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This was on a Facebook group for my local area. I've mentioned it before on this thread about the fans in my cab giving it some during the hot weather. I'm keeping my head down 😬
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holyjo said:Gary Poole said:holyjo said:My new fully EV Kona Arrives in a couple of weeks. Very much looking forward to the experience
im doing a salary sacrifice lease £348 a month covering insurance , tyres , breakdown cover and free home charger fitted0 -
I have a BMWi4 M50
290 miles to a charge
50% vat back on purchase
£52 per month taxable benefit
0-60 in 3.4 seconds
I love it
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supaclive said:I have a BMWi4 M50
290 miles to a charge
50% vat back on purchase
£52 per month taxable benefit
0-60 in 3.4 seconds
I love it0 -
Justin20474 said:I have ordered a Skoda Enyaq as my new company car 4 weeks ago, just another 10 months to wait.10
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AddicksAddict said:supaclive said:I have a BMWi4 M50
290 miles to a charge
50% vat back on purchase
£52 per month taxable benefit
0-60 in 3.4 seconds
I love it
They look fantastic cars, as do the Mercedes EQE and especially the EQS - although the latter is somewhat more expensive!0 -
AddicksAddict said:supaclive said:I have a BMWi4 M50
290 miles to a charge
50% vat back on purchase
£52 per month taxable benefit
0-60 in 3.4 seconds
I love it
I went in on the Thursday in April to order my car - was told it would be end of Dec / early Jan but whilst there a customer cancelled an order and I managed to buy the one in the showroom.
Picked it up the Tuesday morning. 4 working days! Very lucky to have that happen.
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supaclive said:AddicksAddict said:supaclive said:I have a BMWi4 M50
290 miles to a charge
50% vat back on purchase
£52 per month taxable benefit
0-60 in 3.4 seconds
I love it
I went in on the Thursday in April to order my car - was told it would be end of Dec / early Jan but whilst there a customer cancelled an order and I managed to buy the one in the showroom.
Picked it up the Tuesday morning. 4 working days! Very lucky to have that happen.0 -
The wife and I were looking over the weekend as our lease on our XC90 is coming to an end in the next 9 months and we wanted to get our order in sharpish.
Looking at Tesla Model X/Y, BMW iX, Merc EQB/EQC. Will look at test driving all of them in the next couple of weeks before we make a decision.
It coincides with our need to return back to being a 2 car family what with now having 2 kids under the age of 4 needing to be in different places at the same time. So likely to be large SUV and a medium-sized run-around able to comfortably fit two car seats but we haven't ultimately decided whether the SUV should be electric or the medium. I quite like the look of the Cupra Born and the Formentor.
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JohnBoyUK said:The wife and I were looking over the weekend as our lease on our XC90 is coming to an end in the next 9 months and we wanted to get our order in sharpish.
Looking at Tesla Model X/Y, BMW iX, Merc EQB/EQC. Will look at test driving all of them in the next couple of weeks before we make a decision.
It coincides with our need to return back to being a 2 car family what with now having 2 kids under the age of 4 needing to be in different places at the same time. So likely to be large SUV and a medium-sized run-around able to comfortably fit two car seats but we haven't ultimately decided whether the SUV should be electric or the medium. I quite like the look of the Cupra Born and the Formentor.
Appearance is a bit marmite but have been approached numerous times by strangers, asking me to wind down window etc, and commenting on the car - 'it's sick' (deliveroo cyclist at lights), 'looks like it's from outer space' (bloke in car park), two guys jumping out of a lorry and asking to take photos - a few examples that stick in the mind.
Taking it to south west France next week, so will see how that goes - but have planned well I hope and you get first year Ionity subscription from BMW.
My only long term concern is we are moving later this year to a new flat. Currently charge through our ground floor kitchen window to parking space outside, but where we are moving to has an underground car park with EV chargers for some bays but not all. Still not clear whether we will get one. I'm sure I'll work it out somehow as there is street charging nearby.
Think there is quite a delay on factory orders, as with many brands atm, but I managed to pick up a UK stock vehicle in May with only a couple of spec compromises.
Also, the savings (charging versus diesel and leasing through my company) are significant. Wouldn't go back...2 -
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dickad1 said:JohnBoyUK said:The wife and I were looking over the weekend as our lease on our XC90 is coming to an end in the next 9 months and we wanted to get our order in sharpish.
Looking at Tesla Model X/Y, BMW iX, Merc EQB/EQC. Will look at test driving all of them in the next couple of weeks before we make a decision.
