EV general discussion

**DoubleChevron** · 25th November 2025, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

I realised earlier could possibly have been a bit rude.

So much FUD.

But you're really wrong about EV fires. Your ICE car is far far more likely to catch fire in a crash. Or anywhere. ICE fires are between 20 and 80 times more likely than EV's. By far the biggest risk to an EV owner in regards to crash fires is ICE cars involved in the collision catching fire.

I have already posted the links that prove this wrong. Its not the likelyhood of fire either way, its the ramification of the fire.

What else in there was wrong.. A battery every 100k? Just wrong again. So wrong. Will a car need a new battery by 300k? Maybe but probably not. Data at the moment says battery replacement in LFP cars is rare. So rare it's almost unheard of. People with hundreds of thousands of k's on the battery and they are fine. People need to understand a car battery is not the same as the battery in your phone.

Who cares about milage. its age, the cells degrade. I've never own anything with a lithium battery that has been much use once it hits 5 -> 8 years old. the battery is either competely dead, or so low in capacity its useless.

Safety? it's always improving but yes car makers had made big steps in the late 90's and early 2000's due to computer crash simulation. That's good if your family is in a later car. But.. none the less they are still incrementally improving. One of the biggest problems engineers face in regards to crash safety has been dealing with the engine/drivetrain. You're really wrong about that. Proper EV's are good in that regard as they have the battery low and well protected under the floor, with minimal components on the extremities to deal with. Motors are small and also sit low.

What is your point? You were trying to insinuate my daughter is unsafe in a peugoet 407 because it isn't a new electric throw-away. Which is utter rubbish, just like everything else the ev fanatics claim.

As to the driver aids.. I've only got one car with all that and it's not a problem in my car. But yes I've heard of over reactive driver aids being a problem in many modern cars. It's not an EV specific thing.

EDIT:I know you'll just say it's all lies or made up. If you think there is no logic that's going to change your opinion. Nothing I can do.

I never said it was lies. we need to get rid of the ANCAP, they are just implementing crap we don't need these days. Cars are now global, if they have passed European or American safety tests, they are fine to sell in Australia. I never said this was EV specific, you were trying to say a car made in 2007 is unsafe, which is just stupid.

**NavyDiver** · 25th November 2025, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

My feeling about this whole thread which is the most prolific in terms of participants ever on this forum is that it mirrors the real world. And it isn't even about Land Rovers!
2 or 3 people out of hundreds on the forum evangelizing about EVs versus hundreds not. Maybe 90% "don't give a damn Scarlet" while the remaining percentage see EVs as a failure in common sense, seeing that they are powered say 70% by coal anyway. True they shift pollution from cities to the power stations which are generally in the country. I would like to see how many people in Australia have ever been even affected by Euro6 Diesel pollution or modern ICE engine pollution. Real scientific measurements not "estimates". So the pollution from power stations will be replaced by micro fibreglass and asbestos from wind turbines and then disposal problems when the turbines and solar panels need replacement.
I am now pretty much accepting of EVs if they match your lifestyle which unfortunately does not match the lifestyle of many of us. My son just bought an BYD Sealion 7 because of the discount he got , the fact that no logbook need be kept and he is fitting 40KW of panels on his roof and 40KWH of batteries. It is for his wife. It will be interesting to see how it works out. I would be interested in a Tesla Model 3 as they now approach 20K but my wife who is the main user will not have a bar of it. As she says " I don't want to be scratching around Nelson Bay for a charger when I go for golf"

Can we kill this thread sometime soon. The market has spoken and EVs are currently going nowhere in the car market. However it looks like Hybrids are the flavour of the month even when or maybe because Toyota does not use Lithium batteries. LOL

Regards PhilipA

I would love a solid-state Disco Phillip. Several times the Electrified Landrovers have come up

Quick Summary

Available Now: You can currently buy Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) versions of the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Defender 110, Velar, and Discovery Sport.
Coming Soon: The first Full Electric (BEV) Range Rover is due in late 2025/early 2026. Order books are currently open.

I posted the pre order link I think? Not solid state!!!

If these catch the solid state I may be back in one promise.

Land Rover is preparing a wave of full electric vehicles (EVs) over the next 3 years.
Range Rover Electric (Late 2025 / Early 2026)

Status: Waitlist Open. Prototypes are currently testing.
Performance: Expected to match the flagship V8 in performance (approx. 500+ hp).
Capability: Will feature 800V architecture for ultra-fast charging and is claimed to be the quietest Range Rover ever made. It will retain 850mm wading depth capability.
Price: Expect it to sit at the top of the range, likely exceeding $300,000 AUD.

Range Rover Sport Electric (2026)

Status: In development.
Details: Will follow the main Range Rover Electric closely, using the same platform but with a focus on on-road performance and agility.

Defender Electric (2027)

Status: Confirmed.
Details: An all-electric version of the Defender is expected around 2027. Rumors also suggest a smaller "Baby Defender" (Defender Sport) may launch on a dedicated electric platform around this time.

Discovery Electric (2026/2027)

Status: Planned.
Details: The next-generation Discovery is expected to be a radical departure, potentially moving toward a "luxury family mover" design to differentiate it from the Defender.

Order link for Australia via this one Range Rover Electric 2025: Australian order book now open for brand’s first electric luxury SUV - Chasing Cars

The plant of my fav SS type is going to be in Germany with VW via
Germany-based Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo and California-based QuantumScape have entered into an agreement to industrialize QuantumScape’s solid-state lithium-metal battery technology
VW says

6 European battery cell gigafactories to be built by 2030

15 March 2023

Milestone for Volkswagen Group: launch of new battery company PowerCo and start of construction for first cell factory in Salzgitter

Gigafactory Salzgitter to start production in 2025, initial capacity of 40GWh per year with potential for further expansion

Valencia, St Thomas: PowerCo forges ahead with expanding its global battery business in Spain and North America

Six gigafactories planned to produce a total volume of 240GWh by 2030, enough for 3 million electric vehicles a year.

