Electric cars.

proactive

proactive

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Trumpet said:
Wonder when we'll start to see speed bumps disappearing?
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Cue

Cue

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Ban sale of new cars. they're not gonna make everyone scrap their car just because it uses petrol/diesel.

Given some people still drive cars from the late-90s/early-00s I doubt we'll be an EV-only nation by 2060 let alone 40.
 
Lucy

Lucy

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John Marwood said:
Where do people think electricity comes from?

And where do the same people think the same revenues that are lifted in tax from petrol and diesel will come from?


( not rhetorical)
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I think people only hear they want to hear. I assume in the plan there is something about the grid being fully renewable? Actually, that would be naive of me.
 
basil

basil

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John Marwood said:
Where do people think electricity comes from?

And where do the same people think the same revenues that are lifted in tax from petrol and diesel will come from


( not rhetorical)
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Leccy comes from eels
The Queen could make up any shortfall in tax revenue

(Not actual)


The clock is ticking....
 
Gramaisc

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The Guards have an i3 on test - they describe it as having a "range extender".

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We'll see how they get on with it.


They describe it as being "charged and on trial"....
 
proactive

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Gramaisc said:
The Guards have an i3 on test - they describe it as having a "range extender".

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We'll see how they get on with it.


They describe it as being "charged and on trial"....
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Ugly and notoriously unreliable in range extender spec. A criminal's ideal plod-mobile I'd say.
 
Gramaisc

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proactive said:
Ugly and notoriously unreliable in range extender spec. A criminal's ideal plod-mobile I'd say.
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It will be interesting to see what happens, I imagine they'll use it in metropolitan situations - somewhere between 'real' cars and pushbikes.
 
proactive

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Cue said:
Someone has to want the ugly thing I suppose.
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It is actually a really nice car. Easily the most sporty handling of the electric cars I've driven. However the tech for the range extender is very unreliable from what I understand and sounds horrible when in use and it has looks only a mother could love.

The Ampera was a much better and towards the end very reliable range extender in comparison.
 
Cue

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proactive said:
Because the range extender is a two cylinder petrol engine. Noisy and sounds quite reminiscent of a Deux Chevaux not in keeping with a premium car.
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Ahh. So it’s a hybrid with a small engine rather than a small battery. Interesting idea... does that engine actually do much for it though?
 
proactive

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Cue said:
Ahh. So it’s a hybrid with a small engine rather than a small battery. Interesting idea... does that engine actually do much for it though?
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No, it's an electric car with a range extending small petrol engine. The engine does not directly power the car. The engine provides power to the batteries which then power the electric motor. You only use the engine when the batteries are drained.

Same as the Ampera.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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A generator has no need to be particularly noisy these days. The caravan girls on Common Road have one that is almost silent - presumably it's a lower power device, but, apart from the exhaust, you could have it in the room with you.
 
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