EV general discussion

**austastar** · 2nd June 2023, 02:19 PM

Hi,
I just wish the EV makers (and ICE too I guess) would design practical vehicles, instead of expensively finished fragile shiny dreams that are a nightmare to maintain. I mean who would ever think of replacing a steel bumper bar with a low hanging expensive plastic shroud?
Cheers

**V8Ian** · 2nd June 2023, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
I just wish the EV makers (and ICE too I guess) would design practical vehicles, instead of expensively finished fragile shiny dreams that are a nightmare to maintain. I mean who would ever think of replacing a steel bumper bar with a low hanging expensive plastic shroud?
Cheers

Or a body that has to be removed for anything more intricate than a coolant top up.

**Tombie** · 2nd June 2023, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Or a body that has to be removed for anything more intricate than a coolant top up.

If they threw a hinge on the front it would just be a Cab over

**prelude** · 2nd June 2023, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by goingbush

ALL those anti EV propaganda articles are paid for by big oil / Koch brothers etc . People can believe what they want, theres aways extremism on both sides on an argument, don't listen, don't care, it dosent bother me at all. Just do what's right for you.

I am certainly not ANTI electric, I was fairly far along with designing my own electric vehicle based on an old mercedes S class, pre lithium batteries and fancy motors around the start of the millenium. I loved the instant torque, no shifting as james may would call it "wafting" along, but in the end I decided against it for various reasons. Around that time, way before there was commercially available LED lighting I did my whole house with self made LED's and what not, I came back from that to halogen for the 100 CRI, no flickering and no crap on the power grid due to all the switching. I tried, I did not like it. But certainly do what works for you mate, when and if I am around I would certainly love to take a ride in you electric series!

What I would like to say though, don't be fooled indeed. The green corner is just as big if not overtaking the oil corner in size with their own agenda and propaganda so I would not let my guard down reading pro articles either.

It's still business and they will buy their way to profit like any other.

Cheers,
-P

**NavyDiver** · 2nd June 2023, 08:18 PM

News that most of the thousands of MG ev or hybrids that landed in QLD last week have been sold to police or other fleet buyers might be Bah Humbug?

"Inside Tesla's $4.2 Billion Model 3 Sale To Hertz

"

That seems to be a LOT of new EVs? I did a USD$ count and assumed a cost based on the rumored "100,000 units"

EDIT- this was 2021 news I missed!

**NavyDiver** · 4th June 2023, 09:10 AM

Porche will be upset? 7:35.579 lap
Nürburgring has been a fighting ground for Tesla and Porsche over the last few years.

8 seconds is a bit of a jump

PS I do not love tesla

Tesla reclaims Nurburgring lap record with new Model S Plaid with Track package | Electrek

**Narangga** · 4th June 2023, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Narangga

Further investigations have proved that information is incorrect. One vessel in Darwin went from Japan to Freo to Darwin. The next vessel is Korea to Freo to Darwin next week. Singapore must be old news.

Can you end up down a rabbit hole searching the internet for shipping schedules?

However my research makes me think/believe/hope our Niro will be arriving on a vessel in Darwin on 30 June

(says he also crossing fingers...).

**BradC** · 8th June 2023, 11:29 AM

Another interesting viewpoint : ROWAN ATKINSON: Our honeymoon with electric vehicles is over so hang on to your old petrol motor | Daily Mail Online

**vnx205** · 8th June 2023, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Porche will be upset? 7:35.579 lap
Nürburgring has been a fighting ground for Tesla and Porsche over the last few years.

8 seconds is a bit of a jump

PS I do not love tesla

Tesla reclaims Nurburgring lap record with new Model S Plaid with Track package | Electrek

The way things are going, the day may come when boy racers will be driving EVs and drivers who don't need to beat everyone else away from the traffic lights will drive something more sedate, powered by green hydrogen or synthetic fuel?

**prelude** · 8th June 2023, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by vnx205

The way things are going, the day may come when boy racers will be driving EVs and drivers who don't need to beat everyone else away from the traffic lights will drive something more sedate, powered by green hydrogen or synthetic fuel?

Funny that

I was never really a boy racer but when I was younger I did want lower suspension and lower profile tyres (see my name, yes its the car). It was a fun hobby to go the herefore mentioned ring, before it was hip due to top gear and all. Ordering a trip in the ring taxi and then have some blond girl show up was hilarious, until you got to the first corner... Everything told you BRAKE! and she was like, no no, this is a full throttle corner. Of course she left us too soon.

Having said that; as I got older larger wheels and higher lifts became my thing with the 4bee and in stead of a 4 banger I went for the slow burble of the V8. What I never got however was why the EV crowd wanted the speed thing? I know speed was always a selling point on cars, certainly on top gear and what not

but EV's are not even in the same ballpark so acceleration is a meaningless figure and compares apples to oranges in this case.

Finally, yes there will be a select few that manage to somehow get more power out of an electric vehicle but it is not as simple as porting and polishing a head, sticking a different exhaust under or things like that. The race is determined at the start by the vehicle you drive because modifying it is exceedingly more difficult.

-P

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