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As likely as the Chinese taking control of your car
Seems unlikely to me, what with it being Japanese.
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[Technology] If you could afford it would your next car be an EV?
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Seems unlikely to me, what with it being Japanese.
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One of the lucky ones then as the Chinese undercut everyone else!Seems unlikely to me, what with it being Japanese.
dsr-burnley
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Five combustion engine vehicles actually. Total capital cost Ā£22k for (to date) 35 years' motoring. I could probably have saved money by getting a Sinclair C5 and its successors, but it's not comparing like with like.
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I agree entirely. Combustion engines have been the only game in town for 25 of those 35 years.
Iām just waiting for someone to jump in and say they still ride a horse.
nicko31
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11kw bi-directional AC charging, now that is a serious game changer.
Charge at night on 6.5p, home use and heat pump sorted. For many is a home battery still worth it at all?
Charge at night on 6.5p, home use and heat pump sorted. For many is a home battery still worth it at all?
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Looks nice. Of course, the car won't be plugged in at home all day, so the house battery is still justified.
Greg Bobkin
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They aren't for lots of people, which is absolutely fine. If they were, the industry would be in a right old state! You just need to look at the level of maturity of the vehicles and infrastructure to know that it will take time. A LONG time for some people.As likely as the Chinese taking control of your car
I am joshing, I do get EVs, just not for me
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My wife doesnāt post on here anymore
I've raced with one of those! Ad there was oe next to us in the Paddock at Lemans . . . 3 cylinders firing up with straight through expansion chambers at 6am is an experience one doesn't forget in a hurry . . .my ears are still ringing 14 years later.
Funny you mention solar . . . . It amazes me that cars don't have a solar panel on the roof, common to be fitted to motorhomes . . . . But most cars have a roof ad also an incredibly thirsty electrical system. . . .it would possibly be enough to keep thre car topped up and healthy when parked up.
The Hyundai IONIQ 5 has (or can have as an option - I'm not sure) a solar panel on the roof.
From what I remember reading the amount of charge it can generate, even in bright sunny conditions was pretty low. I think it was single-digit miles per day.
If that's the case, it may explain why there's not been wider adoption thus far.
I was thinking more about balancing/offsetting the constant drain of modern cars that are loaded with electrical non-essentials or 'luxuries/conveniences' the most notable being alarm systems that paralyse some cars in a week or two if left un-used
Less than 1 Kw generated in 8 hrs of Californian sun for a $600 accessory , can't see it catching on .
Thereās a huge difference between running my full house off my 14 roof panels, and keeping my car running. When my car is plugged in to solar, it needs a āsurplusā of 1.4kw available (electrical regulations) before it will even start charging. Fine in the summer, but youāre not going to do much more than power the carās accessories from a single panel on its roof.
nicko31
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Bit of solar on the roof and most year the base load will be covered
A self fuelling thermal steam engine type arrangement would be more appropriate. . . With a big water tank for putting out fires.
Probably horses for courses, like the EVs themselves.
Here we are, the ultimate EV race from Darwin to Adelaide. I happened to be there on arrival day many years ago.
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Greenbag50
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Elec mix tonight to charge all those extra EVās plus base load
As Henry Ford famously said, āIf Iād asked the people what they wanted, theyād have said āfaster horsesāā.