Random EV thoughts.....

Why won't you accept that this is what the poster will do and more to the point wants to do without trying to undemine his position. This is why so many discussions end up in unnecessary arguments.

I regularly do a 350km non stop trip to West Cork and up to now always used a diesel (with the exception of a couple of disastrous attempts in a Leaf🤣). I never stop unless the kids want a toilet stop which is very much a rarity.

Next time though, as long as I can leave one at home🤞, I'll be travelling in a Model 3 which will also make it without a stop. Personally hate stopping during a journey but would do it as necessary to charge an EV. So no problem accepting that others may think the same way.

they've actually bought 2 of them, and they'll be based in Ringsend…

Doing 1600km in a manual Dacia Sandero without stopping. My idea of hell on earth 😂

My mother in law had one, worst car I've ever driven. Even worse than a Skoda Octavia.

Says the chap who extolls the virtues of "cars" like degraded Fluence ZEs and Leafs with an 80 km range. Less usable than a 1950s Morris Minor. By any objective assessment the current Sandero is a very good car for the money. If Sanderos and Octavias are the worst cars you've driven, you've lived a sheltered life!

PS what is it with with EV fans wanting to stop all the time on long journeys? Prostate gland swollen to the size of a tennis ball? Shur, might as well charge while you're at it.

LOL. A degraded Leaf or Fluence can still do more range than at least 30-40% of cars in Ireland ever do. You do realise the average car in Ireland does 35km average per day? And many, many times more comfortably so than a crappy manual econobox.

OK sure, you need to do 1600 km several times a week without stopping. You and 2 other people in Ireland. Nobody is suggesting the three of you (0.0000001% of the population - although I call BS, nobody has ever done that in this country) buy any degraded EV, or any EV for that matter, even the longest range one. And nobody is holding a gun to your head. You can buy whatever you like

One wonders why people like you are you defensive. What are you afraid of? Progress / change? I guess it is only natural, most humans would like to go back to how things were in the past, most people don't like change.

Old Chinese curse: "may you live in interesting times". Well indeed, we live in very interesting times 😂

Revolutionary is the NIOs 150kw solid state battery. Part of the reason is that China auto will bankrupt legacy auto.

China auto will also be first to market with a full solid state battery vehicle.

Its actually Toyotas's technology. But they can't come out with it suddently. Every Arab family in the middle east has a Land cruiser in their courtyard. Due to the Tie up with OPEC and also US and Tesla, they cant come up with 1200km range car sooner.

Tesla banked on the Cybertruck which has production woes, isn't selling as much as they thought it would and if we're being honest, isn't a very good car. There's also the Chinese cars causing a huge shakeup in the global market and the level of FUD related to EVs has gone through the roof in recent months

The story of the 25k car you speak of was rubbished by musk as well.

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-scrapping-25k-car-report-elon-musk-denies-2024-4#:~:text=Tesla%20CEO%20Elon%20Musk%20denied%20a%20report%20that%20the%20electric,%2Dplanned%20more%2Daffordable%20model.

What do you mean wanting to stop on long journeys?

It's common sense that you should stop. Driving long distances without stopping makes you a danger on the roads.

Why do think truck drivers have mandatory stops after a certain amount of hours?

When I was younger I drove non stop from Cookstown in Co.Tyrone to Dromoland Castle in Co Clare. This was 20 years ago so there was little to no motorway network. I drove through the midlands and it took me almost 5 hours. I could barely keep my eyes open at the end of the journey. Looking back and it was a ridiculous thing to do.

I drive from Dublin to inch in Kerry quite a bit and I always stop halfway to stretch my legs and make sure I'm alert for the rest of the trip.

If you're driving hundreds of Kms without stopping you're an idiot.

But must stop for a minimum 45 minutes after the 4.5 hours or break it up into one 15 minute and one 30 minute stop during the 4.5 hours.