|
General Volvo and Motoring Discussions This forum is for messages of a general nature about Volvos that are not covered by other forums and other motoring related matters of interest. Users will need to register to post/reply. |
![]() |
|
What's the problem with electric cars?Views : 80041 Replies : 1406Users Viewing This Thread : |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
![]() |
#311 |
Extrahumanestrial
Last Online: Feb 13th, 2023 19:02
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: Budapest
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#312 |
Member
Last Online: Jan 26th, 2024 16:41
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: Oup north
|
![]()
Don't flatter yourself, plenty of posts from me from last summer in this section, which is when I stopped lurking and started posting.
https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=326961 https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...=326144&page=2 Now of course to fit your conspiracy theory you'll no doubt conclude that the admins have retrospectively allowed me to edit my posts and that I've gone to the trouble of logging in with multiple usernames to respond to my post and give it credibility. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#313 |
Extrahumanestrial
Last Online: Feb 13th, 2023 19:02
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: Budapest
|
![]()
@ James, I see you are rightly monitoring things right now, so could you please close ban this account, I've tried to stay away from them but they just appear, as discussed before no hard feelings and I do not want to continue to be part of the friction that is happening here, you may also want to delete everything back to the last postings about actual cars.
All the best you've been ultra patient imo but I can't not log in and if I do they're on me within 20 minutes. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#314 |
0's and 1's
Last Online: Jun 21st, 2024 06:43
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: -
|
![]()
Anywho, it appears Volvo has no problem with electrification with sales trebling from 2021 to 2022:
https://www.ft.com/content/70a0a502-...b-5593b7ad7136
__________________
2011 Volvo S60 D3 R-design Premium - 2020 Focus ST estate automatic - 2020 KIA eSoul 150kW 64kwh EV Previous: 2005 Volvo S60 D5 Sport - 2017 Focus RS |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to GMcL For This Useful Post: |
![]() |
#315 | |
Master Member
Last Online: Yesterday 09:20
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Rochdale
|
![]() Quote:
Take care John |
|
![]() |
![]() |
The Following User Says Thank You to John97Tdi For This Useful Post: |
![]() |
#316 | ||
Senior Member
Last Online: Yesterday 22:55
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: North Ryde
|
![]() Quote:
Charging availability is a different matter & will depend on circumstances. British cities aren't as urban-sprawl-without-matching-public-transport as Australian ones, and using PT is obviously way better than buying an EV from an environmental POV!! If you're wanting to be environmentally responsible, then of course NO new car is for you. Quote:
(*) I wish I'd thought of attaching old Hornby motors to skateboards & selling them for a squillion pounds apiece as EV's in 2021 - would've made a killing!!! Last edited by Forg; Feb 9th, 2023 at 23:42. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
The Following User Says Thank You to Forg For This Useful Post: |
![]() |
#317 |
0's and 1's
Last Online: Jun 21st, 2024 06:43
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: -
|
![]()
What you have to keep an eye on with EVs is how clean or otherwise the countries electricity generation is. The CO2 equivalent g/kWh. They never tell you that only the 0 emissions at use number.
Due to the switch from gas to brown coal where I live the equivalent figure is 68g/km for our EV. There will be much political nashing of teeth that the switch to EVs has not cleaned up the air as much as expected and the motorist must pay. Forgetting it's the generating side that is polluting. Either way you are going to pay more for electricity and motoring in the future. I also find it quite funny the mayor of London can announce vehicle pollution is causing bad air and people should walk, cycle, use public transport forgetting there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of buildings with gas or oil powered heating systems silently releasing emissions while not moving, further concentrating the pollution. Yes, vehicles pollute but they are not the only source of pollution. London is also surrounded by five international airports.
__________________
2011 Volvo S60 D3 R-design Premium - 2020 Focus ST estate automatic - 2020 KIA eSoul 150kW 64kwh EV Previous: 2005 Volvo S60 D5 Sport - 2017 Focus RS |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#318 |
Member
Last Online: Jan 26th, 2024 16:41
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: Oup north
|
![]()
The ULEZ has reduced pollution by 26%, a significant amount which will save lives.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...droidApp_Other |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#319 |
0's and 1's
Last Online: Jun 21st, 2024 06:43
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: -
|
![]()
It would appear the Guardian is contradicting the Government:
https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes...burning-london I'm not quite sure how one action can be credited with a result when the are always multiple actions in progress.
__________________
2011 Volvo S60 D3 R-design Premium - 2020 Focus ST estate automatic - 2020 KIA eSoul 150kW 64kwh EV Previous: 2005 Volvo S60 D5 Sport - 2017 Focus RS |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following User Says Thank You to GMcL For This Useful Post: |
![]() |
#320 |
Senior Member
Last Online: Jun 20th, 2024 12:35
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Wareham
|
![]()
It’s on cold mornings like it has been recently, that I can’t wait to get an electric car, and will always sing their praise. You see the amount of emissions coming from cars and with the steam coming out, my 2 year old son walked behind the back of our car the other day, and while passing he got a face full of it. Even walking down the road on the pavement, his height he gets most of the blast. No wonder there are so many children with breathing issues such asthma. Electric cars solve this issue, and yes the CO2 emissions are just transferred up the line, but that’s better at a remote power station than being presented to it in the face around your home and local town.
Look at the sides of the roads with dead plants and grimy residue within tunnels etc. I understand there will still be rubber and brake dust, but the majority of the emissions form the exhaust are solved. And then there is the sound. Just sitting at some cafe's near the road in Swanage during the summer, and the noise some emit is awful. I love a decent engine tone from an i5, Straight 6, V8, 10, 12 etc but there is a time and a place and when sitting enjoying a coffee in a tranquil seaside town is not one of them.
__________________
Current: Tesla Model S 75D Ex: Jaguar XF Sportbrake white 2.2d sport, Volvo V50 T5, Volvo V70 T5, V40 T2 2.0 Inscription 2016 |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Thekilt For This Useful Post: |
![]() |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|