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    No need to buy a new Defender...


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    Ive already reserved one .

    After driving an Electric 4x4 for almost a year I’ll never buy another Petrol / Deisel car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goingbush View Post
    Ive already reserved one .

    After driving an Electric 4x4 for almost a year I’ll never buy another Petrol / Deisel car.
    Are you going to use it as a tourer, and if so, how do you reckon you'll go with the range?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Don 130 View Post
    Are you going to use it as a tourer, and if so, how do you reckon you'll go with the range?
    Don.
    No it was never intended as a tourer . I built it to evaluate the pros & cons of EV's I never expected to get more than 100km range per charge.

    However 3 x Electric Busses (full size coaches) have just come up for sale , they typically do 450-500 km per charge and one broke over 1000km per charge. The motor & batteries from one of these in my Iveco would do well over 1000km . the tech is there right now & is only going to get better.

    The Bollinger B1 as it stands now will do me just fine as a tourer. by the time there are consumer ready will be much better too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shoogs View Post
    I reckon this has to be my next car. The Defender will do until then!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gng1 View Post
    I reckon this has to be my next car. The Defender will do until then!
    Kind of what im thinking also. BUT 200mile range on the big battery before a long recharge. I was thinking a solar roof would help but the press rep says its not worth it for the trickle of power it would provide. So i cant see how it would work for me as a weekend away in the high country. Farmers though i can see this working as they can plug in over night. Am i missing something?

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    I think I am missing something.

    I cant see this vehicle passing crash tests let alone pedestrian and passenger protection.

    It may get through some of the USA tests but wont make it here from what I can see.

    They've got 2 years to get it all ok'd but they're talking production availability at that time.

    Dont part with any money folks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by timax View Post
    Kind of what im thinking also. BUT 200mile range on the big battery before a long recharge. I was thinking a solar roof would help but the press rep says its not worth it for the trickle of power it would provide. So i cant see how it would work for me as a weekend away in the high country. Farmers though i can see this working as they can plug in over night. Am i missing something?
    Carry a fuel generator for off grid recharge maybe? I have an electrically assisted bicycle and the motor on it’s bombproof with lots of torque. They’re now building electric truck prime movers with surprising range. I can see this becoming a reality in the not so distant future. Lots of road transport in Oz. At some point soon we’ll see fast charging stations for trucks going in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    I think I am missing something.

    I cant see this vehicle passing crash tests let alone pedestrian and passenger protection.

    It may get through some of the USA tests but wont make it here from what I can see.

    They've got 2 years to get it all ok'd but they're talking production availability at that time.

    Dont part with any money folks.
    All correct. But this is the future and it will happen!

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