Thread: EV general discussion

Cheap Leaf if anyone is interested.

If you lived in a cooler part of Aus might be worth thinking about given the passive battery cooling. 8 year battery warranty assuming Nissan is still around in 8 years.

Nissan Leaf prices slashed, now starting under $A35,000

Also cheap Cupra Born - the VW id3 in drag. I can't see the id3 making it here at this rate.

Cupra slashes prices on Born EV by up to 25 pct to kickstart electric sales in 2025

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You'd expect his face to light up.

Originally Posted by discorevy

The way I saw it was the 600km range was from their wagon version with 100kw battery pack, and 400 odd k's was the ute version with the 73.9kw pack, but yes, you wouldn't want to be more than 100k's from the ramp unless it could be charged at the ramp while you were out tearing around with your 2 stroke ( there's nothin' dad likes more, other than tranquillity)

EV charge point next to a boat ramp.. What could possibly go wrong?

Originally Posted by Tins

You know as well as I do that I don’t have a boat, James.

Your boat my boat or sometimes our cars float JT

Just did my first service at 43,000 km. They did a check at 1000km two years ago.

Brakes are all good Tick- regen braking rocks in my thoughts
Tires all need replacement now- Sort of expected as it takes off like my faster motorcycles
Wheel alignment suggested

A little tickle and check. I noticed it on a hoist with all wheels off when I went for a walk.

AC satiation option was taken- Total cost including that was $467. Not bad at all I felt. The MG4 will be gone some time this year for a tow capable ute I think. That will make my dog happy and as that allows another hoby of mine involving bring home a lot of free meat the ute option is inbound as soon as a suitable option arrives here.

Now the other side is of course resale value. 23-25,000 found via Free Car Valuation - How Much Is My Car Worth? | Drive


The prior XS ev held it value better. Noting the New price dropped by 10K so I am not shocked.

Running costs if assumed 30cents per kwh and 15kWh used per 100km (I had a lot of solar input and a fair bit of slow charging at home power rated. The fast charging on long trips was at about $050 so the assumption is possibly about right.


Assumed charging Cost <$2000 Total running cost is clearly not just service and charging!

I stumbled across an interesting video regarding EV's and the auto industry, thought I'd share:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h8K58qhMaI

-P

What did they say about the going into reverse business?

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Just did my first service at 43,000 km. They did a check at 1000km two years ago.

Brakes are all good Tick- regen braking rocks in my thoughts
Tires all need replacement now- Sort of expected as it takes off like my faster motorcycles
Wheel alignment suggested

A little tickle and check. I noticed it on a hoist with all wheels off when I went for a walk.

AC satiation option was taken- Total cost including that was $467. Not bad at all I felt. The MG4 will be gone some time this year for a tow capable ute I think. That will make my dog happy and as that allows another hoby of mine involving bring home a lot of free meat the ute option is inbound as soon as a suitable option arrives here.

Now the other side is of course resale value. 23-25,000 found via Free Car Valuation - How Much Is My Car Worth? | Drive


The prior XS ev held it value better. Noting the New price dropped by 10K so I am not shocked.

Running costs if assumed 30cents per kwh and 15kWh used per 100km (I had a lot of solar input and a fair bit of slow charging at home power rated. The fast charging on long trips was at about $050 so the assumption is possibly about right.


Assumed charging Cost <$2000 Total running cost is clearly not just service and charging!