Electric Vehicles
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I have friends, a couple, who live rural and work in town, they moved from Petrol to Electic and their fuel costs have dropped from nearly $300 per week to around $40-$80 as they charge overnight and have one of those cheap overnight deals.
They’ve been waiting on a Tesla for a couple of years and are getting it soon I think. Which they’re happy about as their current cars (not sure which brand - all boxes and four wheels to me) have short ranges so they’ve had to keep a petrol car for long trips.
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If I needed a town car, this would be a front runner.
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@antipodean suits the high density living requirement IMHO. Some great styling as well - have been watching it since Fully Charged Show previewed it.
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@antipodean also: companies like GoGet will be giving these sorts of vehicles serious consideration
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I drove an Audi eTron (full electric) yesterday as my old man is buying one. O for awesome. I've driven Teslas but this thing was just a really nice place to be (in comparison). Comfy, smooth, not particularly quick acceleration (for an electric) but massive torque so it felt faster. It is also a Quattro and the build quality is what you would expect in a $160,000 car. We did a quick analysis of the cost and it effectively will return him 10% on that investment. He is selling solar back to the grid at 7c per kw, so completely ripped off by the power company. A power wall / storage would help but the car works to fix that.
Weighs almost twice what my RS4 does, but C of G is so low and centered it handles better than most combustion types.
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Sydney metro trial of full electric buses starts today, includes one of ours. Which will kill it.
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@mariner4life said in Electric Vehicles:
Sydney metro trial of full electric buses starts today, includes one of ours. Which will kill it.
I was reading that the operating costs for a full EV bus running on the South Coast is better than half that of comparable diesel busses.
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@antipodean said in Electric Vehicles:
@mariner4life said in Electric Vehicles:
Sydney metro trial of full electric buses starts today, includes one of ours. Which will kill it.
I was reading that the operating costs for a full EV bus running on the South Coast is better than half that of comparable diesel busses.
that's our bus. And it's 30% of the running cost of a diesel
Servicing and maintenance is a 50% saving
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@Snowy probably not on your roads...
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@taniwharugby all depends actually - EVs are at their least effective on long drives with few stops or elevation changes. Cold weather reduces performance but that has to be seriously cold.
@Snowy The long range Model 3 is probably closer to 500km in real-world terms. The NEDC range is somewhat bullish.
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@taniwharugby Don't you f'ing start me! Our road is a pot holed swamp at the moment - have the rates gone down -NO!
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@NTA said in Electric Vehicles:
@taniwharugby all depends actually - EVs are at their least effective on long drives with few stops or elevation changes. Cold weather reduces performance but that has to be seriously cold.
@Snowy The long range Model 3 is probably closer to 500km in real-world terms. The NEDC range is somewhat bullish.
Yeah I wasn't convinced either, but here it is:
https://www.tesla.com/en_NZ/model3
Interesting with the Audi that if you spend an extra $1500 for 21" rims you get an extra 8-10% increase in range. Quite significant until we get more fast chargers around the country. They are seriously big wheels and do suit our shitty roads (North Island mostly).
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@Snowy said in Electric Vehicles:
@taniwharugby Don't you f'ing start me! Our road is a pot holed swamp at the moment - have the rates gone down -NO!
Do you live in NSW?
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Jay Leno loves his Tesla: 'There's almost no reason to have a gas car'
Jay Leno told CNBC on Tuesday that electric cars are the future and that gasoline-fueled cars days are numbered.
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@jegga Hard to disagree with him having tried a few. Cheap to run, fast, all wheel drive, not much to not like.
He's probably right about driving a car with a stick shift but it is a shame. I have 3 manual vehicles and still prefer them to autos (of which we have 2). All a bit long in the teeth (like me) but the control and drive of a "stick shift" is still the winner on our shitty roads. I might have already mentioned that...
