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Post by muzled on Oct 29, 2023 10:59:41 GMT 12
I pulled up to a red light at the Esmonde rd/Barrys pt rd innersection last night about 9pm in my leaf. Heading into Takapuna there are three lanes but the inside one finishes and merges with the middle lane (which I was in). Some bogan in a v8 falcon comes roaring up on the left of me and stops for the red. The light goes green so I floor it in the leaf, get to where the lanes merge and the fellas in the coon are about 4 car lengths behind. (I hit about 70kmh in the 60 zone then backed off to 55) Nek minit they pull into the right lane, come up alongside me with a toot toot toot, I look across and the three of them are all looking at me having a great laugh about getting torched by a poxy little leaf... Was highly amusing.  |
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Post by harrytom on Oct 29, 2023 15:43:07 GMT 12
I pulled up to a red light at the Esmonde rd/Barrys pt rd innersection last night about 9pm in my leaf. Heading into Takapuna there are three lanes but the inside one finishes and merges with the middle lane (which I was in). Some bogan in a v8 falcon comes roaring up on the left of me and stops for the red. The light goes green so I floor it in the leaf, get to where the lanes merge and the fellas in the coon are about 4 car lengths behind. (I hit about 70kmh in the 60 zone then backed off to 55) Nek minit they pull into the right lane, come up alongside me with a toot toot toot, I look across and the three of them are all looking at me having a great laugh about getting torched by a poxy little leaf... Was highly amusing. Im impressed with boys Epower note,nissan.put the foot down and yeah its like a rocket,the epower motor is purely a generator no direct drive to car. |
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Post by OLD ROPE 👀 on Oct 31, 2023 7:44:55 GMT 12
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Post by Cantab on Oct 31, 2023 11:47:56 GMT 12
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Post by fish on Oct 31, 2023 13:04:40 GMT 12
I drove past a Tesla on the motorway just before. It was on the hard shoulder being hoisted onto a car recover truck...
You don't often see modern cars broken down on the side of a motorway.
Did I mention my Green Party candidate mate has fried the batteries in his Leaf? Batts went over temperature and he couldn't charge them to get home on a trip the weekend of the election.
Last time he came up for a gig near my place we had to plug his car in so he had enough range to get home again.
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Post by harrytom on Oct 31, 2023 16:35:23 GMT 12
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Post by fish on Oct 31, 2023 19:56:35 GMT 12
What is a BEV? Buggered electric vehicle? Does it still have an ICE engine, or would that make it a hybrid truck? When they say it has renewable refrigeration and hydraulics, does that mean all power usage on the truck is from batteries? |
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Post by GO30 on Oct 31, 2023 20:39:59 GMT 12
What is a BEV? Buggered electric vehicle? HT is talking trucks so it's B for BIG  |
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Post by harrytom on Oct 31, 2023 22:14:10 GMT 12
The tractor unit is full electric,hence the 250km range,hybred it can go forever.I guess one advantage sitting on AK mw system in peak its not using fuel/energy.
The new Scania I am currently driving,little 460 has a 400lt tank and pretty economic,full tank Ak to hamilton to Ak to tga to Ak to rotovegas to Ak 350lts compared to the 550 daf, Ak /tga/ak 225lts
both puling same weight and no noticeable loss of power up the kaimai ranges. hp v torque
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Post by GO30 on Nov 1, 2023 15:48:02 GMT 12
No idea why but in a quick trip to rural and back today it seemed that every 3rd car was a BYD battery one. One was a freak, it was travelling not only above 80kph it was exceeding to posted speed of 100, that's a rarity but a pleasant change.
Interesting to see that as soon as it was confirmed the new Govt will bin the ute tax the EV makers managed to drop their prices about the same bloody sum. As suspected, and many said, the manufacturers will only raise their prices by the subsidy. It certainly appears they did exactly that.
Also I'm seeing lots of reports from all over suggesting EV sales growth has stopped increasing and some suggesting they are even going backwards. So there is possibly some price cutting in the hope of spurring more sales.
In today paper there is a report Ford lose 30 odd K on every EV they sell. If Ford are then so will many others. The huge mobs like that can afford to lose a bit but 30K per unit is gonna hurt and can't be sustained for that long.
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Post by Hugh Jorgan on Nov 1, 2023 19:06:06 GMT 12
EVs wiĺ be history in 10 years.
THey are huge tip fillers when the motors and batteries fail and cost tommuchbto replace.
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Post by DuckMaster on Nov 2, 2023 21:05:51 GMT 12
EVs wiĺ be history in 10 years. THey are huge tip fillers when the motors and batteries fail and cost tommuchbto replace. The batteries rarely fail. They lose capacity and get recycled into home power walls. There's thousands of homes now using ev batteries for energy storage. In 10yrs time there will be even more and governments will be mandating that ev manufacturers make it possible by releasing technical documentation to approved integrators. The motors don't fail. They will outlast the vehicle and they will certainly outlast their combustion counter-part. |
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Post by DuckMaster on Nov 2, 2023 21:12:10 GMT 12
Also I'm seeing lots of reports from all over suggesting EV sales growth has stopped increasing and some suggesting they are even going backwards. So there is possibly some price cutting in the hope of spurring more sales. My local car dealer shop has sold more EV's since national won the election than they have since the model launched 6 months ago. Everyone is wanting to buy them before the rebate gets dropped. They don't reckon they will be able to get them into the country in time to meet the order backlog. A few people gonna be pissed off, cause they actually have to take possession of the vehicle to claim the rebate... |
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Post by DuckMaster on Nov 2, 2023 21:53:31 GMT 12
I have seen quite a bit in the press about the new Tesla Semi... Here's a review: Actual results showed that with a weight of 81,000 pounds (36749 kg), Tesla Semi was able to travel 500 miles (804km) with 93% battery power use. They have regenerative breaking so you can't do an apples for apples comparison. But that's 1kwh/km which is like $0.22c/km based on nz's average power price... |
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Post by GO30 on Nov 3, 2023 15:37:42 GMT 12
Also I'm seeing lots of reports from all over suggesting EV sales growth has stopped increasing and some suggesting they are even going backwards. So there is possibly some price cutting in the hope of spurring more sales. My local car dealer shop has sold more EV's since national won the election than they have since the model launched 6 months ago. Everyone is wanting to buy them before the rebate gets dropped. They don't reckon they will be able to get them into the country in time to meet the order backlog. A few people gonna be pissed off, cause they actually have to take possession of the vehicle to claim the rebate... My EV dude is saying the same but that's subsidy removal driven. He reckons NZ will see the same as the rest of the world soon as we follow them by about 6 months. |
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