Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Where do cars for the NT come through? Do the boats go there or Adelaide?

The ports in Aus are nuts at the moment.

My car sat bobbing off the sunshine coast for 2.5 weeks before the boat could even dock. I gather Port Kembla is far worse.

Mostly through Singapore, however that is not always direct. The next vessel is due 22 May having departed Fremantle 17 May having come direct from Japan. Most likely has vehicles from other countries that were shipped via Singapore to Freo by other vessels.

Due to volumes here there is minimal delay once the vessel is in port.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Then you will be glad it has airbags to keep it afloat for 2.5 weeks & enjoying the sunshine (it has got airbags hasn't it?' )

Yes the airbags operate using electricity

500million quid not $!! this is rather big for Landrover lovers. Or haters who might hate this

"£500 million loan guarantee supports Jaguar Land Rover’s electric vehicle plans

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc has received a £500 million Export Development Guarantee which will support the research, development and export of Battery Electric Vehicles, International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said today (31 January).
UK Export Finance (UKEF) guaranteed 80% of a new £625 million loan from 12 commercial banks, under its Export Development Guarantee (EDG) program designed to drive major investments into UK exporters."

" The government is also directly investing more than £850 million to develop the supply chain for cleaner vehicles in the UK to ensure our auto industry remains competitive for years to come and has supported over £2 billion of commercial investment into the industry’s export capacity through UKEF"

Free and nifty version PS500 million loan guarantee supports Jaguar Land Rover’s electric vehicle plans | Mirage News
Paywalled Jeremy Hunt offers Jaguar Land Rover PS500m to keep factory in UK

Lots of money- Interestingly a chat with a very very knowledgeable Landrover Gent yesterday covered his view hydrogen combustion in ICE was his preference so we could keep all our old cars rather than make new ones. Loved his thoughts yet suspect repair and recycling is Fuel cell Electric boat mod still in the sphere of possible. The Haters of EV or Hydrogen EV would love this gent! Going to send him my data file on the hydrogen combustion rather than fuel cells! With Germany holding EU back from ICE elimination via its insistence on inclusion of biofuel for ICE the Hydrogen combustion companies I know might be very hot? NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE - I do not hold or own any of them!!!!

MG News

Police like my car? https://www.drive.com.au/news/queensland-police-reveal-marked-mg-hs-plus-ev-plug-in-hybrid-patrol-cars/#:~:text=Queensland%20Police%20reveals,low%2Demiss ions%20vehicles.

Queensland Police reveals marked MG HS Plus EV plug-in hybrid patrol cars


A new fleet of plug-in hybrid MG SUVs have been acquired by Queensland Police, as it pushes ahead with its fleet of low-emissions vehicles.



I wonder if the 3100 MG xs EVs are all sold???
Express shipment direct from Shanghai delivers more than 3100 new MGs to Australia

MG Motor has tackled Australia’s automotive supply crisis head-on by landing its first full ship-load of new vehicles direct from China last week.
Owned by MG parent company SAIC, the Viking Emerald cargo vessel arrived in Port Kembla last Friday (May 12) with more than 3100 new MG hatchbacks and SUVs on board, after travelling from Shanghai with no stops. https://www.carsales.com.au/editoria...p-load-140794/


Pricing on the MG4 rear wheel drive is out. I want the Long Range but wonder if $10,000 for 100km extra range is a bit excessive?? The XS long range is 8000 more than the standard range. I do not see the value and assume pricing is more profit than actual cost?

I might skimp on and save the cash for a New Hydrogen or solid state battery electric Disco? Quantumscape has shipped some for testing to some manufactures already. Delivery's scheduled 2025 is of course a forecast Landrover does not seem to be involved in the solid state battery space yet I am hoping it is quietly in the mix already!


My MG XS EV is about to be up for sale with a delayed delivery schedule-

Back to work

Had to have a little chuckle this morning. We installed some generators on a building in the City to run it's essential services from today until Sunday night while a new main switchboard is installed. All occupants of the building have been told about this for weeks so when one of the employees (High level Management) turns up in their Company EV he drives up to one of the chargers and is told politely by one of the Electricians on site that the charger isn't working until Monday AM.

