Electric Motor Vehicles

Mate of mine loves his BYD seal performance model.

Not sure he test drived against it though.

If looking at a sedan the three vehicles id look at at different price points would be

BYD Seal
Tesla 3
BMW i4

Each around a 10k jump each time(depending on variants…the beemer might be a touch more)

Reckon the demand on charging a car is a little bit more than turning on a LED light.

I agree with what your saying but Westfields aren’t necessarily going to upgrade there distribution to accomodate 200GPO’s when they only have room for 3 or 4.

BYD Seal are nice cars, priced now about the same as a Tesla 3, since Tesla dropped prices again.

Yep, my Tesla 3 Long Range does 0 - 100 kph in 3.1 sec and the equivalent seal is about 5 secs.

But seriously, unless you are a budding Oscar Piastri you would not notice the difference.

yeah I’m not going to care too much between 6 or 3 secs . both seem pretty good to me . I think some of the cheaper brands like mg would be gutless. If I’m going to make the leap I want something a little bit toey

Most EV have quick acceleration, just look at the torque value and it give you a good indication. MG torque ranges are about the same as BYD.

I still like to flatten the foot on my 3 and scare the crap out of a newbie passenger. My grandkids love it, but they are under strict rule of not telling their Mothers or Mrs Fox, or I would be toast.

The thing I had to learn about an EV was that is so easy to speed, and the multiple fines I got in the first month on the freeways made me much more cautious.

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less than ten years now…I think flying cars will be a while away still.
Would cost a lot to get insurance.

I know they have them in Japan, but I see them maybe more used on farms like ATV’s are where not as many obstacles.

Manned Electric Flying Car Successfully Tested In Japan (youtube.com)

I want one of these

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I guarantee in 10 years there will still be some regular ICE vehicles still being sold.

Europe will be all in on EVs.

But we won’t, Japan won’t, India won’t - USA maybe.

China probably yes

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Which one do you have?

I have Model 3 long range, and it is easily the fastest car I have ever had, and the nicest to drive. Mrs Fox has Model Y long range, which I have not driven much at all.

If you really want an EV, then do as I did, test drive as many as possible. I drove 8 different makes. Some were bog average, some were good, Tesla in my view was the best, though it took a while to get used to the control nearly on on the screen.

Lots to choose from :

https://electricvehiclecouncil.com.au/evs-available/

Why do you hate people’s souls?

Seriously, I shudder at how there would be religious wars over it (some would be insincere wars, as with much of American politics, but when there is money to be made by taking a side…)




(Transporters would make downhill skiing so much better AND so much worse.)

Having a soul is a great urban myth; beaten into your head at acatholic primary school.

I got a speeding ticket driving my EV home from the dealership :woozy_face:

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I was too scared all the way from Clayton to Bacchus Marsh to think about going fast.

I did get over it, and found the top speed, or rather as fast as I was prepared to go.

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I was cruising south down Mitcham Road in Mitcham and couldn’t believe I was doing 68 in a 60 zone. The fool thing made no engine noise!
I use the speed limiter, often!

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Nerdy ev stuff

https://www.motor1.com/features/730273/the-future-of-evs-is-already-here/

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It doesn’t really look that stable, does it? Instinctively feels like its center-of-gravity is too high.
Like I know more than the engineers lol

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Hahaha I remember watching Beyond 2000 when I was young and they were talking about flying cars back then, and that was the 90s. You still see BA Falcons, VN Commodores and the like on the roads today.

My boss bought an HQ Kingswood yesterday. People have a thing for ICE cars and techy people love a car they can do their own work on. It’s funny, I work with hundreds of electricians but only one of them has an EV.

How much did he pay and what year