It coincides with our need to return back to being a 2 car family what with now having 2 kids under the age of 4 needing to be in different places at the same time. So likely to be large SUV and a medium-sized run-around able to comfortably fit two car seats but we haven't ultimately decided whether the SUV should be electric or the medium. I quite like the look of the Cupra Born and the Formentor.
Appearance is a bit marmite but have been approached numerous times by strangers, asking me to wind down window etc, and commenting on the car - 'it's sick' (deliveroo cyclist at lights), 'looks like it's from outer space' (bloke in car park), two guys jumbling out of a lorry and asking to take photos - a few examples that stick in the mind.
Taking it to south west France next week, so will see ho that goes - but have planned well I hope and you get first year Ionity subscription from BMW.
My only long term concern is we are moving later this year to a new flat. Currently charge through our ground floor kitchen window to parking space outside, but where we are moving to has an underground car park with EV chargers for some bays but not all. Still not clear whether we will get one. I'm sure I'll work it out somehow as there is street parking nearby.
Think there is quite a delay on factory orders, as with many brands atm, but I managed to pick up a UK stock vehicle in May with only a couple of spec compromises.
Also, the savings (charging versus diesel and leasing through my company) are significant. Wouldn't go back...1 -
MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.5 -
I just think we are entering a time where we should give all cars - electric or not a greenhouse number based on the whole picture. We have already seen the issues major manufaturers caused by misrepresenting diesel emissions knowingly. Or if not a number, a graph showing this over a mileage period - 30k, 40k 80k etc... I have a nagging suspiscion, and I may be wrong, but that buying a small economical petrol car and driving it for a decent number of years may be less severe on the environment. I would like that to be much clearer one way or the other rather than trust info which may purposely ignore key factors.4
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MuttleyCAFC said:I just think we are entering a time where we should give all cars - electric or not a greenhouse number based on the whole picture. We have already seen the issues major manufaturers caused by misrepresenting diesel emissions knowingly. Or if not a number, a graph showing this over a mileage period - 30k, 40k 80k etc... I have a nagging suspiscion, and I may be wrong, but that buying a small economical petrol car and driving it for a decent number of years may be less severe on the environment. I would like that to be much clearer one way or the other rather than trust info which may purposely ignore key factors.
Up to now, choosing an EV when needing to make return journeys over 150 - 200 miles without factoring in the huge increase in time required (for recharging) is to be deliberately miss the point.
An acquaintance of mine, a seemingly intelligent (retired) grown up, recently punted north of £75k on a Tesla as his new car. He and Mrs were soon off on holiday to Cornwall from LB Bromley. Mrs's car is a diesel Audi A3. They opted for the new Tesla for the Cornwall trip. He hasn't stopped bellyaching about how it took 8 hours to get there rather than 4 and he spent half his week pissing about looking for chargers before another 8 hour journey home. I haven't yet found a gentle enough way to tell him he's a moron.
Until the rules around the official "range" claims for battery cars make any sense at all, his story will be commonplace.
The Honda E is a great looking thing, quick, comfortable but the quoted range of 130 miles is a ludicrous lie in actual usage. If you have a sub 10 mile commute and only ever use it to go to the supermarket plus have an offroad home charging set up and another car for everything else, it might work. Then the OTR price is pushing £40k for max 8 years battery life, after which it will probably be scrap value. £40k! My idiot neighbour has one - it looks great, but it's proving to be little more than a driveway ornament.0 -
MuttleyCAFC said:I just think we are entering a time where we should give all cars - electric or not a greenhouse number based on the whole picture. We have already seen the issues major manufaturers caused by misrepresenting diesel emissions knowingly. Or if not a number, a graph showing this over a mileage period - 30k, 40k 80k etc... I have a nagging suspiscion, and I may be wrong, but that buying a small economical petrol car and driving it for a decent number of years may be less severe on the environment. I would like that to be much clearer one way or the other rather than trust info which may purposely ignore key factors.
Its also not only about the individual calculation but also about the wider effects. We need there to be demand for EV's to drive R&D in EV's in order to make them better. I'm really hoping that solid state battery tech takes off as that will really revolutionise the market.0 -
cantersaddick said:MuttleyCAFC said:I just think we are entering a time where we should give all cars - electric or not a greenhouse number based on the whole picture. We have already seen the issues major manufaturers caused by misrepresenting diesel emissions knowingly. Or if not a number, a graph showing this over a mileage period - 30k, 40k 80k etc... I have a nagging suspiscion, and I may be wrong, but that buying a small economical petrol car and driving it for a decent number of years may be less severe on the environment. I would like that to be much clearer one way or the other rather than trust info which may purposely ignore key factors.
