Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

This article covers most of the ground discussed in this thread so far.
The government says its 2035 climate targets are achievable but mathematics suggests a different story - ABC News

Interesting article. Who would have thought that Albo is completely full of his own…

No chance of meeting the targets.. Oh dear - yet people will continue to vote for him.

Lets stop growing food and plant trees on the farms. We meet the targets but all die of hunger. Well that’s a win for the planet.

Meanwhile in China.. Wink

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Interesting article. Who would have thought that Albo is completely full of his own…

No chance of meeting the targets.. Oh dear - yet people will continue to vote for him.

Lets stop growing food and plant trees on the farms. We meet the targets but all die of hunger. Well that’s a win for the planet.

Meanwhile in China.. Wink

I have both Germany and Australia in a case study of mine in an investment thesis on Nuclear power- Not here of course.

On the political side I have no clue- On power prices, gas supply and a few other topics my money is where my mouth is


On EV's I saw a e Mustang yesterday. They are fairly common perhaps.

News on better batteries is getting louder. "Show me the money" is a comment worth considering before shooting my mouth off of course. I think the 80,000 2nd service is due on my MG now. I'll let you know how much it costs while whistling Dixie about the amounts I may have paid for a few prior cars

Found the data for EV sales by brand. Mustangs were on page 5! Link Below
Mustangs sold 275 this year so are bit rare or unloved? Number one has a CEO I don't find funny He does get paid very well with Billions in this years pay packet I heard- Edit. MIA CULPA I was massively wrong with "Tesla's board has proposed a $US1 trillion ($1.52 trillion) compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history."

Australian electric vehicle sales by month in 2025 - by model and by brand

Nothing in Alan Kohler's article in post no. 4202 says the trees have to be grown in Australia, satellite imagery shows that even his upper target of 15 square km's has been cleared just about every year in the Amazon. So reversing just one year of the average average loss should cover it.

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

Period[78] Estimated remaining forest cover
in the Brazilian Amazon (km2) Annual forest
loss (km2) Percent of 1970
cover remaining Total forest
loss (km2)
Pre–1970 4,100,001 — — —
1977 3,955,870 21,130 96.5% 144,130
1978–1987 3,744,570 211,300 91.3% 355,430
1988 3,723,520 21,050 90.8% 376,480
1989 3,705,750 17,770 90.4% 394,250
1990 3,692,020 13,730 90.0% 407,980
1991 3,680,990 11,030 89.8% 419,010
1992 3,667,204 13,786 89.4% 432,796
1993 3,652,308 14,896 89.1% 447,692
1994 3,637,412 14,896 88.7% 462,588
1995 3,608,353 29,059 88.0% 491,647
1996 3,590,192 18,161 87.6% 509,808
1997 3,576,965 13,227 87.2% 523,035
1998 3,559,582 17,383 86.8% 540,418
1999 3,542,323 17,259 86.4% 557,677
2000 3,524,097 18,226 86.0% 575,903
2001 3,505,932 18,165 85.5% 594,068
2002 3,484,281 21,651 85.0% 615,719
2003 3,458,885 25,396 84.4% 641,115
2004 3,431,113 27,772 83.7% 668,887
2005 3,412,099 19,014 83.2% 687,901
2006 3,397,814 14,285 82.9% 702,186
2007 3,386,163 11,651 82.6% 713,837
2008 3,373,252 12,911 82.3% 726,748
2009 3,365,788 7,464 82.1% 734,212
2010 3,358,788 7,000 81.9% 741,212
2011 3,352,370 6,418 81.8% 747,630
2012 3,347,799 4,571 81.7% 752,201
2013 3,341,908 5,891 81.5% 758,092
2014 3,336,896 5,012 81.4% 763,104
2015 3,330,689 6,207 81.2% 769,311
2016 3,322,796 7,893 81.0% 777,204
2017 3,315,849 6,947 80.9% 784,151
2018 3,308,313 7,536 80.7% 791,687
2019 3,298,551 9,762 80.5% 801,449
2020 3,290,125† 8,426 80.2% 809,875
2021 3,279,649 10,476 80.0% 820,351
2022 3,268,049 11,600 79.7% 831,951
2023 3,260,097 7,952 79.5% 839,903
2024 3,253,809 6,288 79.4% 846,191
2025 3,248,545 5,264 79.2%

Just went to book the 2nd service I assumed due at 80,000km. Had the phone number or link ready to book it. Went to get some details from the car and found the prior service sticker said Next 810,000 or Jan 2026

I will have to wait a little to find out the cost.

Just FYI. I don't have a dog in this fight and never will.

Originally Posted by Tins

Just FYI. I don't have a dog in this fight and never will.

any accident big enough to comprise the battery structure on something like a tesla ..... would probably indicate there is no hope for the occupants either way ... They do need to sort out those door handles though. I guess they are avoiding allowing mechanical entry via doorhandles from the outside to prevent hijacking.

Reluctant as I am.. Hyundai and their EV pricing. Been totally off the mark the whole time. I've always been like "once the few people that want one have one.. no one will pay that". And so it was.

Hyundai have plenty of two year old Ioniq6 that they haven't sold. Massive price cuts.

Hyundai slashes prices across its EV range | CarExpert

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Reluctant as I am.. Hyundai and their EV pricing. Been totally off the mark the whole time. I've always been like "once the few people that want one have one.. no one will pay that". And so it was.

Hyundai have plenty of two year old Ioniq6 that they haven't sold. Massive price cuts.

Hyundai slashes prices across its EV range | CarExpert

I just can't stand that guy. Its a shame as anything he mentions that is to do with engineering or scientific facts is usually spot on (from what my feeble brain can tell).

Who in there right mind is going to pay those asking prices for what is effectively a 3 year old giant battery.... If it lasts 5-8 years, you don't have much capacity left.

If anyone here has a fascination for old hybrids ... there is a Mk1 Honda Insight for sale on fb marketplace in qld for not a lot of $$$ at the moment. It needs a battery though .... (don't stress, its only a little hybrid battery, so "only" a few thousand, not tens of thousands)