Of course not.
Please note: she NEVER suggested inventions be red and black.
if she had, I would not have called her an idiot.
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Actually is she related to you. I can see the family resemblance. You, Arnie and Di Fisher, triplets !
The same smile
Itâs such a dumb concept. Let me charge something overnight only to use the stored energy in around 4-5 hours. Until public charging is more readily available and it takes no longer than it would to fill a car with petrol, Iâll be sticking with ICE. Absolutely love my Skoda Fabia, had it 4 months, always have fun driving it!
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Yeah everything ive read re: evs are that you basically constantly plug them in.
Itâs absolutely no good to be DC fast charging them all the time. Screws the life of your expensive battery in it.(not the warranty but it means you quickly get less out of itâŚgoes flat quicker and it kills your range)
To me that presents a bit of a problem if you cant completely top it up overnight as a daily driver.
Ie a cool little city car like the Abarth is fun. But lets say it starts at a real 230km range. That presents a real problem it a couple of years into owning it that range is now only 170km or less because the battery has degraded from use.
To me the perfect use for an EV would be if I needed to drive to work - work had free AC charging.
ICE cars present their own problems - significantly increased maintenance costs for one, fluctuating price of petrol being another and then of course theres the social environmental cost which is its emissions.
Its all mute for me though, I live in a strata complex and theres no way of getting charging infrastructure to my car spot without everyone chipping in for the infrastructure.
Unlikely when half rent and of the owners half either dont drive or have no desire to buy an electric car.
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I still think that if the end goal of picking up EVs is to help the environment - EV fleets of self driving cars reducing the number of vehicles on our roads is the way to go.
If i can order up a self driving didi/uber , it costs next to nothing say for the first 10kms driven.
Then you would have people using them for supermarket shopping, last mile trips to the nearest train station.
Basicaly a lot less cars are then required, only the cars for people actively needing to travel somewhere.
All of a sudden parking is no longer a problem. extra capacity can be added to our roads to either build bicycle lanes or clearways for more cars. (Say hobbiest cars that people keep and pay seperate regos for. Maybe allowed to drive on certain days. Average worker might get say a 4x4 which is licenced to drive on weekends. Or classic cars for car clubs)
Everywhere garages can be converted into extra rooms in homes etc.
The only charging infrastructure required is that of the EV âtaxiâ company. Which could be a large terminal with plenty of renewables.
This isnât the case for me, but I can see how people think this. Once you have one for a little while, you donât even think about it.
We use it to drive around our suburb mostly. Just plug it in for free at the gym when we go. So the charge just bounces around from 20-75 or so.
If Iâm doing a longer trip, sure, I can plug it into my home charger to get it to 80-100%. Or use a paid public charger.
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Would you be happy to wait longer to fill up your car if petrol was 1/2, 1/4 the price, or even free? What if the government made the car FBT exempt on a novated lease wiping out 30% cost of the car?
Itâs not a simple binary question of how long it takes to fill up.
But we also have a golf R, and itâs much nicer to drive, so I know why people want to stick to some ICE models.
Right. My understanding if you constantly DC charge its not a good thing.
The other thing is slow ac charging (regular power points) should be everywhere in cities.
Ie when you park on the street and feed the meter than meter you plug into and it slow charge tops you up like a regular powerpoint.
All the time. It means power points at every onstreet car space. Especially around any strata developments where charging infrastructure is unlikely to be available.
Without a plug at home i find the idea of EVs just so inconvenient.
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Its a DC battery, you are always DC charging.
The AC is inverted to DC.
Right. Must be more fast charging a battery rather than slow charging it.
Riding an EV to empty like driving a car until the light comes on is a bad idea?
If im grabbing the cable out of my frunk or boot every single time im parking though does sound like a pain in the arse
What is the availability of said service? How much longer than filling a petrol tank from full to empty would I have to wait? Can I replenish the energy store to 100% capacity or, like most EVs, you can only fill to 80% otherwise it adversely affects battery life. Was the longevity of the battery?
Until we get to a point where EV charging stations are as prevalent as petrol service stations, and you donât have to wait 30-40 mins to recharge your car, I doubt that the vast majority of Australians will get on board.
I fill up once a week - adds about 15min to my work commute.
with an EV I wouldnât have to stop to or from, it would actually reduce my overall weekly commuting time.
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Almost like having a petrol tank. So you can fill it up and store it for use at a later date and over time.
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So I assume you have at home charging?
This is absolutely what is stopping me going EV currently.
Iâll get an EV for the wife as she only drives to and from work plus some shopping and other appointments, lunches etc but for my car it doesnât make sense currently. Iâm sure the technology will catch up in a few years though and I can then buy one
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yeh but when you get a SUV, the other cars then get a Landcruiser or a Everest or a RAM and you still have your vision restricted somewhat.
I have access to a power point.
This
@smooth its hard to explain, but once you get an EV it isnât as hard as you think it will be.
Except in practice if you have home charging, it doesnât work like that.
I follow the advice and charge to 80%, and if I drive into the 120 km to Melbourne and return, it takes about 20%. When I get home I plug it into power, and it starts charging when I have programmed it to start, to fit in with my solar panels, or I could start it immediately and use power from the grid which cost me more.
It becomes second nature and has never been a problem yet in the nearly two years of have my EV.
My experience with Superchargers on a trip to Sydney, is it took about 15 minutes to charge from 15% to 80%, so it was no drama. It does add time to the trip.