a lot of Ks to to get a ROI

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    Taxis do a lot of Ks. Bought a five yo EF once that had 800,000 on it. Dunno how many heads it had had though...... Drove it for years. great car to take to work.
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    I was thinking about Navydivers reply to my sighting of a model 3 towing at a very slow speed.
    I see a couple of flaws in his argument.
    The tesla charging port is at the rear of the car so he would have to unhitch for every charge.'
    Now I can tell you how difficult it is to find a parking spot where you can gain front access to the caravan to rehitch and how people just park in front of you.
    EVs typically lose 50% of range towing. Now this was a big teardrop not the usual small bed on wheels so lets be generous and say 40% range loss. It was a hot day so anyone sensible would have the aircon on.
    if the Tesla model 3 was a long range it starts with 500Km maximum range. With adults and luggage and aircon on maybe 450 (generous) or even less.
    Add the trailer and so range maybe range of 250KM.
    So he will have to stop every 250Km unhitch , park the caravan, charge for say 50 minutes , rehitch and go.
    Doesn't sound like fun to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    Doesn't sound like fun to me.
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    Welcome to the Brave New World. Who said anything about fun? Das ist verboten.
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    EV general discussion

    We just delivered a 150KVA generator and large fuel cell to a premises that has just taken possession of 5 new electric delivery trucks which they’re really excited by - until their Electrician told them their supply isn’t up to charging them so we’ll have a gen there burning diesel to charge them each night for at least 2 months while they spend another $100K getting that small oversight fixed. 🤣

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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    We just delivered a 150KVA generator and large fuel cell to a premises that has just taken possession of 5 new electric delivery trucks which they’re really excited by - until their Electrician told them their supply isn’t up to charging them so we’ll have a gen there burning diesel to charge them each night for at least 2 months while they spend another $100K getting that small oversight fixed. 🤣

    This green future is great! (For our budget) EV general discussion
    I was getting some gear at an electrical wholesaler we don’t use very often.
    There is a huge sign out the front ‘EV charging here”,and a parking bay allocated to EV charging only,which is right at the front and the most convenient for any customer,which is odd.It should be the furtherest one away,out of the way to let customers pick up gear quickly.So that is also a stuff up.
    Anyway,seems the building mains need up graded,and the owner doesn’t want to do it as it is a huge expensive job.
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    Had to edit out some names but the first truck for the evening charging off the gen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    Had to edit out some names but the first truck for the evening charging off the gen.



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    I thought Kings Transport have been running a small fleet of EV trucks since 2017.

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    They certainly seem to be proud of them from the posts they make on FB and LinkedIn.

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    They could well be proud of them but there’s no where to charge these ones at this depot currently that’s for sure. EV general discussion
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    Sometimes a case of one step forward, two steps back.

    I see they posted they intend to install more charging points at depots, so look to be committed to the long run.

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    Looks like they have moved on to leasing the Foton T5 now. Woolworths also are trialling the smaller model for home deliveries.

    T5 Electric Truck - Foton Mobility Distribution Australia

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