Electric Vehicles (EVs)

[Thebird]

Bought a Livewire.

It’s increasingly fast, easy to ride, sounds like the hover bike things in Return of the Jedi.


 

[mike]

Bump..

The future of the automotive industry is electric. There’s no turning back.

 

[mike]

https://youtu.be/Ujp3q_aryRA

 

[innsaneink]

Pretty much everything will be battery powered bar Airlines and oil tankers

 

[mike]

Pretty much everything will be battery powered bar Airlines and oil tankers

And trains, I mean goods and long haul stuff.

 

[hobbo1]

Pretty much everything will be battery powered bar Airlines and oil tankers

And trains, I mean goods and long haul stuff.

That you Denis ?

 

[Tigerwould]

just keep on burning the coal 2 recharge t hose batteries,under floor heating,tele screen on the fridge 2 tell u when u run low on milk.a gearbox on a ev is magicalif it can pull 3 ton

Put panels on your roof. I have 10kW on my roof. Generated 5.76MWh since January, only use about 30% of it for my own consumption.

The average home consumes 6.5MWh per year.

I Put a 7kw solar system on in Feb (as well). it cost me $5K. I’ve already saved over $1k on my energy costs and its only been 6months. I should have done it years ago.

 

[mike]

The British government will introduce legislation in 2021 that will require all newly built homes and offices to feature electric vehicle chargers in England.

**Home and EV chargers in England**

Specifically, all new homes and offices will have to feature “smart” charging devices that can automatically charge vehicles during off-peak periods. New office blocks will need to install a charge point for every five parking spaces.

The new law will make England the first country in the world to require all new homes to have EV chargers.

It will also boost confidence in helping those who transition from gas cars to overcome range anxiety, as so many homes in England don’t have off-street parking or garages.

The proposal is part of the movement to rapidly boost the number of chargers across England ahead of the UK’s 2030 ban of new fossil-fuel vehicles. The government originally announced a proposal to mandate that all new homes have a charge point with a parking space in 2019, as Electrek then reported.

Nigel Pocklington, CEO of clean energy company Good Energy, said [via Business Green]:

Flexible charging at home and at workplace during the day is going to be crucial to decarbonizing not just transport but the UK’s entire energy system.

As will better energy efficiency, electrified heating and solar power on 13.5 million homes – we hope to see all these as part of the plans for new homes, too.

The home and office EV charger mandate is expected to start in 2022.

Further, the UK government announced a free app called EV8 Switch yesterday, on World EV Day:

It calculates how much money UK drivers could save by switching to an EV compared to their current petrol or diesel vehicle, along with details on the carbon dioxide (CO2) savings and air quality improvements they could achieve.

Drivers can also see which electric vehicles would be the most suitable for them based on their current vehicle and how switching to electric could fit in with their current lifestyle. Those with the app can also see how close their nearest charge points are, and which journeys can be completed without the need to top up en route.

 

[Harvey]

Has anyone considered the technology that they use in toy cars that you pull back?

You could park the car overnight on a system that winds the wheels backwards, and the next morning use the stored kinetic energy to drive!!

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

just keep on burning the coal 2 recharge t hose batteries,under floor heating,tele screen on the fridge 2 tell u when u run low on milk.a gearbox on a ev is magicalif it can pull 3 ton

Put panels on your roof. I have 10kW on my roof. Generated 5.76MWh since January, only use about 30% of it for my own consumption.

The average home consumes 6.5MWh per year.


I Put a 7kw solar system on in Feb (as well). it cost me $5K. I’ve already saved over $1k on my energy costs and its only been 6months. I should have done it years ago.

Well done. I'm generating 45kWh per day already and we're nowhere near peak daylight yet.

 

[Tigerwould]

Has anyone considered the technology that they use in toy cars that you pull back?

You could park the car overnight on a system that winds the wheels backwards, and the next morning use the stored kinetic energy to drive!!

Brilliant idea. I’d invest it this technology. G-forces is where is its at. I reckon they could go really fast and do sick jumps.

 

[Harvey]

Has anyone considered the technology that they use in toy cars that you pull back?

You could park the car overnight on a system that winds the wheels backwards, and the next morning use the stored kinetic energy to drive!!


Brilliant idea. I’d invest it this technology. G-forces is where is its at. I reckon they could go really fast and do sick jumps.

They could also build loop the loops as part of freeway exits

 

[BalmainJnr]

just keep on burning the coal 2 recharge t hose batteries,under floor heating,tele screen on the fridge 2 tell u when u run low on milk.a gearbox on a ev is magicalif it can pull 3 ton

Put panels on your roof. I have 10kW on my roof. Generated 5.76MWh since January, only use about 30% of it for my own consumption.

The average home consumes 6.5MWh per year.


I Put a 7kw solar system on in Feb (as well). it cost me $5K. I’ve already saved over $1k on my energy costs and its only been 6months. I should have done it years ago.

Well done. I'm generating 45kWh per day already and we're nowhere near peak daylight yet.

How did you go about deciding on what solar system / installer to go with?

