Electric cars

deere66 said:
Slightly off-topic, truck horses must be getting smaller just like tractor horses. 25 years ago my neighbour ran 2 Volvos, a 360hp FL10 an a 420hp FL12 tractor units. Now the grain merchant has 480 in an 8 wheeler and all artics seem to 5-600hp :?:
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I drive a 6 wheeler with 450
 
This will inevitably be ignored since they already got so far in forcing them upon us.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science.../electric-cars-deliver-no-carbon-savings.html


They found that the variability of wind and solar power has been 'grossly underestimated' in the government's plans.

On overcast or windless days, there are significant gaps in energy supply that have to be met by gas–fired power stations.

Since EVs increase demand for electricity during these periods, charging a new EV only results in more fossil fuels being burned to provide the extra electricity.
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4wd said:
This will inevitably be ignored since they already got so far in forcing them upon us.
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And when I do drive I'll take the easiest vehicle to get to, or be it the Saab , Triton, Lancer, L200 2000 Sport 4WD, L200 4WD, or the L200 2WD, L200 2000 Sport 2WD, the other L200 2WD or the VW Polo.
 
deere66 said:
Postman's electric van is fooked. Less than 4 years old, does about 9k miles a year and it got while he needed recovering every day as the battery packed in from 50%. It's been gone weeks now so must need more than a new battery 🙄
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The Post lady has had an electric van since before Christmas. The first day she got a puncture and had to abandon it up some rural lane as apparently "only a specialised mechanic" could change the tyre. Took them 3 days to get it recovered and repaired. She does like driving it but how long it'll last on the potholed, puddley roads round here?
 
itsalwaysme said:
They say much less maintenance needed, fewer moving parts etc. but
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£50000 to fix when the reality the user/owner should have broght a base model VW Polo or equivalent.
The idea or concept that people have to use vehicles like this or this value regardless of motive power source is only for social delusion.
There we are then.🙄
 
Well, after much consideration and soul searching I decided I had better do my bit to save the planet.
I didn't go down the new route though, it chills me to my bones thinking of those children mining the raw materials for the batteries.
Ironically though on taking delivery of the new (to me) motor it turned out that it needs a new battery pack...

Oh well, never mind.


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Re electric and or hybrid electric vehicles.
Are they really that shit that the mainstream media has to continuously endorse them endlessly in the media???
And equally if there so good then why do the manufacturers and purchasers have to be subsidised at the taxpayers expense???
And then why does the world let Chinese manufacturers sell in their domestic markets when the Chinese manufacturers are cooking the books by being directly funded by the Chinese government while destroying domestic car manufacturers and their OEM suppliers/industries???
Or is that "the desired plan"of the undemocratically unelected UN?🤔
 
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