Mickeroo wrote: » Pretty sure connect is the one for preheating Leaf and all that kind of stuff (assuming that's what you need).
Idbatterim wrote: » I believe it’s illegal to idle outside schools in uk and they issue fines !
KCross wrote: » Its not just the idling though. If you have a school with, say 300 pupils, and the majority of them arriving in cars all within a 15-20min window you are going to have alot of emissions right where the kids are walking.... depends on road layout I guess. The design in our local school has every single car passing the front gate, dropping off, going around a mini roundabout and back across the gate again just to make sure you get a good lung full twice from every car!
NIMAN wrote: » Imagine the uproar if Dublin city centre banned diesels!
KCross wrote: » It will inevitably happen. It would require a strong government first though and that could be a long way away and I think we'd need to see a few 100k EV's on the road first so that people have an alternative.... cant ban diesel when there are no EV's to buy in large numbers on the s/h market!
Mike9832 wrote: » Golf is iconic, a brand in itself Seems crazy to just drop it In 2025 what are they going to do with Golf brand when know one wants an ice.
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?
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.
[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 !
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
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: » 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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
