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Post by EVangelist on Jun 27, 2016 0:29:09 GMT 11
I only saw this recently, published in the Sun-Herald (NSW) 2 weeks ago. Had I seen it on the day, I would have written them a letter, telling them that EVs have already crossed the Nullabor and pointed them in Jeff's direction  (quote from Mr Froome: "It's going to be many decades before we get an EV that gets across the Nullabor"). When I was lined up at the Tesla store to reserve a Model 3, a few were discussing how they have done the Sydney-Melbourne run, and one guy said he knew someone who drove a Model S across to Perth. Don't know how/where they recharged though.  |
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Post by lesmando24 on Jun 27, 2016 10:01:07 GMT 11
I contacted Craig and the reporter, only Craig replied. it is in the wrong context. Reporter asked him about charging on the east coast, not east to west. I think they were discussing EVs that could travel 800-1000km on a single charge. Like small diesels. It was meant to be inferred as equal stops/refills , not they couldn't do it all. You can see all the power points on plugshare.
Les
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Post by EVangelist on Jun 27, 2016 14:42:20 GMT 11
Dr Wagner though is totally wrong about the impact of EV charging on the electricity network. 78 hours of blackouts per year - what tosh! - Majority of EV owners charge overnight, not at peak times. Impact on grid capacity = 0.
- A growing number of EV owners are off-grid or substantially off-grid. Impact on grid capacity ~= 0.
- Those that do charge on-grid at peak times, the increase in household consumption is about 10% per car. This is within the headroom of the grid. Impact on grid capacity = not much more than 0.
Maybe I need to write him a letter! |
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Post by Phoebe on Jun 27, 2016 14:52:12 GMT 11
Good idea!
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Post by empowerrepower on Jul 2, 2016 20:32:55 GMT 11
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Post by empowerrepower on Jul 10, 2016 23:20:15 GMT 11
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Post by jake on Jul 11, 2016 1:11:32 GMT 11
Interesting article. Looks like the electric car future really begins in ernest by about 2020. As far as a new Leaf is concerned I have been unable to find a new one advertised. I know they are still listed on the website but I don't think there are any left that don't already have kilometres on them.
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Post by EVangelist on Jul 12, 2016 0:04:53 GMT 11
And another article about EVs, and it was on the front page of the Drive section of the SMH, with a Tesla photo. Has a section on the Leaf, but doesn't mention that they've all been sold according to our sources on this list, although the Leaf is still on the Nissan website. Thanks, you beat me to it - I read this on the weekend and was going to post it. I've posted a link to it on the Tesla forum. It's an interesting article but it didn't ask the hard questions: 1. These other carmakers are planning to manufacture only desultory quantities of EVs (e.g. 30k for Bolt) - Tesla is making ten times more EVs than that. And there was a lot of "planning", "intending", "shoulds" in there. Meanwhile, Tesla is making. 2. They can't increase production because they can't source the batteries for more production unless they invest in battery manufacture - which essentially none of them are prepared to do. 3. All refuse to build their own charging networks or to cooperate to build nationwide ones. That gives Tesla a big head start as well as advantage. Nissan is probably best placed of all the other carmakers to respond properly, but I'm still not entirely convinced they have the "fire in the belly" like Elon Musk does. In the end every manufacturer with a legacy ICE business is almost fatally conflicted when it comes to making a serious effort to develop EVs. It will take a brave CEO to realise this and get the backing of their Board to actually make the investments necessary. I'm not saying it won't happen, but the history of disrupted industries not responding until it is too late is not on their side. |
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Post by caroline on Jul 15, 2016 5:07:39 GMT 11
Interesting article. Looks like the electric car future really begins in ernest by about 2020. As far as a new Leaf is concerned I have been unable to find a new one advertised. I know they are still listed on the website but I don't think there are any left that don't already have kilometres on them. Nissan (local) called me last week for the 12 month customer care follow up... Said yes very happy and would never go back to ice and I have a couple of friends also wanting leafs. After calling around he said no new leafs left in Oz but expecting new shipment later this year. |
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(quote from Mr Froome: "It's going to be many decades before we get an EV that gets across the Nullabor").
