tom_tarbucket wrote: » Hi. If you have a 24kw leaf with the 3.3 onboard charger.......and you charge the car from the 22kw esb public charger via your own cable.........is there any advantage in have a 32 amp cable over a 16 amp? i.e. Will the 32 amp cable allow quicker charging for above scenario?
liamog wrote: » Now hang on a minute, we should be seeing massive numbers of spontaneously exploding EVs as they hit turtle mode in that case
McGiver wrote: » Likelihood of fire / explosion, which is a disadvantage of Li-ion battery with a liquid electrolyte, has nothing to do with battery age. It's caused by a) cell defect, b) physical insult or c) incorrect charging or combination of the three.
ELM327 wrote: » Agree, 100km phev (real world, so prob 120km WLTP) will be a good way to introduce people to electric driving.
drunkmonkey wrote: » The technology hasn't been invented yet
These will become more unstable as they age, it's not something I'd want anywhere near my house when they get old.
What we have now is certainly not the future.
Mike9832 wrote: » Where do you think batteries come from? They'll be digging up half the earth to get the rare earth minerals needed for 6 billion people to be transported by batteries
Mike9832 wrote: » You could be right 100km PHEV make alot of sense Automakers want them for sure and governments want to keep jobs
drunkmonkey wrote: » The technology hasn't been invented yet, These will become more unstable as they age, it's not something I'd want anywhere near my house when they get old. What we have now is certainly not the future. It could even become a huge mistake.
Lumen wrote: » I think the issue is that there's not yet much commercial incentive to develop recycling technology as there's more potential value in reuse.
drunkmonkey wrote: » They haven't figured out how to recycle the batteries yet, an ice car is a lot more recyclable than an EV. I've still my concerns about these becoming ticking time bombs just based on my own experience with lithium. They swell with age and become easy pierce. They have to be more unstable in an accident as they age. We'll know in 10yrs. Tesla battery seems good but are all lithium car batteries made to the same standard.
jusmeig wrote: » But batteries can be recycled and have second (and sometimes) third life products. Once you light something on fire....its usually not good for a second go.
jusmeig wrote: » This makes no sense. We are transitioning towards mass transit on a whole.
Mike9832 wrote: » They'll be digging up half the earth to get the rare earth minerals needed for 6 billion people to be transported by batteries Will be like the 1800s again with mine industry booming
Mike9832 wrote: » I'll have to be careful not to be infracted again Where do you think batteries come from? They'll be digging up half the earth to get the rare earth minerals needed for 6 billion people to be transported by batteries Will be like the 1800s again with mine industry booming Suits me as I bought nickel recently Price has doubled in a year and will continue to do so
Casati wrote: » PHEV is the future and BEV will remain a niche offering, all petrol and diesels will have a PHEV option and they will prove to be the most economical option for most buyers. Cars like this new X5 and better again the Merc 350de give you the advantage of driving on fully electric for all city and local country driving while never having range anxiety or having to drive at Leaf speed. Your overall fuel cost falls and best of all your not burning fossil fuels in cities. Sales here of hybrids have grown way more than the increase in BEV’s and as more PHEV options hit the market you will see a big sales jump with them. Personally I’d like one of these ID’s as a second car at that mooted 24k price but if spending 50k I’d be waiting for more PHEV options
drunkmonkey wrote: » The MK8 GTE could be a winner, close to 70km of electric and 240bhp odd same as the current GTI. I think it's would cut my monthly fuel down by 3/4's
jusmeig wrote: » I think people are kinda not seeing the wood through the trees. There is no long term "future" for vehicles that run of fossil fuel (PHEV, ICE). Petrol/Diesel is a finite resource, and we are literally fracking the f out of the planet to squeeze the last drop out. Any smart person knows that it is cheaper to run a wire from a solar panel to a car...than it is to drill holes hundreds of metres under the ground, pump in a mix of horrendous crap to mulch up the soil...then siphon off the dead dinosaur juice. We then put this sluge into a container, and ship it to a refinement plant. This plant uses outrageous amounts of electricity to refine this further into the various products on offer. A lot of big refineries have their own power stations -> burning oil to make oil. All of the above can happen...in your house (If your lucky enough to own one) Sun -> PV Panel -> inverter -> car -> drive VS Survey -> find -> Sail/fly -> Drill/Spill -> Store/spill -> Ship/spill -> Store/spill -> Refine/spill -> Ship/spill -> Store/spill -> Truck/spill -> Store/spill on hands -> car The sooner we ban these dangerous archaic turn of the century (last) machines...the better.
unkel wrote: » QFP In only a few years from now, only BEV cars will be sold new in more progressive countries than Ireland. But we are not that far behind. This will happen here to in the year 203x
Casati wrote: » PHEV is the future and BEV will remain a niche offering, all petrol and diesels will have a PHEV option and they will prove to be the most economical option for most buyers.
Mike9832 wrote: » Electric version is gone ID3 replaced it Will be no MK8 eGolf Golf is now a combustion car only, but electric is the future Golf no future? Strange market behaviour over in Germany anyway October 2018 BEV 1.3% October 2019 BEV 1.7% October 2018 PHEV 0.8% October 2019 PHEV 2.4% PHEV assault is gaining momentum there, BEV stagnating, no wonder VW increasing grants there Off topic but BMW released an X5 PHEV there with a 24kWh battery and 100km rangehttps://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/x5/108335/new-bmw-x5-plug-in-hybrid-2019-review
drunkmonkey wrote: » Your misunderstanding the Golf, it's more than an ice car, you can have a hybrid, petrol, diesel, hydrogen and full on electric if you want. The golf isn't going to be banned anywhere, if Ireland gets that woke I'm out.
Mike9832 wrote: » ICE sales will collapse in a few years and they'll be banned in most forward thinking countries, its going to happen alot quicker than we think Golf sales are only going to go oneway and that's down, MK8 will be the last Golf imo and for sure last GTi
[Deleted User] wrote: » Look lads, as I said here more than a few times, I was highly critical of the i3 for a long time, I test drove it and bought it ! The ID.3 will be a highly successful EV for VW. I'll "for once" reserve judgement until I sit in and drive it. Give the car a chance !
drunkmonkey wrote: » Who said anything about dropping the Golf. It's not competing against the id3, way more golf models on the way than the id3 choice of 3. There's some nice hybrid and right wing mk8 golfs coming. It would have been crazy calling the id3 the Golf. It's still be selling well beyond 2025.
unkel wrote: » You obviously don't understand Elon's motivation Good day again for the Porsche share though. You intending to keep yours for the long run or are you considering taking the (substantial) profit?
