electric cars.

[exosteve]

Is there something I'm missing?
I work on a relatively posh estate.
And all of a sudden 5/6 houses in a short row have had what appears to be a big circuit box fitted on there house.
Its also got what looks like a wire spool and a 110v looking plug on.

On top of that.I've seen a commercial advertising a hybrid car doing 148mpg..
Think its a government free fitting scheme to get people buying electric cars?
Fook that.prices will rocket for power.I stick to veg.

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by exosteve

Is there something I'm missing?
I work on a relatively posh estate.
And all of a sudden 5/6 houses in a short row have had what appears to be a big circuit box fitted on there house.
Its also got what looks like a wire spool and a 110v looking plug on.

On top of that.I've seen a commercial advertising a hybrid car doing 148mpg..
Think its a government free fitting scheme to get people buying electric cars?
Fook that.prices will rocket for power.I stick to veg.

Yeah the rave in Kensington now is the Tesla car, sports looking thing with the worlds biggest screen/dash. 55k to about 110k

Looks cool but meh...

[perelaar]

Probably charging stations, indeed. The Tesla is nice, as a toy, but not as a daily car (have a look at the maintenance schedule and prices...).

I saw a Tazzari Zero on the highway today, bloody dangerous. Everyone zipping past at 70 mph, I think it couldn't do more than 40.

[macabethiel]

I have driven a number of Mercedes hybrids and the mpg claims are a joke.The real world mpg is a few mpg only. They are popular as a company vehicle because you pay very little tax as a benefit in kind. The increase in purchase price is offset by the government as a sweetener.

[Fez_uk]

My colleague has just got a electric and it does something proper cheap per mile, But if it needs fixing it won't be a case of taking it to the local garage

[elty001]

gay is all I can say.

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by elty001

gay is all I can say.

ZING!

[Barrbeast]

I always thought a diesel-electric 4x4 would be quite useful offroad, diesel engine driving generator driving electric motors like they use in trains and those MASSIVE dump trucks.

Full torque available at all RPM

Not sure it would do the mpg any good but that's not my point

[Sweety]

Electric cars they say they are better for the environment & you get great MPG what people forget power station will be using more coal & putting a load more co2 into the air to produce the extra electric to charge the things up sick of hearing about all this green energy rubbish because if the government's around the word were so concerned about it they would get the oil companies to release the info on the good old combustion engines which have been altered to run on water mixed with something else

[Fez_uk]

Originally Posted by Sweety

Electric cars they say they are better for the environment & you get great MPG what people forget power station will be using more coal & putting a load more co2 into the air to produce the extra electric to charge the things up

While I agree in general you could charge it overnight where consumption is loads less or many houses now have solar panels installed so charging in the day would be powered from them.

I think personally the battery technology is not there. But it's early days. Think how crap cars were when they were first invented

I still prefer my big diesel lumps

[jims-terrano]

Nissan charge a monthly hire fee for the batteries fitted to the Leaf. Thats a joke.

[Mobieus_uk]

more electric cars on the road the more diesal left for me to burn

[Ianinessex]

I think Electric is a passing fad, as Sweety says, the fuel used to power the electricity generators is just as bad as using the diesel directly.

I am waiting for a good hydrogen powered engine. Split water into Hydrogen and oxygen, burn it in an engine, waste product is water. Simples

Ian

[briggie]

hydrogen fuel cells is the way forward

[Ianinessex]

Originally Posted by briggie

hydrogen fuel cells is the way forward

Great minds ................