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May 16th, 2024, 15:12 | #1341 | |
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May 16th, 2024, 18:03 | #1342 |
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What bothers me is that Jay Leno has an electric car made at turn of 19th century, goes at 40 mph, think, has a range of 80 miles. . . I’m not impressed with the progress made over the last 120 yrs!
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May 16th, 2024, 18:34 | #1343 |
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I had our company EV van the other day (Peugeot Transit equivalent) as it had to go in for a service. Usual range is 200 to 250 which suits us as all of our trips are around MK so no great distance. Now some people say EVs have no 'soul' and are boring to drive but put the van in 'power' mode and stamp the pedal to the floor and a lot of ICE car drivers with their soulful rasp from the smoke pipe are left wondering how they've been left standing by a van, of course the range indication drops very rapidly with that sort of driving a lot like an ICE car's mpg figures will do if they try to keep up.
But it's still 'horses for courses', for us with no distance work and the joys of MK's dual carriageways with a roundabout every half mile the EV isn't a bad choice.
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May 16th, 2024, 19:02 | #1344 | |
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I wouldn’t have an EV vehicle for distance running, I’d stick to hybrid. TT
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May 18th, 2024, 08:29 | #1345 |
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Before I plunge into what looks like a very busy weekend on the yard,
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...rge-10-minutes What do we know about this? Game changer? Or hype?
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May 18th, 2024, 09:20 | #1346 | |
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Haven't read the article as I'm not a subscriber but I think it's Polestar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNu6Bnelrwk Yes there will be batteries coming up you can charge in 10 minutes (* to 80%), but in the UK at least you'd need a 1,600 Amp electrical supply. Given we are currently a country mile away from the charging infrastructure we need today for the current population of EV's, the thought of banks of chargers that could supply that is impractical unless they abut the fence of a powerstation or substation. If you look carefully at the computer display in the above video - it's charging at 800 volts at 480 Amps (380 Kwh). So from a 240 volt supply, that would pull 1520 Amps, not allowing for any losses...... Also very interesting is those folk look and sound very Swedish, not Chinese, if you Google their names they're based at Volvo in Gothenburg - which sort of debunks recent noise that Volvo have ditched Polestar.
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Peugeot E-Boxer, 15 grand more than the diesel version, third of the range (when empty?), top speed 75.
This isn't progress.
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May 29th, 2024, 15:59 | #1348 |
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Finally a decent looking electric car! Shame it weighs 4400lbs though, and has 'look at me I'm a twazzock' doors.🤮
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Elon Musk has just said "hold my beer"...Cybertruck by Elon, age 4.
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