Electric cars in cold climates...

[V70T Jeff]

Originally Posted by green van man

I supose it's how you measure greeness.

The biggest carbon cost is in makeing the car, many times the carbon it will produce in its lifetime, so logicaly older cars have to be greener than new ones.

Ok its a problem to persuade a tree hugger that my 20 year old landrover ( at this point please substiute make of choise ) is greener than his pious as the carbon biuld cost are spread over many more years and I do not have to replace a set of batteries every 5 years or so with the repeated manufactureing cost of same, he will repeat as a mantra he gets intergalactic miles per gallon where I get 28 and ignore the other costs.

Yes I have had this discussion and now for the sake of my sanity avoid all Jesus booted bearded folk.

As for batteries in cold weather, ask me why I keep jump leads and a booster pack handy in winter.

Regards Paul.

Out of curiosity Paul, why do you keep jump leads and a booster pack handy in winter ??????

[DaveNP]

Originally Posted by EMM

Are well i'll keep my 16year old 850 going as long as she will go.

Andy

Originally Posted by green van man

I supose it's how you measure greeness.

The biggest carbon cost is in makeing the car, many times the carbon it will produce in its lifetime, so logicaly older cars have to be greener than new ones.

As for batteries in cold weather, ask me why I keep jump leads and a booster pack handy in winter.

Regards Paul.

Originally Posted by V70T Jeff

Out of curiosity Paul, why do you keep jump leads and a booster pack handy in winter ??????

I've been telling my friends for ages that my old car is the greenest in the car park (quite apart from it's colour). As a rough guide I equate the carbon cost of any product to the cash cost, since my V70 depreciates by a couple of hundred a year compared to a newer car at several thousand a year I figure the manufacturing carbon cost is now minimal.


As for the jump leads if it's like my experience it's to help out people in inferior new cars.