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Apr 18th, 2024, 21:35 | #1211 |
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EVs have a great future if they can get folks to pay that much!
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Apr 18th, 2024, 21:51 | #1212 |
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Il stick with my ice for now me thinks probley hybrid if need to up grade in the future until then c30 and corsa vxr are costing me noting just usual tax maintenance on them I don’t think I’d claw back the price of outlay before I’d have major issues with battery’s and stuff on electric with miles I do,il hold out until the faithfully c30 is like Fred flinstones car
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Apr 19th, 2024, 00:05 | #1214 | |
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----------------------------------------- When (IF) they can do a milk float that has comparable range to my Petrol engine, with the speed AND safety of refuelling that matches the time @ the petrol pump, will go Way past 200K miles with regular services / service items as needed, does not need a "new battery pack at £Stupid cost " every few years, isnt as heavy on the tires/streering/breaking system, and can tow without compromising the range/life span like it does now,, its a Huge IF and a "who knows When and even IF " thats possible, till then EV isnt a viable alternative, forcing us to have them = No,
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Apr 19th, 2024, 08:15 | #1215 |
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Most of them look as if they’re from a Judge Dread film set to me?
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Apr 19th, 2024, 08:52 | #1216 | |
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Regular services on most aren’t necessary, its only manufacturer recommended as that’s the sales strategy for combustion cars. Tyres: A bit heavier on the tyres but not much, only if you are constantly hard accelerating. New compounds are being developed to reduce this, with more economical materials to aid wear and better particulates. Braking: Electric cars actually use less braking than normal cars due to regen from the motors releasing back into the battery. If you go up to a ski resort from the bottom, and regen back down again most of the time you dont actually use any energy as all the electricity used getting up is recovered coming down. There is a dumper truck that works this way too coming in and out of a quarry. Steering: Not sure what your point is here? steering isnt affected from the propulsion method Towing: This is debatable as any petrol/diesel car is equally inefficient when towing, the only benefit is you have started with a higher range. Percentage wise you are about on par. Battery packs only need replacing when they have been abused from constant fast charging (same as an engine if you abuse it and don’t look after it) or due to manufacturing defect (covered by warranty) or mis-use as in going through floods (which is the same as an engine with hydraulic lockup). Yes engines can be repaired, but so can battery packs however there are very few companies carrying this out at present. Quite a few in Norway and the states where EVs have been common place for a decade. Here they are still in their infancy. the biggest factors which put people off EVs is Price and change to something different. People don’t like change in habits and cant get around charging at home. Its the same as charging your phone. Get home, plug it in, ready in the morning. Appreciate this still isn’t a viable way for people without access to their house with nearby parking, however Norway has lamppost chargers and other next to road points and has had these for the past 8 years.
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Tech will get better, range will get better. Infrastructure has to vastly improve though and that's going to cost a fortune. Oh, they need to make cars that people can actually afford too. Quote:
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Apr 19th, 2024, 14:25 | #1218 |
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Apr 19th, 2024, 15:29 | #1219 | |
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@andy_g, I agree too. Milk delivery vehicles (they not floats as we remember them) should be electric as should be any round robin motors hat bobble around the locality. Some of those Smokey old Merc’s and Transits are a bigger contributor to localised pollution. If you could just cut back on smokey old heaps that deliver pizzas, parcels etc etc, that would be a start. £50k delivery van? Really? Very very few places to get it fixed and so on… it’ll never happen mate. Until some level of sensibility is achieved, it’ll never gain traction. If you could design a battery that took 15 mins to charge and give you a sensible range, they’d sell like hot cakes. Until such a time lands, nothing will happen. TT
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