Electric car thread

[red750]

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[facthunter]

You still NEED Hydrocarbon fuel for this and can that be assured in today's world.?   Nev

[red750]

Who knows? Things change daily.

 

What it means though, starting with a full tank and charge, you could drive Melbourne to Sydney and back to Canberra without a refill. Range anxiety quashed.

[facthunter]

We don't (have to) import electricity.  Unless it's produced by diesel generators. Diesel and Petrol cannot be assured. We are not self sufficient. No  fuel. No go at all. No matter how efficient it is. Nev

[facthunter]

There's Practically NO servicing needed on a Pure electric car. That "means something" in the Overall Picture.. In a Hybrid, the IC motor gets a fairly hard time. Fuel must be clean and not stale. The car must be electrically alive to run at all. ie start the IC motor. They are inevitably more expensive than a pure ICE vehicle OR an EV. At 8 years most batteries are still 95 % and can be used as storage for Houses etc for years after.. Geely make "straight"  EVs. A mate of mine just bought one. Available range is Increasing all the time.. The "early" Prius (Hybrid) were a pile of trouble.  The Hondas would hold up semi's on hills .  IF you are Just trying to save Money stick to a reliable Older ICE car that you enjoy driving while there's still fuel available and save the expense of any newer stuff which will go on Improving all the time, the longer you wait. Nev

[old man emu]

Just wathed an Australian video about towing with a BYD Shark and its fuel consumption. The Shark has a small battery and IC engine for charging during use. The bloke was towing a 3 tonne caravan and crossing Queensland east to west. He said that his fuel consumption was 24 litres/100km crossing the Divide, but when he got out on the flat country it went up to about 44 litres/100km. He attributed the difference to the lack of regenerative braking in teh flat country.

 

With that flat country consumption, who could afford to use one of these for towing? As far as I can see, the Shark seems to be a good vehicle, if you are looking to drive a Toorak Tractor.