Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I was talking about newly manufactured vehicles, so Euro 6 standard and it appears there is more to be done as a Euro 7 is in the pipeline. Euro 6 qualifies for ULEZ Ultra Low Emission Zones just like an EV does. Extremists used "Diesel Gate" to scare everyone off Diesel, and as stated IMO we don't have enough materials to supply everyone a renewably charged EV today as per their wildest dreams. Most change happens by evolution not revolution, revolutionaries are dangerous as they are prepared to destroy everything that has gone before to get their way....https://www.fleetlogistics.com/en/ne...air-particles/

I'm sorry I didn't explain myself very well.

I have a friend who is an electrical engineer who designs ECU's for custom and race cars. He's on all this stuff.

Basically all the new diesels, with all the emissions controls to try and make them cleaner has reduced the gap between diesel and petrol. Petrols have a throttle body so suffer from pumping losses. These are now appearing on diesels too. So you use fuel to create a vacuum at low engine speeds. Very wasteful.

That's not so much of a problem in hybrids as they should never really be operating at idle. Small turbo petrols are also smaller and lighter and can be set up to be very economical.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Modern turbo diesels running addblue etc are proving to be problematic too. I'd avoid them as I don't like big repair bills. Around 2015 seems to be the last of the decent cars before everythign went stupid. I'd avoid most cars build after this time. Actually, recently I found they imported chrysler 300 diesels into australia ..... Hmmm.... I should drive one someday. if its american, its going to be like buying 20 year old technology, so it might actually be reliable as well as fast and economical... not a lithium battery to be found

If I was to buy a new car now, given the relatively small difference in petrol consumption between modern diesels and modern petrols - I would go petrol as long as I could fit a big enough tank. A friend has a landcruiser 105 ?? with a v8 petrol and a 250l tank. Great for a trip car.