JBChiangRai

Actually, the reason Betamax lost to VHS was licensing. Philips made VHS available to all for free, Sony wanted a licence fee for their Betamax technology. It’s the same reason Windows won against the Mac, open architecture even though Mac was better.

One of the differences with EV’s over ICE vehicles is that when you put your foot down, you have the full horsepower instantly regardless of motor rpm, whereas in an ICE vehicle, the power builds to the quoted hp at a peak and then drops off, and the average power is a lot less than that, probably half the quoted hp, EV hp could probably be doubled to compare to ICE hp. I might be wrong, it’s just a theory.

Never had a Prius, had a Taycan Turbo until July this year in Thailand.

Actually fastestlaps got the 0-60 at 3.2 but the 0-100kph was 3.7 seconds, a 10th of a second slower than the Volvo, EX 30 performance

Moron alert? Funny, I was thinking that when I read your post

They are all slower

As I said, Cobalt is where you will find the child labour. Reuters say 2030 for the shortage of Lithium, IF there is a shortage, I am inclined to lean towards it being nearer 2030 than 2025.

911 Carrera, maybe 911 Carrera S

Raptor is a lot slower, and it’s a penis substitute

Faster than a Porsche 911 at a fifth of the price.

Yes, and one of the major issues is apartment & condo buildings. There needs to be some legislation I think.

I am not sure which review I saw, it could well have been Gen.1. Fuel Cell technology in Automotive use is currently averaging 36% efficiency (Fuel cell - Wikipedia) but could in theory grow to a maximum of 50-60%. Fuel Cell cars generally have a small Lithium battery because Fuel Cells are not great at ramping up their output quickly and going hybrid improved both performance and efficiency. They are always going to be a lot less efficient than a BEV, and therefore a lot more expensive to refuel, but it's quite possible that we will see them on the road, especially if there turns out to be a shortage of Lithium Mining & Processing/Battery Assembly over the next decade. Betting on Fuel Cell against BEV saw Toyota's last head honcho get the push by the board. My own view is the segment will grow, but it will take BEV to stumble (i.e. insufficient supply) for them to go mainstream and BEV's will always be favoured by most people for their cheaper running cost.

In which case the OP article itself is nonsense.

The only comparable car with that performance is the new BYD Seal 3.8s, price unknown but probably similar. We may be getting the MG4 X Power next year with a similar performance and probably a lot cheaper, but it's by no means certain.

The Toyota Mirai, a H2 fuel cell car in the UK, has to have three H2 tanks and so much space is lost, the back seat of this "family" car is only suitable for children.

The shortage isn't so much the reserves of Lithium as the number of mines and battery manufacturing plants, which is fixable whereas reserves of Lithium isn't. Lithium mining is set to almost double over the next 2 years, I don't see an issue in that time period, by 2030 possibly. But we are resourceful, we are already seeing one manufacturer offer Sodium ion batteries and we may see more or some new technology altogether. And I think we can bring Lithium battery mining/assembly plants online much faster than 10 years. LFP batteries are far more suited to Thailand than NMC (i.e.with Cobalt), this trend has included Tesla, MG, GWM, Volvo, BYD. some of these manufacturers use NMC in their performance or long range models but all offer LFP in their base models now. NMC is now the exception rather than the rule. A Lithium shortage (IF it happens) is not necessarily a bad thing. I can see a time coming when mainstream models are offered with a choice of battery chemistry depending on range and/or performance requirements and I think we will see a lot more Sodium batteries. A shortage of Lithium could also polarise the market into BEV's and H2 cars. With H2 becoming the poor man's option because shortage of BEV's will mean the price of them goes up. BEV's will be a lot cheaper to run but possibly expensive to buy, whereas H2 cars will be the opposite. H2 has to be more expensive to run because it's going to be generated by electricity and is only 15%-20% efficient (25% loss in producing H2, x% loss in compressing it, y% loss in transporting it, 70-80% loss as heat in exploding it, assuming it's an ICE car rather than a fuel cell).

Be careful about attaching anything with glue or sticky pads. You will need to remove it completely at the end of your lease and you will be responsible for any damage.

Ok, challenge accepted. Lithium is not mined in Africa by schoolchildren, Cobalt is. Cobalt is less favoured in batteries because LFP is becoming mainstream. Please supply a link to substantiate your claim Lithium will go into worldwide shortage in 2025, quite simply, it won’t.

Oh dear me, more nonsense. would someone else like to correct him? I have more important things to do like watching my kettle boil.

A strange article. Most of the early MG EP's were bought as taxis. A look around the second-hand market at early examples show enormous mileages on them. There is still a 231,000 baht subsidy on them for all, including taxi drivers.

Governments all over the world are likely to make it unattractive to run ICE vehicles in the future, that means higher usage charges (taxes, direct & indirect) and inconveniences (EV only parking, ICE only on alternative days). Speculation I admit, but we're already seeing these schemes in different countries around the world.

The charging infrastructure in Thailand is superb, see graphic. Range is more than double the distance between furthest charging stations, often 12x the distance (major highways). Batteries are predicted to last 20 years. Most EV’s now don’t use rare earths in their batteries, only Lithium and the USA has the largest deposit of Lithium, excluding seawater which has 80 billion tons of Lithium. They are not expensive (look at NETA V) and as for road user charges, that is pure speculation. If it does happen, ICE cars are likely to pay a higher charge. In the UK they are already considering higher parking charges for ICE vehicles.

I think you have that in reverse. The sheeple are continuing to buy their ICE cars because they always did, and their mummies & daddies always did as did their nannas & grandads. The enlightened have done the research and the test drives and are buying the new EV's.

They designed some great cars, the Rover SD1 for example. The problem wasn't their design, it was the execution of their design that was their downfall.

Almost correct, let me correct you Chinese MG and its sales pitch is an honest approach to sell an excellent and an inexpensive Chinese car