Electric car at its best

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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by Sport » October 6, 2022, 10:48 am

mak wrote:
October 6, 2022, 10:31 am
The new Tesla.
LOL.

I did hear on the news lately that it will be mandatory for all EVs to have a portable generator and fossil fuels installed in the boot. And if that wasn't silly enough, all properties that front rural roads will have to have Belgian Heavy horses and Clydesdale and Suffolk Punch horses on 24hr standby to tow the powered out EVs into a service centre.

Perhaps its time to invest into the Belgian and Suffolk Punch horses and rope manufacturers.



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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by jackspratt » October 6, 2022, 10:58 am

Tesla delivered 343,000 vehicles in the third quarter of 2022

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/02/tesla-t ... mbers.html
The number of Teslas on the road stood out for me during my recent US visit. They were everywhere, particularly so in southern California.

Off topic, but what also stood out was the lack of traditional American cars - Ford, Chrysler, Buick, Dodge etc.

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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by tamada » October 6, 2022, 12:32 pm

mak wrote:
October 6, 2022, 10:31 am
The new Tesla.
LOL.

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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by Udon Map » October 6, 2022, 1:56 pm

BobHelm wrote:
November 6, 2010, 12:03 pm
The average United States driver travels 29 miles per day and is driving a total of 55 minutes per day.
http://www.ridetowork.org/transportation-fact-sheet
Bob, reminds me of a Public Service Announcement campaign from when I was a child and seat belts were just being introduced. The government was trying to persuade people to use them, and created a radio campaign, the gist of which was that you should wear your seatbelts even around town because most traffic accidents occur within 25 miles of the home. Like all statistics, however, you have to look deeper. Most traffic accidents occur within 25 miles of the home because most driving occurs within 25 miles of the home.

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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by Khun Paul » October 6, 2022, 6:18 pm

While we are on the subject . Electric cars , the cost of re-cycling a Battery for the EV is extremely high so I have been told as opposed to re-cycling old traditional cars where almost everything can be re-cycled easily and a lot cheaper.
So WHY did they not engineer the current cars to be 50 % more efficient ?

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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by Khun Paul » October 7, 2022, 11:08 am

What is even more interesting is the narrative being spawned that to make the Electricity required to power ALL these Emmision free Electric cars, many countries including the EU and the US of A will have to revert to COAL burning Power stations, with all those INCREASED EMMISIONS .....A'int science wonderful .......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by jackspratt » October 7, 2022, 12:23 pm

Nope.
Yes, Electric Cars Are Cleaner, Even When The Power Comes From Coal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/ ... 5218e42320

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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by rick » October 7, 2022, 1:21 pm

One other issue. In the UK, with the new electricity prices, recharging an electric car will be nearly as expensive as buying petrol..... it was already about 12 pence per mile, before the latest price increases. That is about 50% more than my petrol cost per mile in Thailand.

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Re: Electric car at its best

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Re: Electric car at its best

Post by Whistler » October 7, 2022, 9:01 pm

Omg, tesla does not make a van shock horror!
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