EV trip in the real world

[Stumpy 283]

On 9/7/2024 at 7:21 PM, kallend said:

Which engine?

 1999 MX5/ Miata 1.8 engine, gearbox, LSD.
Aftermarket ECU - about 160 HP

[Stumpy 283]

On 9/7/2024 at 2:40 PM, SethInMI said:

nice photo location.

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/davidstirling.html

10 mins from home :)

[JerryBaumchen 1,275]

12 hours ago, Stumpy said:

10 mins from home :)

Hi Stumpy,

So, where is home; Scotland or NZ?

Jerry Baumchen

[kallend 1,830]

Sure looked like Scotland to me!

[Stumpy 283]

47 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Stumpy,

So, where is home; Scotland or NZ?

Jerry Baumchen

For the immediate future, Scotland. 

[JerryBaumchen 1,275]

Hi folks,

For your info:  Norway sees electric cars outnumber petrol models (bbc.com)

Jerry Baumchen

[brenthutch 420]

On 9/17/2024 at 1:57 PM, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

For your info:  Norway sees electric cars outnumber petrol models (bbc.com)

Jerry Baumchen

Let’s take a look at what is happening in the rest of Europe 

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-car-sales-3-year-low-august-ev-sales-down-439-acea-says-2024-09-19/

Germany down nearly 70%

Sorry Olof 

 

Edited September 22 by brenthutch

[billvon 2,740]

Two quick notes.  First, the last coal power plant finally closed in the UK.  The UK was the very first country to use coal for power 142 years ago, so this has some special significance.  The #1 source of energy in the UK is now wind.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o

Second, in the area hit by the hurricane, people are turning to EVs since local stations are either out of gas or don't have power to pump gas.

[jakee 1,353]

Edited October 5 by jakee

[brenthutch 420]

20 hours ago, billvon said:

Two quick notes.  First, the last coal power plant finally closed in the UK.  The UK was the very first country to use coal for power 142 years ago, so this has some special significance.  The #1 source of energy in the UK is now wind.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o

Second, in the area hit by the hurricane, people are turning to EVs since local stations are either out of gas or don't have power to pump gas.

Looks like EVs and water don’t mix 

[brenthutch 420]

On 10/6/2024 at 8:11 AM, brenthutch said:

Looks like EVs and water don’t mix 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/01/tesla-ev-fire-flooding/75468212007/

“The homeowners told Reuters they were asleep when two of their grandchildren heard strange popping noises and woke up the elders to determine when the sound was coming from. The family ran downstairs and were shocked to see their vehicle on fire, forcing them to flee into the street. The blaze engulfed the car and garage in under a minute, Reuters reported.”

Those EV fires are particularly fierce.

[billvon 2,740]

1 hour ago, brenthutch said:

The blaze engulfed the car and garage in under a minute, Reuters reported.

40 gas BMW's just randomly burst into flames over the course of a few years - without being flooded.  One such account:

On the night of Dec. 1, 2015, however, Macko says his 2008 BMW X5 suddenly and inexplicably caught fire as it sat parked in his garage in Olney, Maryland. Macko’s wife had just returned from a short drive, parked the car and turned it off. She entered the house and told Macko she noticed a strange smell in the car, and when Macko walked into the garage to check it out, he arrived just in time to hear a “snap, crackle, pop” and see the car burst into flames.

Macko and his wife ran from the house as the fire engulfed the garage and spread throughout both the lower and upper floors. Dozens of firefighters arrived to battle the blaze, and the Mackos watched, from a neighbor’s yard, as their home burned to the ground.

 . . . Bill Macko, meanwhile, still isn’t sure when he might be able to return home. He and his wife have been staying with relatives while the rebuilding process inches along at what feels to him like a glacial pace.

“I’d like to sleep in my own bed,” Macko said in March. “We’re working on 15 months, so it would be nice.”

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/bmw-mystery-fires-abc-news-investigation/story?id=47335778#:~:text=Like many car manufacturers%2C BMW has issued recalls,did not have open recalls for fire-related issues.

Funny how the media never reported on them.

[brenthutch 420]

https://x.com/eyuplovely/status/1843489316158509492
 

Bricked Tesla traps owner trying to evacuate Florida 

[Phil1111 1,086]

2 hours ago, brenthutch said:

https://x.com/eyuplovely/status/1843489316158509492
 

Bricked Tesla traps owner trying to evacuate Florida 

"Florida Gas Stations Run Out of Fuel Ahead of Hurricane Milton"

At least it will act to keep traffic down as the gas guzzlers run dry.

[billvon 2,740]

46 minutes ago, Phil1111 said:

"Florida Gas Stations Run Out of Fuel Ahead of Hurricane Milton"

D'oh!

Meanwhile power is still on and the hundreds of thousands of people with EVs in Florida can charge right there in their driveways.  No gas lines.  No gas outages.  No contaminated gas.

[SkyDekker 1,299]

5 minutes ago, billvon said:

D'oh!

Meanwhile power is still on and the hundreds of thousands of people with EVs in Florida can charge right there in their driveways.  No gas lines.  No gas outages.  No contaminated gas.

It is almost like both have their pros and cons.

[ryoder 1,558]

9 minutes ago, billvon said:

D'oh!

Meanwhile power is still on and the hundreds of thousands of people with EVs in Florida can charge right there in their driveways.  No gas lines.  No gas outages.  No contaminated gas.

But...but...but, what if you drive into flood waters, and need to choose between getting electrocuted in your car, or jumping into the water with the sharks???

[billvon 2,740]

4 minutes ago, ryoder said:

But...but...but, what if you drive into flood waters, and need to choose between getting electrocuted in your car, or jumping into the water with the sharks???

Hannibal Lecter would know what to do!  Great man, Hannibal Lecter.

[wolfriverjoe 1,464]

5 minutes ago, ryoder said:

But...but...but, what if you drive into flood waters, and need to choose between getting electrocuted in your car, or jumping into the water with the sharks???

Turn around,  don't drown. 

[wmw999 2,320]

I'm sorry, but a single EV getting stranded trumps 1000 gas cars running out of gas. Because we're used to gas cars running out (and we can blame them for being improvident), but those EV cars -- now THAT's news!

Wendy P.

[kallend 1,830]

10 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

I'm sorry, but a single EV getting stranded trumps 1000 gas cars running out of gas. Because we're used to gas cars running out (and we can blame them for being improvident), but those EV cars -- now THAT's news!

Wendy P.

It's alternate math.