Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by scarry

They are also very hard on tyres, which is another issue.

because of weight or something else?

Originally Posted by Eevo

because of weight or something else?

Weight,front wheel drive and steer,with heaps of torque and speed off the mark,I think is the issue.

If they’re so heavy they create extra wear on the roads then it sounds like they should be registered as a truck - will notify Vicroads... 🤣

Originally Posted by Homestar

If they’re so heavy they create extra wear on the roads then it sounds like they should be registered as a truck - will notify Vicroads...

By comparison they are significantly heavier.
Each single unit isn’t too bad, combined it all adds up.

I seem to remember reading that since the amount of damage goes up roughly as the square of the mass, almost all wear on most roads is not from anything you can legally drive on a car licence, and not even much from MR vehicles. So I doubt road damage is a serious problem. But I don't know about tyre wear, although tyre size, suspension and steering geometry, maintenance (tyre pressures) and driving habits would almost certainly have more effect.

Originally Posted by Homestar

If they’re so heavy they create extra wear on the roads then it sounds like they should be registered as a truck - will notify Vicroads... 🤣

And pay commercial vehicle Tolls🙈🤣

Hi All,

Some interesting reading here...

Head of Toyota slams rush to EVs

"The more EVs we build, the worse carbon dioxide gets…When politicians are out there saying, ‘Let’s get rid of all cars using gasoline,’ do they understand this?” said Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda in his role as chairman..."

"He suggested, too, that Japan would run out of electricity in summer months if all cars were EVs, that it would cost upwards of A$500 billion to build sufficient EV infrastructure, and that because Japan’s energy is produced with natural gas and coal, the effect on the environment would still be negative."

"Underneath, however, it points to a car industry that’s trapped between two fronts; keeping the lights on in the face of declining demand and answering to the increasingly strident calls of governments around the planet to address the issue of climate change."

Like I said - some interesting reading.

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Hi All,

Some interesting reading here...

Head of Toyota slams rush to EVs

"The more EVs we build, the worse carbon dioxide gets…When politicians are out there saying, ‘Let’s get rid of all cars using gasoline,’ do they understand this?” said Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda in his role as chairman..."

"He suggested, too, that Japan would run out of electricity in summer months if all cars were EVs, that it would cost upwards of A$500 billion to build sufficient EV infrastructure, and that because Japan’s energy is produced with natural gas and coal, the effect on the environment would still be negative."

"Underneath, however, it points to a car industry that’s trapped between two fronts; keeping the lights on in the face of declining demand and answering to the increasingly strident calls of governments around the planet to address the issue of climate change."

Like I said - some interesting reading.

Quatumscape backed by bill gates 300million several years ago. I assume he has made hundreds of billions from it.. They are yet to make a Solid state battery!!!
Microvast about to be another unicorn perhaps? (it might be a dog and I am not an investment advisers back side! 2017 news" Microvast will reach 4 GWh of production capacity by the end of 2017 and is expanding its manufacturing facility to provide 11 GWh of additional capacity. To date, the company has supplied more than 18,000 hybrid and fully electric buses with battery systems, operating in more than 150 cities across six countries with over one billion miles traveled."

Toyota is releasing Hydrogen and EV at the oympics if they go ahead and has build a billion$ ev specific plant in Japan. Fully agree with removing carbon from Electricity Generation. This morning I heard of the massive increase in people buying roof top Solar PV here in Vic. My thoughts is many of us will self charge not grid charge anyway.
In March Toyota "BEIJING – Toyota Motor Corp. plans to build an electric vehicle plant in Tianjin, China, according to a document from local authorities.
Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co., the automaker’s local joint venture, plans to spend 8.5 billion yuan (¥131 billion) to build a plant with an annual production capacity of 200,000 units in the city’s Binhai New Area, according to the document.

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