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100Km range plug in electric Chinese car for 20K?

  • 09-05-2009 11:50am
    #1
    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭


    Does this build your dreams ?

    Apparently has Chevys Volt (Opel Flextreme) running scared as its rumoured to be half the price. Could be a game changer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-gliP4rtfk


    yes it looks terrible .. get over it


Comments

  • #2
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    You'd think if they can afford to make a car like that that'd pay to get someone who speaks English.


  • #3
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ..I like it.

    And, tbh, it looks no worse than anything else, and better than quite a few. At the right price, it'll sell by the shipload.

    All we need now is......electricity that's affordable !

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #4
    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    Does it have a little golden (MADE IN CHINA) sticker underneath like all our toys when we were kids?


  • #5
    TheInquisitor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭TheInquisitor


    Hummm i can make 700km in with a full tank of petrol or 100km in that piece of crap. Everyone should just wait another 10 years before electric cars become decent.

    Also a bit ironic this car coming from one of the most polluting countries in the world!


  • #6
    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    TheInquisitor wrote: »
    Hummm i can make 700km in with a full tank of petrol or 100km in that piece of crap. Everyone should just wait another 10 years before electric cars become decent.

    Its 100KM is on just electricity only, thats ground breaking, the petrol engine will kick in to recharge the battery when it get low, extending it's range beyond your puny 700KM.
    TheInquisitor wrote: »
    Also a bit ironic this car coming from one of the most polluting countries in the world!

    Yes because they build everything for the west, which means the west can give up their polluting industry. Their green credentials are actually quite good for a country where the average salary is less than $20/day

    "Today, renewable sources produce just eight percent of China's total energy. But Beijing aims to increase that to 15 percent by 2020. In comparison, the United States hopes to generate 10 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2012."

    http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/05/china-to-focus-on-renewable-energy


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  • #7
    AugustusMaximus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭AugustusMaximus


    Flextreme ?

    Isn't Opel's version of the Volt going to be called the Opel Ampere ?


  • #8
    sunshinediver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭sunshinediver


    Ah sure you'd import a good "daysel" for half the price :)

    Wonder what the crast test results are like. If previous chinese examples are anything to go by I'd imagine that If the crash doesn't kill you the electric shock afterwards will... :D


  • #9
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Come on like, you couldn't even drive an hour down a motor way, what's the point?
    I wont be considering an electric for a long time.
    If i was n cali though, one of those honda clarty would interest me, and keep a nice oul sporty petrol car for the week end.


  • #10
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    AugustusMaximus wrote: »
    Flextreme ?

    Isn't Opel's version of the Volt going to be called the Opel Ampere ?

    Its ampera;)


  • #11
    PirateShampoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    Super, a car that cant even get to work and back.


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  • #12
    Cañitas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭Cañitas


    RichyX wrote: »
    You'd think if they can afford to make a car like that that'd pay to get someone who speaks English.

    i actually find that offensive to tell you the truth. its like someone saying that a car built in ireland should not have a cork accent but an english accent.

    english is the language of business....whatever accent it has.


  • #13
    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Come on like, you couldn't even drive an hour down a motor way, what's the point?
    pirateshampoo wrote:
    Super, a car that cant even get to work and back. ?

    What part of "the 100Km range is when you are using battery only mode" do you not understand ?

    This thing will probably have a longer range than your car because ( at the risk of repeating myself ) the petrol engine will kick in to recharge the battery when it gets low.

    Is it that hard to understand ? The 100KM electric only range is actually a bragging feature because it means that 95% of journeys will be electric only. A full charge would probably cost less than €2!


  • #14
    Zube
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Zube


    zod wrote: »
    This thing will probably has a longer range than your car

    A. No, it won't, because I drive a turbodiesel, and this yoke is not going to have a 1000 kilometer range. Oh, and it won't have seven seats, either.

