Thread: EV general discussion

I was having a browse of Carsales a couple of nights ago, and saw something to me quite interesting.
There are 57 Nissan Leafs from $45-80K on Carsales and lots of them are obviously Demos from there almost non existent mileage.
Some of these are 2019 models and lots of 2020 models.
What does this tell me?
Nobody is buying them at a time when all cars are in short supply. You cannot get a Hilux for reported 9 months.

Nissan LEAF cars between $45,000 & $80,000 for sale in New South Wales - carsales.com.au

Regards PhilipA

quirky Mg is still being investigated for its below par range. The brand new one gave me a chuckle and informed me a lot.

It was a DID YOU Know moment for me. Honestly surprised to find the range on a brand new load MGEV went from 210 fully charged to 260 fully charged. The only difference was HVAC turned off.

It seems impossible HVAC would impact really for 50km range so it may be a software issue. If it was really hot and HVAC was working over time to cool or really cold and HVAC was over busy trying to heat?? As it was on lowest possible setting I am interested and happy I might have a bit of my own answer. Took the Disco for a drive yesterday to pick up something. It felt rather like the 3 ish tonnes it is

WLTP is a lot clearer for me after reading. (Below) Oddly I assume real world would include A-con. Happy with my window down or on the bike with no widows at all so playing with the new one over the next 260km will be interesting plus.

What does the WLTP mean for motorists?
Grafik: Nummerierung Kapitel WLTP Q & A - hier 06
Even though the WLTP cannot depict the full range of actual vehicle usage, it provides a better basis of information for making decisions when buying a car by providing a greater approximation to real-world driving conditions.
WLTP are always carried out with the air conditioning system switched off. is true.
https://www.vda.de/en/topics/environmen ... -WLTP.html

Yeah. Current draw on EV HVAC is rather high, even on low settings.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I was having a browse of Carsales a couple of nights ago, and saw something to me quite interesting.
There are 57 Nissan Leafs from $45-80K on Carsales and lots of them are obviously Demos from there almost non existent mileage.
Some of these are 2019 models and lots of 2020 models.
What does this tell me?
Nobody is buying them at a time when all cars are in short supply. You cannot get a Hilux for reported 9 months.

Nissan LEAF cars between $45,000 & $80,000 for sale in New South Wales - carsales.com.au

Regards PhilipA

Current model Leafs can be imported under the SEVS/RAWS rules and look to be about $10k cheaper than these ex-demo models, or at least $5k cheaper for 2019 onwards models.

Personally I want a Nissan range extender Note.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Current model Leafs can be imported under the SEVS/RAWS rules and look to be about $10k cheaper than these ex-demo models, or at least $5k cheaper for 2019 onwards models.

Personally I want a Nissan range extender Note.

along with my quirky mg apparently you might be able to buy a Ora Punk Cat or an Ora Ballet Cat MG is chinese now. VW also has substanial chinese factories and progects. I wonder if that is why they are not bothered by the similarities to a VW beetle

"Ora released some information about the Punk Cat that should be the same as the Ballet Cat. The first Bettle-wannabe had two battery pack options: 47.8 kWh, for a range of 401 km, and 59.1 kWh, for running 501 km. In both cases, ranges were measured according to the NEDC cycle.

There’s no information so far on how powerful the Punk Cat will be. For a matter of historical accuracy, it would better have a motor powering the rear wheels. If the Beetle heritage is to be followed, it will also lack power, but Ora may be willing to correct this with its new electric vehicle.

Volkswagen once said it would examine legal measures about the copycat, but it has not opposed the patents in Europe, as far as we know. With the Ballet Car, we have no idea if the German company is also willing to take any measures, but it will now face double the trouble in case it does."

Fake Chinese VW Beetle Has a New Name: Ora Ballet Cat - autoevolution

Considering the VW beetle styling (and everything else) was a rip-off of Tatra.....

Electric buses are coming to Brisbane, with a fleet to be based at North Lakes.

Local bus manufacturer to build 16 electric buses for Queensland

Sydney is as usual way ahead.
First NSW-built electric bus hits the street - InnovationAus

I hope we have a better experience than the cities in the USA.

Regards PhilipA