Thread: EV general discussion

Land Rover now makes PHEVs .( Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle)

They can be plugged in and go for 27Km on battery on a charge.

You have the option of using petrol only, combination, or electric only. They have a 2 litre petrol engine and electric motor and are FAST when both motors used AFAIR 5.5Seconds 0-60.
So for the shops or city centre it costs nothing except the home power used.
On a long trip in the LRO test it did about 29MPG, for a trip to his office 30Km away, 101MPG.
Only problem is that they cost GBP 70K or I suppose AUD 150K by the time they get here.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

A farmer with a Tractor let everyone park for free in his paddock to see a river race in WA years back. He charged $50 to drag all the bogged cars out- I assume he made thousands ( Avon Decent ) He did ask me to stop pulling people out for free LADA at the time

Bet there will be a market for your services. Just park near a broken remote charge point perhaps

Good thinking 99. What if each EV towed an operating Gennie behind, wouldn't that save down time or might that be defeating the purpose a bit?

Short extension lead as well.









TiC.

Originally Posted by scarry

Maybe they need to harness lightning,it happily travels well over 500Km

On a UK LR Forum a few years back I read where a bloke had difficulty charging his vehicle from an indoor GPO 'cos folk kept tripping over his lead from the house across the footpath..


Someone back then (a few years ago) tongue in cheek suggested it'd be good idea if it could be done wirelessly


Lo & behold, not long after, someone came up with that idea & I see now where you you can buy the gear to do that.


Wireless Charging Electric Vehicles: Is it Possible to Charge Electric Cars Wirelessly? | CarsGuide
Who could have seriously foreseen that happening?

Originally Posted by 4bee

Good thinking 99. What if each EV towed an operating Gennie behind, wouldn't that save down time or might that be defeating the purpose a bit?

Short extension lead as well.




TiC.

That's a Hybrid Des. A solar panel or ten might NOT be that hard to add to your trailer. For half a sec I thought you meant a Genie Suspect If I had one of those a magic carpet would also be supplied

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

That's a Hybrid Des. A solar panel or ten might NOT be that hard to add to your trailer. For half a sec I thought you meant a Genie Suspect If I had one of those a magic carpet would also be supplied

Yes, that would always be required for getting under & changing the oil & misc repairs while on the move, you see they also fly & could keep up a reasonable speed while you were under doing the chores.


You'd just need to watch out you didn't bash the back of your head on kerbing or those bloody speed humps, but other than that they would be most useful. I read somewhere recently the later jobs have Sensors so that would rule out bashing one's head as the carpet rises & falls to suit the topography as does the vehicle. So that might be a goer. Terrain following RADAR would be used here.

Being Magic, they obviously would be self-cleaning & I think they are designed to go Super Sonic so the **** would just fall out at about 800mph/1225km/h or Mach 1.

Oh yes, the later versions can go Hyper-sonic if the carpet is really really dirty.


Job done.

You see, I ain't just a Pretty face you know.



TiC.

[QUOTE=scarry;3135237]Maybe they need to harness lightning,it happily travels well over 500K



Just thinking about my suggestion. It'd be a bastard if one was interstate & plugged in there, & noticed no charging going on. You'd have to walk all the way (750 km) back to the charging station in Adelaide to find some ***** had pulled your plug out of your 800km lead & buggered off for a coffee. So you pull out his/hers then have to walk all the back to Melbourne (750km) again to check your EAV was charging ok.


Jesus what a bloody carry on!





TiC.

This Youtube video deals with a bloke in UK driving his MGto wales and back.
It's a good example of the good and bad of EV ownership .
Maybe the MG owner can tell us whether the same situation applies in OZ. I am referring to the difficulty of different companies, not the Tesla sitting at the charger which is self explanatory.
MG ZS EV Review! Cold weather range test GONE WRONG! - YouTube
Regards PhilipA

An Australian transport company Janus trucks look like doing electric conversions...Janus Electric