Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Homestar

You can’t force people to uptake a tech they don’t want because it is too expensive and doesn’t meet their needs.

But thats what most of the pollies in Europe think they are gonna do.

And some of the vehicle manufacturers in Europe think they are going to do the same.

I see Toyota are saying if Japan went to all EV's,there is no where near enough power to charge them all,and it will be decades before the infrastructure for charging, and power will be available.

EV are paperweights in texas at the moment

Originally Posted by Eevo

EV are paperweights in texas at the moment

But so are ICE vehicles - no power, no pumps running at the Servos. But you can at least drain another vehicle or your lawn mower and get going again.

Originally Posted by scarry

I see Toyota are saying if Japan went to all EV's,there is no where near enough power to charge them all,and it will be decades before the infrastructure for charging, and power will be available.

Would be the same situation in any country - no one can build the infrastructure required in the time frames the pollys are talking about.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Would be the same situation in any country - no one can build the infrastructure required in the time frames the pollys are talking about.

Shows they have NFI what is going on in the real world.
Same as half the pollies here.

Oh,and in the same article, it also said, if the country does go to full EV,most of the needed power will have to come from fossil fuels, as there is no viable alternative.

Originally Posted by Homestar

But so are ICE vehicles - no power, no pumps running at the Servos. But you can at least drain another vehicle or your lawn mower and get going again.

jerry cans. i keep about 100l in the shed as spare. cant do that with an EV
and i dont know about texas but here most service stations have a backup generator.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Would be the same situation in any country - no one can build the infrastructure required in the time frames the pollys are talking about.

Why do people think EV need more power infrastructure than internal combustion, It takes as much electricity to produce the amount of fuel required to drive an equivalent EV for the same distance, maybe not in Australia because we import all of our fuel but who would not produce their own electricity with solar , that will cover most of us. Look at all the money we wont be sending overseas on buying fuel from the Middle East.

Originally Posted by Eevo

jerry cans. i keep about 100l in the shed as spare. cant do that with an EV
and i dont know about texas but here most service stations have a backup generator.

I make my own solar power to run my EV , way more than I need for my car,
Who makes their own fuel at home ? Fish and chip oil is finite, the sun is forever.

Texas argument is ridiculous, their oil refineries are shut down and will take weeks to get back on line.