Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by gromit

I used to sell industrial floor sweepers & floor scrubbers, often through forklift companies.
The bigger electric forklifts had swap out battery packs, big buggers but meant they could work 24/7.
Virtually all the large sweepers we sold for inside use were on LPG or CNG. Colin

Yes they did. A ship that I worked on as an electrician in 1971 had an electric forklift. I think the battery was 48 volts and we had two of them. Part of my job was to both maintain the thing and keep the batteries charged. I remember having a plywood cover made to lay on top of the spare while it was being charged in the open on deck. The ships cranes were used to swap it out.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Yes it seems that if you dont have the same almost religious view as the EV nutters, you are are imbecile - so much for different points of view.

Have to add myself the the EV nutter with my quirky one. Rotten thing still at the place I brought it from fixing a new car

Oddly they gave me a MG Xs non ev to drive. That is quirky as well. It may be a bit newer as some of the stuff inside is rather different to mine. none of them is as nice as my Disco. Mr 21 says my Disco is a Big Old very well padded rocking chair

See I can say bad things about the EV I have. I will add another. I just walked past a LD/Jag dealer. They had two charge points. One CCS and the other I assume to be a 7Kwh type. I do not think they are publicly available even to Jag I-pace owners? The Audi chargers near by seem to be the same- never seen them used despite walking past them reasonably often.

Interesting to see Jag I pace information is really not as good as other places to find Free or paid public charge points
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While it suggest signing up to public networks it is a bit slack plus on not pointing to them. Pull up your socks EV types

They are Plug Share and Charge Fox. Tesla has its own via its apps but most are listed in Plugshare I think

one other site has a bit as well Charging - Electric Vehicle CouncilDopey me just found another when looking for the Audi ones unsuccessfully Charge Point

I thorought Plug Share and Charge fox were available to anyone to use as long as they had an account. Is that wrong?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I thorought Plug Share and Charge fox were available to anyone to use as long as they had an account. Is that wrong?

Yeah, but there’s heaps of players out there all sticking stuff in willy nilly. Even with a charge fix account you have limited access to what’s out there. The industry needs to put their heads together and sort this out before it becomes a bigger problem than it already is.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I thorought Plug Share and Charge fox were available to anyone to use as long as they had an account. Is that wrong?

If the plug fits and it turns on use it Plug share and other my show sites that are not usable for some/many. One example is two Three Phase power points in Port Fairy installed by the council. A very specific charger is needed to use that as just one example.




If the boot fits back at my car? This video showed only one of 5 EV cars made the range. Mine (still at the dealer) was dammed close to the sub par effort in this. Happy to put the boot into showing claims that are not achieved. Did just that to a test drive of a Jeep a few years ago so I am at least consistent

Spudfan's new car:

required watching.

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