Hybrid cars 🚗

[Chops]

Well, here I sit in the pub with Leeanne about to have our Wednesday night feed after a 12 hour shift,,, and bugger me dead,, do I need a drink 🥃
Walking across the road, very slightly diagonally,, hobbling along as I do, when suddenly a car goes zooming past at pretty much full power. A Toyota Hybrid sedan,, didn't see it as we started to cross the road,, and definitely didn't hear him until he was basically past me. Scared the crap clean out of me,, buggers should be made to have some kind of noise attached at car park speeds so us decrepit half deaf buggers can have a bit of warning ⚠️

[scarry]

Like they do to Harley's?[tonguewink]

Take off the cat,do a bit of this and that,easy as.[biggrin]

On another note,we are told on Qld to have our AC units on 26 degrees as there isn't enough power to go around.

Now what will happen if we all had those electric things,and came home and plugged them in?Surely the power grid would have no hope at all of holding the load.

[Vern]

Like they do to Harley's?[tonguewink]

Take off the cat,do a bit of this and that,easy as.[biggrin]

On another note,we are told on Qld to have our AC units on 26 degrees as there isn't enough power to go around.

Now what will happen if we all had those electric things,and came home and plugged them in?Surely the power grid would have no hope at all of holding the load.They would pull a lot more amps recharging than the average a/c unit

[Mick_Marsh]

What wou;d you like, Mr Chops? A man walking fifteen feet out front waving a red flag.

[trog]

Chin up , put the phone away , and take out the ear plugs.

[V8Ian]

What wou;d you like, Mr Chops? A man walking fifteen feet out front waving a red flag.
In a few years we could have an Albury to Brighten, commemorative run.[biggrin]

[bee utey]

They would pull a lot more amps recharging than the average a/c unit

Which is why newer car chargers are full of smarts and only charge when spare or cheaper power is available.

[goingbush]

Never fear , you'll hear my Electric Landy coming a mile away , what with all that gear whine and tyre noise.

[scarry]

Which is why newer car chargers are full of smarts and only charge when spare or cheaper power is available.

That will work out well,so they charge when they want to,not when you want it to charge.

Wonderfull idea.[wink11]

[PAT303]

Never fear , you'll hear my Electric Landy coming a mile away , what with all that gear whine and tyre noise.

I can't wait actually,I'm really impressed by what your doing. Pat

[Vern]

Which is why newer car chargers are full of smarts and only charge when spare or cheaper power is available.Yes a good mate of mine has his own charge station at his office to charge his tesla and any other ev passing by

[Chops]

Never fear , you'll hear my Electric Landy coming a mile away , what with all that gear whine and tyre noise.


And with that GB, I'm thinking you'll be hearing all sorts of noises as you cruise along. Could be quite frustrating or worrying even, when you get it on the road the first time.

Mind you, once you know where all your cars noises are,, it'll be quite awesome out in the bush,, even better than driving with the roof off. You'll hear all the animals etc, and if your on your own, no doubt you'll come across some pretty cool encounters with critters we don't normally get to see.
My encounter last night was the reverse :eek2:

[austastar]

Hi,
WAY back when Velocette (IIRC) made a water cooled, shaft drive motorcycle the same problem of no audible warning noise came up, along with the idea of adding a buzzer or something for pedestrian awareness.
British police had a fleet of them, and they were known as Noddy Bikes.
Cheers

[strangy]

Hi,
WAY back when Velocette (IIRC) made a water cooled, shaft drive motorcycle the same problem of no audible warning noise came up, along with the idea of adding a buzzer or something for pedestrian awareness.
British police had a fleet of them, and they were known as Noddy Bikes.
Cheers

I am almost finished the restoration of my 49 LE.
Lovely quiet little jigger.

[bee utey]

That will work out well,so they charge when they want to,not when you want it to charge.

Wonderfull idea.[wink11]

If you want to charge when capacity is short, you will pay for the privilege or blow the main fuse because you're being difficult . Or you can install a storage battery to take cheap daytime solar power and have it available to charge at 6pm because you're going out later at night or something. Everyone else will charge in the middle of the day or the early hours of the night when power is cheap and freely available. None of this is particularly difficult to understand, even if it is different from what you're used to. And of course you can be the last person who runs an old fossil powered vehicle long after the rest of the street has gone electric, just because you are unable to change your habits. Whatever. :BigCry:

[Mick_Marsh]

If you want to charge when capacity is short, you will pay for the privilege or blow the main fuse because you're being difficult . Or you can install a storage battery to take cheap daytime solar power and have it available to charge at 6pm because you're going out later at night or something. Everyone else will charge in the middle of the day or the early hours of the night when power is cheap and freely available. None of this is particularly difficult to understand, even if it is different from what you're used to. And of course you can be the last person who runs an old fossil powered vehicle long after the rest of the street has gone electric, just because you are unable to change your habits. Whatever. :BigCry:

So, which electric car have you got?
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/11/28.jpg

[bee utey]

So, which electric car have you got?


Relaaax. No-one is taking all your old stinkers off you. Not yet, anyway.

Anyway, since you asked so nicely, here's mine:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/11/29.jpg

[scarry]

If you want to charge when capacity is short, you will pay for the privilege or blow the main fuse because you're being difficult . Or you can install a storage battery to take cheap daytime solar power and have it available to charge at 6pm because you're going out later at night or something. Everyone else will charge in the middle of the day or the early hours of the night when power is cheap and freely available. None of this is particularly difficult to understand, even if it is different from what you're used to. And of course you can be the last person who runs an old fossil powered vehicle long after the rest of the street has gone electric, just because you are unable to change your habits. Whatever. :BigCry:

Well it certainly will be fun charging up the work van during the day when it is needed most......[tonguewink]

Anyway,whatever will happen who knows.

But i think many people have no idea how it is going to work,just imagine the grey nomads towing huge vans with electric vehicles.

Companies aren't going to put up with electric vehicles that are inconvenient.

Who cares,what happens,happens.

I just think at the moment people are dreaming of all these electric and,i can add, autonomous vehicles,where in reality,a lot of thought needs to go into these changes.

As i have already said,there is no way the power grid could handle electric vehicles,and there is not much chance of its capacity being increased in the short or even long term.Domestic solar systems have a long, long way to go to be able to charge up electric vehicle batteries.