 

[bptiger 0]

What I want to know is how he hell we will power these electric cars once they close down all the coal power stations , solar don’t work at night , battery’s aren’t big enough to hold the charge and the wind doesn’t always blow

 

[mike]

What I want to know is how he hell we will power these electric cars once they close down all the coal power stations , solar don’t work at night , battery’s aren’t big enough to hold the charge and the wind doesn’t always blow

By the time **all** the coal power stations have closed which is a long time from now, battery storage will have improved incrementally, supercapacitor storage will be available and both used throughout the grid along with the renewables.

 

[Tigerwould]

just keep on burning the coal 2 recharge t hose batteries,under floor heating,tele screen on the fridge 2 tell u when u run low on milk.a gearbox on a ev is magicalif it can pull 3 ton

Put panels on your roof. I have 10kW on my roof. Generated 5.76MWh since January, only use about 30% of it for my own consumption.

The average home consumes 6.5MWh per year.


I Put a 7kw solar system on in Feb (as well). it cost me $5K. I’ve already saved over $1k on my energy costs and its only been 6months. I should have done it years ago.

Well done. I'm generating 45kWh per day already and we're nowhere near peak daylight yet.

How did you go about deciding on what solar system / installer to go with?

My old man looked up a government website which had links to approved dealer & installers. We wanted to start with a reputable installer that was entitled to the government rebates.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

just keep on burning the coal 2 recharge t hose batteries,under floor heating,tele screen on the fridge 2 tell u when u run low on milk.a gearbox on a ev is magicalif it can pull 3 ton

Put panels on your roof. I have 10kW on my roof. Generated 5.76MWh since January, only use about 30% of it for my own consumption.

The average home consumes 6.5MWh per year.


I Put a 7kw solar system on in Feb (as well). it cost me $5K. I’ve already saved over $1k on my energy costs and its only been 6months. I should have done it years ago.

Well done. I'm generating 45kWh per day already and we're nowhere near peak daylight yet.

How did you go about deciding on what solar system / installer to go with?

I just went through my builders company they are reputable.

I decided on the system myself, designed it to run my AC running full bore in summer.

 

[TillLindemann]

"UK electric car inquiries soar during fuel supply crisis"

As petrol stations in parts of the UK started running out of fuel on Friday, business at Martin Miller’s electric car dealership in Guildford, Surrey, started soaring.

After what ended up being his company EV Experts busiest day ever, interest does not appear to be dying down. This week the diary is booked up with test drives and the business is low on stock.

“People buy electric cars for environmental reasons, for cost-saving reasons and because the technology’s great,” he said. “But Friday was one of those moments where people said, ‘Do you know what, this is a sign that we need to go electric’.”

While scenes of chaos play out at petrol stations across the country amid shortages, for many electric vehicle (EV) dealers the fuel crisis has led to an unexpected surge in inquiries and sales.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/27/uk-electric-car-inquiries-soar-fuel-supply-crisis

Article goes longer, but you get the point. UK is already well ahead of Australia on EVs, but I think their current fuel crisis will be a tipping point to mass adoption.

 

[tigerbalm]

"UK electric car inquiries soar during fuel supply crisis"

As petrol stations in parts of the UK started running out of fuel on Friday, business at Martin Miller’s electric car dealership in Guildford, Surrey, started soaring.

After what ended up being his company EV Experts busiest day ever, interest does not appear to be dying down. This week the diary is booked up with test drives and the business is low on stock.

“People buy electric cars for environmental reasons, for cost-saving reasons and because the technology’s great,” he said. “But Friday was one of those moments where people said, ‘Do you know what, this is a sign that we need to go electric’.”

While scenes of chaos play out at petrol stations across the country amid shortages, for many electric vehicle (EV) dealers the fuel crisis has led to an unexpected surge in inquiries and sales.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/27/uk-electric-car-inquiries-soar-fuel-supply-crisis

Article goes longer, but you get the point. UK is already well ahead of Australia on EVs, but I think their current fuel crisis will be a tipping point to mass adoption.

SLR 🙂

 

[TillLindemann]

"UK electric car inquiries soar during fuel supply crisis"

As petrol stations in parts of the UK started running out of fuel on Friday, business at Martin Miller’s electric car dealership in Guildford, Surrey, started soaring.

After what ended up being his company EV Experts busiest day ever, interest does not appear to be dying down. This week the diary is booked up with test drives and the business is low on stock.

“People buy electric cars for environmental reasons, for cost-saving reasons and because the technology’s great,” he said. “But Friday was one of those moments where people said, ‘Do you know what, this is a sign that we need to go electric’.”

While scenes of chaos play out at petrol stations across the country amid shortages, for many electric vehicle (EV) dealers the fuel crisis has led to an unexpected surge in inquiries and sales.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/27/uk-electric-car-inquiries-soar-fuel-supply-crisis

Article goes longer, but you get the point. UK is already well ahead of Australia on EVs, but I think their current fuel crisis will be a tipping point to mass adoption.

SLR 🙂

SRL?