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55 minutes ago, motdaeng said:

 

therefore for you it seems to be a main criteria how far a car goes with one full tank? seriously, what's wrong with you people ... I don't know anyone who is asking about the size of the gas tank!

 Your quote of mine refers to poster Rampant Rabbits demand that evs needed to have 1000km range, my point was that very few vehicles ev or ice have 1000km range.

When I purchased the Prado it was to be a daily drive for my wife and our two kids but also my tow vehicle for me and my fishing boat, the vehicle just happened to come with 180lt fuel capacity.

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14 minutes ago, Keep Right said:

I once had an electric golf cart and the battery went dead right on the green during a tournament. The tournament had to be delayed because of my stupid golf cart. I will never buy an electric car.

Did you buy an ICE powered golf cart? 

 

Anyway I am on the market for an ESS (Electric Space Shuttle).

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14 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

Terrified M62 driver speaks out following claims Jaguar suffered 'electrical fault' as he was 'unable to brake'

 

Drama unfolded after the Jaguar I-PACE vehicle, according to police, malfunctioned on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway towards Eccles yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). The vehicle, it is claimed, reached speeds of 90mph before police used specialist tactics to ram it and bring it to a halt.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/m62-driver-electric-jaguar-brakes-28770576

There was a similar case a few months ago with a MG ZS EV also unable to brake

 

Easy now, the confused emojis are already running rife.

 

You got to keep it real simple.

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Posted
19 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

Just Posting information on EV related faults as far as I know if your ICE vehicle suddenly displays "battery malfunction"  that doesn't stop you from applying the brakes to bring your vehicle to a safe halt 

Does the same notification stop you from applying the brakes in an ev ?

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Posted
2 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

You are from the USA?

No, but I have followed the Diesel Scandal closely where the German Auto Mafia has cheated millions of Customers worldwide.

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Posted
8 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

I own 2 Chinese made EVs  the first one I purchased 3 years ago and would never go back to an ICE car. Never had any problems.

 

8 Years warranty on the car and battery 

 

@Maybole I would you suggest ignore the “EV experts” who have never actually owned one, everything that claim to know is secondhand at best.

 

The EVs in Thailand discussion has lots of news and real world experiences from EV owners in Thailand.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1257405-electric-vehicles-in-thailand

 

 

 

Watch the video.....a guy who has had several.

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EV's not for me. I prefer what I know and I'll stick with my ICE's. Horses for courses. The video told me things I had already predicted....1) efficiency turning coal or gas into electricity into power for your car vs  turning petrol directly into power is inherently less efficient 2) real world battery life, I knew the manufacturers would cheat, especially in a hot climate, try to get them to honour your 8 years warranty when your battery has degraded by 45% and your range is poxy, you'll get a surprise. 3) real world range would be less than predicted, especially in cold weather. 

No all businesses including car manufacturers lie, cheat and steal....fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. 

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Posted
2 hours ago, gravity101 said:

The OP was asking about Chinese EVs not BEV v Ice. My take is.... who really cares about longevity of a car, especially 20 years. All cars will require TLC after 10. Isn't the prevailing wisdom that 4 years or 60k miles is the optimum time to renew before it becomes uneconomical with maintenence costs? I'm sure BEV stretch that out a bit though regardless of where it was made.

My current car’s 24 years old, and it still feels like new. I sold my first car after owning it for 35 years. It was still running reliably, only sold it since my mother kindly gave me my current car after she had to surrender her licence due to age.

Posted
2 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

With a Isuzu MUX you can reach 1000 km on 1 tank.

My Isuzu dmax from 2007 can get 1000- 1200 on 1 tank , depending on how I drive.

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9 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

I own 2 Chinese made EVs  the first one I purchased 3 years ago and would never go back to an ICE car. Never had any problems.

 

8 Years warranty on the car and battery 

 

@Maybole I would you suggest ignore the “EV experts” who have never actually owned one, everything that claim to know is secondhand at best.

  • Response:  This is my neighbor, knows nothing about EVs but delights in ear bashing about how bad they are. Claims there's no charging stations in homes or car service centres or shopping malls in his district because local council have banned them. And claims best possible total travel distance for Chinese manufactured EVs is 40 Km, because of Chinese laws.
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The EVs in Thailand discussion has lots of news and real world experiences from EV owners in Thailand.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1257405-electric-vehicles-in-thailand

 

 

 

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Keep Right said:

I once had an electric golf cart and the battery went dead right on the green during a tournament. The tournament had to be delayed because of my stupid golf cart. I will never buy an electric car.

You drove your golf cart onto the green? That’s probably why the tournament was delayed, to repair the green. Some people just have no golf etiquette…

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Posted
16 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

yea wait 5 10 years when half of the forum posters are dead

Who really needs that kind of encouragement?

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Posted
58 minutes ago, lavender19 said:

I read an article recently that Volvo only expect their EV a life of about 8 years. So probably half of that

Yeah, we believe you, not.

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Posted
2 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

My current car’s 24 years old, and it still feels like new. I sold my first car after owning it for 35 years..

My sympathies.

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Posted
10 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

Comparing an electric scooter to an EV is like comparing well, an electric scooter to an EV. You might as well compare an apple to an orange.

Well they both have the same battery technology and an electric motor, plus similar charging cycles.  The scooter is just smaller, and this may mean the ill effects appear sooner that with a car.  Also has the scooter has a much shorter range from new, so the issue becomes critical sooner.

 

I was considering a battery electric car before my experience with the scooter, but I'll now be sticking to an ICE for now, or perhaps changing to a plug in hybrid.

 

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