Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by PhilipA

It's obvious to me anyway that the target should be Nuclear power. Then you do not need backup equal to the total of renewables.
Regards philipA

With wind and solar very low for:

• four-hour periods being "Very common (nighttime/low wind days)"
• One to four days - Occurs a few times per year
• 8days + Rare- every 7 years or so

For the current Australian grid, which uses roughly 20-25 GW on average, that would require roughly 4,200 GWh of storage—about 12 times more than currently planned for several days back up. Thas roughly 1,000 times larger than any single battery project currently being built in Australia.

Batteries last for several years. Ditto for solar panels, Inverters and batteries, Nuclear is 50-100 years

The longest significant "wind drought" recorded recently lasted 8 days (May 20-27, 2024). Snowy Hydro is (350 GWh)
Nuclear is cheaper by far

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Here is my Elan with a DC ute. I took the photo and moved it becasue I was worried the owner would reverse over me.

I estimate that I could do 80% of my trips in the elan. If I could fix .....]

If you lived in the UK, your car could be a perfect candidate for Vintage Voltage on SBS One Sundays 10h00, about converting classic cars to electric.

Mg4 EV 80,000 km 2nd ever service done today. $976 almost twice what I thought it was going to cost. My error? Car has 81768km on the clock now.
Interesting to note the brakes are still original and in very good shape! Rear tires will need a new set. Fluids and things all changed. Nothing else required.

It still cannot tow my boat of course! Bloody cheap to run is an understatement.

Seeing a LOT of reports on Solid state batteries from several companies and countries now. One was total crap and not at all true the others seem far more promising. Still waiting for my long-range UTE

Originally Posted by PhilipA

It's obvious to me anyway that the target should be Nuclear power.

How come I can't click 'like' on a post more than once dammit !!

Recent developments in the US mean that fairly soon, well per scale, we are going to see how EVs perform on a level playing field. The repeal and dismantling of the "Endangerment Act" will see to that. Unless of course California secedes

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Mg4 EV 80,000 km 2nd ever service done today. $976 almost twice what I thought it was going to cost. My error? Car has 81768km on the clock now.
Interesting to note the brakes are still original and in very good shape! Rear tires will need a new set. Fluids and things all changed. Nothing else required.

It still cannot tow my boat of course! Bloody cheap to run is an understatement.

Seeing a LOT of reports on Solid state batteries from several companies and countries now. One was total crap and not at all true the others seem far more promising. Still waiting for my long-range UTE

I find the servicing interesting. What do they do other than check the suspension and brakes? The oil in the gearbox/transfer case "thing" (I don't know the term) would likely last the life of the vehicle. There is no contaminants entering it (eg: clutch discs, combustion by-products). It should "just work" until the battery craps itself (and that I imagine is tied more to age than use).

seeya
Shane L.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

I find the servicing interesting. What do they do other than check the suspension and brakes? The oil in the gearbox/transfer case "thing" (I don't know the term) would likely last the life of the vehicle. There is no contaminants entering it (eg: clutch discs, combustion by-products). It should "just work" until the battery craps itself (and that I imagine is tied more to age than use).

seeya
Shane L.

Fully agree. Some of the brands have short service intervals as well! The Economics of maintenance is a real question for the ICE age dealer and maintenance area. Suspect I paid a fair amount for service and maintenance-repairs on my Discos- The replacement engine aside- That made me grumpy Not a high list of things to go wrong with an electric drive train. I did know that from warships that have them

Edit- the warships had Jet engines to make electricity- We had hybrids a long time ago