Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Homestar

Wow - $40K for that bucket of ****.... And don't get me started on how bad the Dolphin is for around the same price. Both of these make the MG4 look good - which is bloody hard to do given how bad that is.

I thought Teslas were badly built, but this bunch make them look like a Rolls Royce - which they are far from.

It's certainly a race to the bottom on quality and mediocrity that's for sure.

I'll confess I haven't really had much to do with the early Teslas. I have heard many reports of poor build quality.

However mine is so far well built. Like a month and a half into ownership and I've got not a cracker to complain about. Let's hope it keeps up.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Wow - $40K for that bucket of ****.... And don't get me started on how bad the Dolphin is for around the same price. Both of these make the MG4 look good - which is bloody hard to do given how bad that is.

I thought Teslas were badly built, but this bunch make them look like a Rolls Royce - which they are far from.

It's certainly a race to the bottom on quality and mediocrity that's for sure.

Both my side mirrors are being replaced. Motor which folds them seem to be a bit wonky. Fourth time today it was back to the dealer. All prior time a software reset fixed them for a while.

MG4 arrive here next month - booked a test drive. I had put a deposit on either a long range MG3ev or a EV4. Have you seen or heard of issues with them? ( Not a issue for me as not updating now a three new fast charge options makes my usual run a lot easier next time I go. Perhaps next week I hope.

Have to add my LADA UTE was built like crap. MG seems a little more refined and easily as good a ford futura prior to my Disco's which make everything look average.

Not really up on the masses of BYDs popping up here.

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

I'll confess I haven't really had much to do with the early Teslas. I have heard many reports of poor build quality.

However mine is so far well built. Like a month and a half into ownership and I've got not a cracker to complain about. Let's hope it keeps up.

Sounds better than every new Land Rover i have ever had..

Originally Posted by scarry

Sounds better than every new Land Rover i have ever had..

SHHH We love our Land Rovers

"The all-electric hot hatch concept pays homage to the Metro 6R4 Group B rally car of the early 1980s.

British-based, Chinese-owned MG Motor has revealed the EX4 all-electric hot hatch concept in a short Twitter video posted yesterday, ahead of the car’s official debut at this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The over-the-top hatchback is based on the road-going MG4 XPower, which is powered by a dual-motor setup making 429 horsepower and up to 442 pound-feet (600 Newton-meters) of torque. The SAIC-owned automaker didn’t reveal the concept car’s specs, but it did say that both the street-legal MG4 XPower and the upcoming Cyberster electric roadster will be present at Goodwood, next to the radically styled, rally-inspired EV."




I found some very good news from Bosch

BERLIN (Reuters) - German auto supplier Bosch will invest almost 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in hydrogen fuel cell technology from 2021 to 2026 and expects to generate roughly 5 billion in sales from it by 2030, the company said on Thursday.
The planned investment was one billion euros more than earmarked in its previous investment plan for 2021-2024, the statement added.
Vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells, in which hydrogen mixes with oxygen to produce water and energy to power a battery, can refuel in minutes and have a much longer range than battery-electric vehicles, but infrastructure is lacking and it is less energy-efficient.
Bosch expects one in five new trucks weighing six metric tons or more would feature fuel-cell powertrains by 2030, it said.

that may be a LOT of trucks?

Lack Of Repair Data For Damaged EV Batteries Leading To Higher Insurance Costs (msn.com)

This is from MSN news and is quoting a study from UK on Insurance costs for Evs.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by Narangga

8/2/23 Now let the wait begin...

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

This is from MSN news and is quoting a study from UK on Insurance costs for Evs.
Regards PhilipA

Insurance is important. My 2009 year Disco is now in new hand. Insurance cost is shown RACV $1996.63

MG EV payment is a bit scewed as I have elected a large excess is I do something stupid It is $960.99

My sons Kia thing under 25 year old extra? $1592.33 it is newer than the EV.

The tesla is paid by some one else

With the MG new car price costing 10K more than the Kia I suppose my driving record helps a lot? The Disco service and insurance price was one of the reasons I sold it. Cause and effect can vary from person to person of course!

Just had a look at insurance prices for a model Y - Around $1,800 pa. If you say you have the ‘advanced driver assist’ or ‘full self driving’ options it came up saying ‘Sorry but we cannot offer you insurance at this time’

So that’s the insurance companies way of dealing with that tech at the moment - go it alone or don’t have it.