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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1155 on: April 18, 2019, 07:23:17 AM »
Saw a bit on the news regarding the Rivian BEV SUV and pick up, due on sale next year. The BBC World News were looking at it at the LA Auto Show. Looks impressive.



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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1156 on: April 18, 2019, 08:34:46 AM »
With the aeodynamics of a brick which won't help the range! However, better to waste electricity (provided carbon-free generation) than wasting carbon-based fuel.
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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1157 on: April 18, 2019, 09:40:56 AM »
The US are daft on their "trucks", so it could go down a storm.

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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1158 on: April 23, 2019, 09:58:08 AM »
I see Tesla are sending a team to investigate why a Model S suddenly caught fire and exploded in a Shanghai car park. Teslas getting nearly as bad as Kias and Hyundais.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48009163


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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1160 on: May 21, 2019, 11:36:20 AM »
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/know-how/can-electric-cars-tow/

Seems that BEV car makers not keen to get their vehicles approved for towing,  the range will be badly affected and that is something they don't want people to know - so if you tow a caravan on the motorway in the rain with a Tesla X maybe the range comes down to about 100 miles ??
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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1161 on: May 21, 2019, 11:58:58 AM »
I'm all for that. Get some of the bl**dy caravans of Scotland's roads!

A report on the news this morning said that only one in four people would buy an electric car in the next 5 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48340202
This was after a trial where they were given an electric, plug in hybrid, and ICE car to drive for four days each vehicle.

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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1162 on: May 21, 2019, 02:16:19 PM »
I'm all for that. Get some of the bl**dy caravans of Scotland's roads!

A report on the news this morning said that only one in four people would buy an electric car in the next 5 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48340202
This was after a trial where they were given an electric, plug in hybrid, and ICE car to drive for four days each vehicle.



I'm all for that. Get some of the bl**dy caravans of Scotland's roads

Hi Jocko, some of those caravans could be attempting an escape  down South.?.

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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1163 on: May 21, 2019, 02:30:15 PM »
Self driving caravans are the answer. You set your caravan off on it's own on a direct route on the low road to your next campsite, leaving you to take the high road round the North Coast 500 without having to worry about narrow roads and tricky reversing.

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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1164 on: May 21, 2019, 03:46:38 PM »
Self driving caravans are the answer. You set your caravan off on it's own on a direct route on the low road to your next campsite, leaving you to take the high road round the North Coast 500 without having to worry about narrow roads and tricky reversing.
I'm afraid there is only one road.   :-[

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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1165 on: May 21, 2019, 04:16:23 PM »
My son-in-law had a job where he had to travel to places around the west highlands. The head office used to quiz him as to why it took him over 2 hours to do the 75 miles from Fort William, to Plockton, in a big van. Even driving at 60 it should only take 1 hr 15 !!!!!

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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1166 on: June 04, 2019, 10:01:11 AM »

A genuine 250 mile EV. Looks they are getting there but still out of my price range.

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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1167 on: June 04, 2019, 10:39:13 AM »
Hmmm, still £37K - slightly less than Tesla model 3 but I bet the Kia build quality is in a different ( higher ) league than the Tesla - this is the kind of competition that is going to threaten Tesla.  If I had to choose between this and Model 3 it would be the Kia,  over 4 miles per KWh is outstanding economy, and although Tesla claim 4 miles per KWh for model 3 I somehow struggle to believe them..
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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1168 on: June 04, 2019, 12:23:28 PM »
European Automobile Manufacturer’ Association quote the EU car fleet at 257 million at the end of 2018.

McKinsey suggest, conservatively, approximately 120 m EVs will be on the roads of China, USA and EU by 2030.

ACEA puts per capita ownership in EU at 587 per 1,000 people compared with 173 in China.

If it settled at half the EU rate that would equate to 407 million cars in China, a figure 47% above the total number of vehicles presently on US roads.

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Re: Electric cars
« Reply #1169 on: June 04, 2019, 01:43:49 PM »
My son-in-law works for Bear Scotland, who maintain the trunk roads in North East and North West Scotland. They have a mammoth fleet of vehicles, from company cars to snowploughs and snow blowers. John's job is to maintain and repair vehicles in his area.
On Saturday, he informed me that Bear Scotland has announced, that by 2020, 10% of it's fleet will be electric. He believes it will be a mix of BEV and Hybrid vehicles.

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