    B. You could work on your English. People are not usually impressed with half literate scrawls like the sample above. Unless you're actually one of the Chinese engineers working on the car, in which case Kudos to you! Now back to work.


  • #15
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    Cañitas wrote: »
    i actually find that offensive to tell you the truth. its like someone saying that a car built in ireland should not have a cork accent but an english accent.

    english is the language of business....whatever accent it has.

    Did you actually watch the video?
    The accent wasn't a problem, the issue was the fact that a lot of what was said didn't make much sense.

    Don't be so sensitive.


  • #16
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    RichyX wrote: »
    You'd think if they can afford to make a car like that that'd pay to get someone who speaks English.


    ...it's not that bad.

    Put it this way: it's a hell of a lot better than your Chinese. At least he's making an effort.

    [edit]..Come to think of it - we haven't heard your dulcet tones, either, so maybe you're not the model of clarity you think you are.........[/edit] ;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #17
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...it's not that bad.

    Put it this way: it's a hell of a lot better than your Chinese. At least he's making an effort.

    [edit]..Come to think of it - we haven't heard your dulcet tones, either, so maybe you're not the model of clarity you think you are.........[/edit] ;)

    I've done a bit of voice over work for college documentaries so I'm not the worst :D

    I wasn't even criticising the voice over bloke in particular, the script is pretty dodgy, so I meant someone involved (writer, director or whoever) could have done with a bit more English.


  • #18
    Capital Slow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭Capital Slow


    Zube wrote: »
    B. You could work on your English. People are not usually impressed with half literate scrawls like the sample above.

    That is off the topic, and a very cheap comment, isn't it?


  • #19
    Capital Slow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭Capital Slow


    RichyX wrote: »
    Did you actually watch the video?
    The accent wasn't a problem, the issue was the fact that a lot of what was said didn't make much sense.

    Didn't understand is not the same as didn't make sense.

    The logic is very simple, average Joe should understand how it works.

    1 electric motor plus 1 small petrol motor, everything else, same as other cars on the street.


  • #20
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    Capital Slow wrote: »
    Didn't understand is not the same as didn't make sense.

    The logic is very simple, average Joe should understand how it works.

    1 electric motor plus 1 small petrol motor, everything else, same as other cars on the street.

    :rolleyes:

    Yeah, that was the problem, I didn't understand the intense engineering lecture that that video was.

    For a thread about a Chinese electric car this has kicked off in unexpected ways!


  • #21
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Zube wrote: »
    B. You could work on your English. People are not usually impressed with half literate scrawls like the sample above. Unless you're actually one of the Chinese engineers working on the car, in which case Kudos to you! Now back to work.

    Cool it there Zube, no need for that.
    Capital Slow wrote: »
    That is off the topic, and a very cheap comment, isn't it?

    If you have a problem with a post use the report function (report.gif). Mods can then deal with it as we see fit.

    Now lads, let's get back on topic and stop this bickering!


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  • #22
    Zube
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Zube


    Capital Slow wrote: »
    The logic is very simple, average Joe should understand how it works.

    Logic simple, yes. You right, no!


  • #23
    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    Apologies lads if my English wasn't clear earlier.

    Apparently it has a range of only 580Km ( http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/13/detroit-2009-byd-f3dm-is-the-poor-mans-plug-in-toyota-corolla/ ) before you have to put more petrol into it or recharge it.


    They also have an all electric with a 250 mile range

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJo2rp2oO8A


  • #24
    gears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 758 ✭✭✭gears


    To try and get back on topic...

    Yes the car is no beauty but I think it's an honest example of what the Chinese do best and what made the Japanese engineering industry such a force, reproducing an existing technology only doing it cheaper.

    What I would direct people to is the company who makes this car BYD. Take a little look at it's short history, levels of growth and it's huge number of employees. I think we will see cars from this company on the roads here, maybe not next week or the week after but I imagine some one is loloking at them. Bill Cullen.... Who knows.


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