Big -Dave wrote: If we had abundant cheap electricity, then producing hydrogen so we had better range cars, with quick refueling capabilities might be an option. Efficiency is less of an issue if you have abundant cheap energy. Another issue is the longevity of ev motors. Standard electric motors deal to bearings, these ev motors spin much faster, and a bearing collapse would be curtains for the motor. |
NZTurtle wrote: And since I can now log in re Prius a few pages back... It was a nz new hybrid and bloody good - series 3 from 2005 I think. Sold in 2012 as we needed a different vehicle. Even better when in Auckland and that bloody traffic - 3.3l/100km. Highy reliable, no battery issues at 146k km, nice to drive, good safety. |
kingiFiddla wrote: Phark em. Pahrk em all. |
kingiFiddla wrote: Such is the cult of the woke, anyone not prescribing to their mental illness is not for their agenda thus against it. It's precisely why I can't be @rsed addressing such *****ers any more. It's a circular circle jerk of self and agenda affirmation. A cult, and nothing more. |
e.m.p! wrote:
Hmmm. If you can’t be be bothered addressing this side of the woke cult, what in your opinion should be done now to address our current climate crisis? Any alternatives? I’m not trying to stir things up, I’m genuinely interested. I - personally - have high hopes in green hydrogen. |
Catchelot wrote:
Dave, after 7 years was the battery due to be replaced, I think they were Ni-Cads (Nickel Cadmium) ... I heard they were about $8K to replace back in 2005??? |
Muppet wrote:
What are you doing is the real question? |
Muppet wrote: Yes a good sane reply but you did say there was a current climate crisis so I assumed you would want to do something about it….but yes I was being presumptuous my bad. Like Alan said I have no questions about what car manufacturers do as they do what their particular market demands. I am sure they play around in the R&D departments as they have for many years. There clearly is a demand for cleaner fuels but there is a giant space between the demand, the rhetoric and the reality. |
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