The bloke goes off his nuts as his EV is almost flat and he hasn't enough charge to get it home. Lots of things like Ï wasn't told about this' etc then get thrown around and one of the people I was working with quietly told me 'He's the one that sent the emails out saying there would be no non essential power from today...'

Guess he thought his charger was on the Essential Switchboard. I was leaving while they were looking up alternate charging points in the City he could drive to...

Yes but if he was driving an ICE he would not have been able to fuel up there either and have to go to a service station - why doesn't he just go to charging station.

These EV people are so self centred and entitled - they expect charging in their apartment building, charging at their workplace and expect charging in the supermarket carpark - us ICE drivers could never fill up at our apartment building, or at the workplace or get fuel in the supermarket carpark, yet EV drivers expect all this - FFS just go to charging station the same as us ICE drivers have to go to a service station to get fuel.

Garry

He was senior management - of course he was self centered and entitled - even before he was driving an EV I should think.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Had to have a little chuckle this morning. We installed some generators on a building in the City to run it's essential services from today until Sunday night while a new main switchboard is installed. All occupants of the building have been told about this for weeks so when one of the employees (High level Management) turns up in their Company EV he drives up to one of the chargers and is told politely by one of the Electricians on site that the charger isn't working until Monday AM.

The bloke goes off his nuts as his EV is almost flat and he hasn't enough charge to get it home. Lots of things like Ï wasn't told about this' etc then get thrown around and one of the people I was working with quietly told me 'He's the one that sent the emails out saying there would be no non essential power from today...'

Guess he thought his charger was on the Essential Switchboard. I was leaving while they were looking up alternate charging points in the City he could drive to...

Should have recorded that tosser

Note a mate who is a sparky is conspiring to have power as a Fringe Benefit for his shifts

I'm BOO HOO fully electric as of drop off of the Disco in the morning My camping trailer hooked up and its looking ready for a adventure with 5 Muddies on the 17 inch rims loaded on the trailer. Sad as to see it go. Landrover better get there skates on ! (EV or Hydrogen EV )

Mia Culpa While watching a football game (1/2time) I read about CATL 1000wh/kg battery tech. Now I cannot find it.



Why is that number significant? The car I was going to change to in July MG4 is 200ishwh/kg and goes 550km. The company making the MG batteries is a joint venture with the company that suggests it will be shipping 1000wh/kg batteries this year. The MG4 with the same weight of 1000wh/kg batteries may have a 2500km range.

IF this is true the price of a car I buy in July would decline by a significant amount by December!

"In recent years, with the rapid development of aerospace technology, there is a higher demand for energy. High-performance electrical energy systems can increase payload, reduce launch costs and improve on-orbit reliability. At the same time, with the change of application scenarios, the diversity of energy has also been tested. Lithium carbon fluoride primary battery (Li-CF x ) has gradually emerged in the fields of aerospace and weaponry recently due to its ultra-high energy density (700-1000Wh/kg), ultra-long wet shelf life (more than 10 years, annual self-discharge rate less than 2%), free ground and on-orbit maintenance, wider storage and working temperature. This paper focuses on the working characteristics, application research and prospect of lithium carbon fluoride primary battery in the aerospace field, and provides a solution for different aerospace energy needs." Link


Cut above is NOT the news I read. I had thought 2025 solid state date was D day for current battery tech via Quatumscape. Now I think it may be 2023. Pausing flipping my current quirky short range MG xs. Partly as new charging option in Camberdown and another about to open in Geelong which will make 2 * 80% fast charging at 30/40min stops a lot faster than the 1* 100% one hour fast charge and 1 hour for very little power at colac or Warmblooded I have been doing for the last 40,000 km. Western Districts of Vic is slowly catching up at last. Noting IF the 1000wh/kg option is here late 2023 almost no one needs a lot of recharging options!

Have to chuckle if it is true as another brands billions on a new battery tech which was shouted about in 2022 would be almost as redundant? Tweeter loses my seem tame?