I cannot find data saying this plant is Solid state - It should be if the Quatumscape /PowerCo announcement ties it up?

GEORG | GEORG delivers roll grinder to Volkswagens Gigafactory in Salzgitter

Appreciate it would be nicer to see a Landrover win yet suspect VW may hold them for its own for a while until all the other huge plants come on stream.

**Tombie** · 25th November 2025, 07:49 PM

If Land Rover pursue this course as their primary market, they’ll go under in ~5 years.

Only places like Paris and London will pick them up as prestigious yuppy trucks that meet the Clean Air Zones.

**PhilipA** · 25th November 2025, 07:54 PM

Apparently the yummy mummies are now buying Jacoo whatevers for school runs in preference to RRs, even without any parts backup.
They will find out you get what you pay for.

Regards PhilipA

**Tombie** · 25th November 2025, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Apparently the yummy mummies are now buying Jacoo whatevers for school runs in preference to RRs, even without any parts backup.
They will find out you get what you pay for.

Regards PhilipA

I had to google them…. What a horrible looking bunch of machines! Cant be very Yummy if that’s their tastes…

**RANDLOVER** · 25th November 2025, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

My feeling about this whole thread which is the most prolific in terms of participants ever on this forum is that it mirrors the real world. And it isn't even about Land Rovers!
2 or 3 people out of hundreds on the forum evangelizing about EVs versus hundreds not. Maybe 90% "don't give a damn Scarlet" while the remaining percentage see EVs as a failure in common sense, seeing that they are powered say 70% by coal anyway. True they shift pollution from cities to the power stations which are generally in the country. I would like to see how many people in Australia have ever been even affected by Euro6 Diesel pollution or modern ICE engine pollution. Real scientific measurements not "estimates". So the pollution from power stations will be replaced by micro fibreglass and asbestos from wind turbines and then disposal problems when the turbines and solar panels need replacement.
I am now pretty much accepting of EVs if they match your lifestyle which unfortunately does not match the lifestyle of many of us. My son just bought an BYD Sealion 7 because of the discount he got , the fact that no logbook need be kept and he is fitting 40KW of panels on his roof and 40KWH of batteries. It is for his wife. It will be interesting to see how it works out. I would be interested in a Tesla Model 3 as they now approach 20K but my wife who is the main user will not have a bar of it. As she says " I don't want to be scratching around Nelson Bay for a charger when I go for golf"

Can we kill this thread sometime soon. The market has spoken and EVs are currently going nowhere in the car market. However it looks like Hybrids are the flavour of the month even when or maybe because Toyota does not use Lithium batteries. LOL

Regards PhilipA

You're right, most people over the age of about 25 are not going to have a " come to Jesus" moment that cake is baked. Which is why I don't bother evangelising too much. I do however, have to correct misinformation, so an EV is not a car with an invisible tailpipe which goes to a coal or gas fired power station emitting the same pollution as would a diesel or petrol engine. This is why base load power is generated by steam turbines and not internal combustion engines, unless somewhere remote like a mine or an island. Steam is much more efficient and therefore less polluting. Euro 6 doesn't not capture carbon, quite the opposite actually every molecule of carbon combines with two molecules of oxygen creating CO2, not so much a polluting gas as a greenhouse gas.

Even the most rabid greenies are not running around saying the rocks aren't decomposing, yet people are worried about wind turbines, solar panels, etc. but are also unconcerned about how their clothes, shoes, houses even are going to be recycled.

Asbestos is not approved for use in wind turbines nor Australia.

**RANDLOVER** · 25th November 2025, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by Tombie

I had to google them…. What a horrible looking bunch of machines! Cant be very Yummy if that’s their tastes…

The younger generation see EV's as cool, so an EV badge has more cachè, than a RR badge unless it is a Rolls Royce Spectre then it is super cool...Rolls-Royce Spectre - Wikipedia

**PhilipA** · 26th November 2025, 07:19 AM

Asbestos is not approved for use in wind turbines nor Australia.

Quite correct, but it now has been found in the service lifts (I assume brakes). The question is; Is it anywhere else? like the braking system for the blades?
Regards PhilipA

**101RRS** · 26th November 2025, 11:28 AM

Irrespective of whether people think EVs are good or bad, the actions of some EV drivers is questionable.

I regularly go to Ikea and my local Woolworths - both car parks have charging bays for EVs. After many visits to these carparks I have yet to see a EV charging though the spots are filled with EVs - usually Tesla parking but not charging.

Again the same this morning at the Woolies car park, all ev charging spots filled with Teslas and not one charging. A bit like an ICE using the local servo and its fuel pump spots being used as parking spots while doing the shopping at a nearby super market.

This does the EV cause no good, as even ICE drivers notice it - I dont park in the EV charging spots and neither should EV drivers not charging.

Garry

**Tins** · 26th November 2025, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Can we kill this thread sometime soon.

Nah. I like to pop in to do some poking, and it's good for a laugh. I agree with your wife though. I KNOW I can get fuel for my car at a dozen places within 10k of here, and I ain't in the city.

I said on here about three or for years ago that EVs were a cul-de-sac, and it seems to be the case. Tell me, are EVs still piling up at the wharf in Zeebrugge, Antwerp and Bremerhaven, amongst others? Europe is awash with the things that they can't sell.

Just look away, Philip. It will die a natural death when DC and CR get bored with squabbling.

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