Its also not only about the individual calculation but also about the wider effects. We need there to be demand for EV's to drive R&D in EV's in order to make them better. I'm really hoping that solid state battery tech takes off as that will really revolutionise the market.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a40230247/solid-state-batteries-electric-vehicles/
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addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.0 -
I thought I saw that Toyota were working on developing a Hydrogen engine.2
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MuttleyCAFC said:I thought I saw that Toyota were working on developing a Hydrogen engine.0
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Billy_Mix said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.0 -
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addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.
Non availability of Hydrogen ? . OK.
Hydrogen is useful in decarbonising concrete cement manufacture .
Teesside is being developed as a hydrogen hub for planned zero emissions target of 2050.
Solid state batteries, re-charged with renewable forms of electricity, is the way ahead for vehicle power.5 -
Billy_Mix said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.0 -
Stu_of_Kunming said:Billy_Mix said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.I wonder how they're making the hydrogen. This is an interesting article that shows it's not efficient. It may, however, become necessary if we run out of the raw materials to make batteries.
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Crusty54 said:Billy_Mix said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.
It's like drinking a pint of water to obtain urine from which clean water can later be distilled - possible, technically impressive but utterly futile.2 -
Billy_Mix said:Crusty54 said:Billy_Mix said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.
It's like drinking a pint of water to obtain urine from which clean water can later be distilled - possible, technically impressive but utterly futile.0 -
bobmunro said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.
Non availability of Hydrogen ? . OK.
Hydrogen is useful in decarbonising concrete cement manufacture .
Teesside is being developed as a hydrogen hub for planned zero emissions target of 2050.
Solid state batteries, re-charged with renewable forms of electricity, is the way ahead for vehicle power.0 -
MuttleyCAFC said:I thought I saw that Toyota were working on developing a Hydrogen engine.0
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AddicksAddict said:Stu_of_Kunming said:Billy_Mix said:addick1956 said:Billy_Mix said:MuttleyCAFC said:There is an elephant in the room with electric vehicles today. We say they are zero emission vehicles because we measure what they emit but that is a ridiculous method. We should measure how much greenhouse gasses are needed for an electric car over its life against a conventional car.
The issue is, what we should measure is how the electricity used to charge the car is obtained. Also the production of the batteries. Now if we get our elctricity from sustainables, the electric car is better. But we don't and certainly the world doesn't. I have seen calculations that suggest as we are now, actually an electric car produces more Co2 over its life, including its manufacture. of course the time will come, hopefully, when we generate far more of our power from renewables and then the advantages become clear but we are measuring electric cars as zero emissions and this is not relevant as it stands.
Equally important and totally suppressed by both UKGov and the car industry are the issues around sourcing raw materials critical to EV and battery manufacture: nickel, lithium to name but 2. Both are environmentally toxic to mine. Mining and refining is overwhelmingly controlled by China. Significant mining is done in various African nations but almost exclusively with Chinese aid, investment or by Chinese 'corporations'.
How comfortable is anybody with this significant economic shift towards and expanding dependency on one of the world's most oppressive and genocidal regimes?
Battery electric power for personal transportation is no panacea, it is just jumping from one toxic corrupt economic elite to a new one.
By the way why does nobody calculate the CO2 emissions for cyclists . They use the road in increasing numbers , bleat on about car exhausts but they contribute to green house gases more on a bike than walking.
Walking football could become the norm as well. Charlton might win something then and Aneke might complete 90 minutes.
Far more important is the non-availability of hydrogen. It has to be made. By consuming vast amounts of electricity. Pressurised and condensed for storage, using vast amounts of electricity. Storage of hydrogen is a safety nightmare. Hindenberg anybody?
You see the problems here.
The hydrogen fuel cell is a terrific bit of technical achievement. As a power plant for personal transport, the physics defeat it. Obtaining the hydrogen consumes far more energy than will ever be used to move the vehicle around.I wonder how they're making the hydrogen. This is an interesting article that shows it's not efficient. It may, however, become necessary if we run out of the raw materials to make batteries.When I first moved here there were obviously no electric cars, but loads of hydrogen taxis, I doubt the driver care about efficiency of making it, just the cost of filling up their tanks.0 -
I've decided, for now, against going all electric. But want to buy a 4WD mid-sized SUV that is a hybrid (e.g. Jeep, Peugeot 2008, DS..). What I'm not clear on is the difference from self-charging and plug-in hybrid. I, obviously, understand the difference in that one self charges as you drive and one you plug-in - but don't know why you'd buy one over the other? Any advice or recommended models?0
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I just have a gut feeling, no more than that, that hydrogen could be the future. Of course it isn't yet, but I see that a lot of work is being done looking at extracting hydrogen using sunlight. If they crack that it will change the game surely.0