I’m pretty sick of seeing 4x4s with 20k worth of aftermarket off road kits in the suburbs, especially when the paint job doesn’t have a scratch or speck of dirt on it.
The influx of US style “trucks” worth 150k plus is another disturbing trend
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But anyhow…Tesla drivers are major douches…agreed?
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Yeah raised old Land Cruiser, hilux or patrol = nearly guaranteed ■■■■■■■■ driver.
Ute = can be tax write-off. Some of them are gigantic now.
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The work vehicle loophole, general pattern I’ve observed is the larger and more expensive the ute the less “work” it’s doing, I’ve never seen a Yankee ute carrying or towing anything other than a speed boat.
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Absolutely
Yep. If the vehicle is branded “raptor” or “predator”, and the ad has something useful like a JetSki being towed up a mountain, then absolutely no timber or tools will ever be in it.
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I’m not rich enough to pay someone to spend 120 hours with her. And the sooner she can drive herself places the better!
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the tubs are barely big enough to hold anything anyway.
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Yep, the lad has a gang of about 14 builders under his watch and 4 of them are subbies for him now and all are about 20-26yo and buy the latest and greatest vehicle about every 2 years. They are all used for towing builders trailers and all get treated pretty rough. On weekends they turn into a tow vehicle for their boats, jet skis etc
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We are getting screwed.
Over in New Zealand two of the better options for EV, you can order:
Ford Mach E (mustang SUV) with delivery in Q2.
Skoda Enyaq launch, test drive in feb and delivery in Q2.
About a year behind NZ, about 3-4 behind Europe.
Until the government starts penalising manufacturers, we will be the last to get them.
Penalising them for not being to produce enough cars to fill demand ? Reckon they are many more important things to have a penalty for.
That’s not the point.
There’s no benefit/incentive/disincentive to ship to AU. just like with other commodities if the government doesn’t make it attractive, companies will sell elsewhere. If the government doesn’t make it easier for charging infrastructure to be scaled up etc. etc.
The industry I’m in has some of the highest prices (government sets and subsidises the price) in the world. And surprise surprise, it’s almost always the first country to launch new products.
Not the Government job to make a car market attractive to profit seeking turds.
It has not been a disincentive for Tesla, Kia, Polestar etc. Ford will have enough problems serving USA and Europe without caring too much about Asia and Australia…… yet!
And there is no real local incentive for business to buy the products that we make in Australia. In fact, we can produce a unit in India for USD5000, in China for USD7000, while it costs us closer to USD20000 to make it here in Melbourne. Once the Australia/India Trade Agreement is in place it will be even cheaper to make there.
Free market capitalism is where we are at.
Of course free market capitalism in this case relies on countries with low wages, and once countries get a workforce with expectations of a good quality of life it becomes “too expensive” to manufacture there.
It’s a giant Ponzi scheme.
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According to this. (At the bottom) EVs driven at just above 20 degrees, exceed their stated range.
Is this what blitzers with EVs experience?
If I charge my Tesla 3 to 100% of battery, it says I have a range of 584 km.
So in theory if the battery was just used to power the motors then you may get 584 km range, but in reality all EVs use battery power to run electronics, air-con, security, etc so you probably would not get more than 550 km on any given day.
We are driving to Adelaide in a few weeks, so I will see what we actually achieve on a long run in terms of battery and distance.
Currently I charge to 90% once it goes down to around 20%. Over Christmas, all my charging has been done with our solar panels during the day. Charging rate is about 50 km per hour from our 7 kW system.
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Paul Maric (CarExpert) is quite uncomplimentary about the Polestar 2.
He doesn’t seem to be that much of a Tesla fan either…particularly with respect to the “dashboard area”.
Many of the critics on Tesla reckon the lack of a typical dashboard with speedo and total reliance on the touch screen is what they hate.
I tested drove six EVs and the Tesla was my favourite because it was just so different and not like the typical car. It is true that you need to get used to the single central screen, but after two months it is no issue for me.
The Polestar 2 was ok to drive, but the Kia was better.
Seems to me that many EV car makers have Tesla on their mind too much and maybe they should just us their skills to make something better, not just an ICE vehicle with an electric motor.
It was definitely the teslas fault 
Newspapers are shameless.
From what I gather, the EV6, IONIQ5 and Genesis are not like the Tesla at all. Very different heads-up displays and display units.