EV road tax

[prepman]

I mean George Orwell’s real name was Eric Blair. No relation to Tony as far as I know.

I realise that........just can't remember the film....I think it was to do with Churchill wanting to know the real situation in Russia after the revolution.
The person in the film went as journalist and gave the chaperone the slip to see the real situation, which turned out to be mass famine,
One poignant scene was where he was rescued by some children after being shot by soldiers, being now classed as spy. After eating some stew he asked how they got meat. They replied that was off their brother, At first he thought the brother was a hunter, until he eventually found it was literally off their brother.

 

[selectedgrub]

From EV's to eating people in 14 pages.
Surprised it took so long.

 

[addjunkie]

From EV's to eating people in 14 pages.
Surprised it took so long.

“Soylent Green” is the future!

 

[prepman]

“Soylent Green” is the future!

I still have the dvd.....

 

[prepman]

Back on track....leaving cannibalism behind...

Teslas are clogging up a Chicago Supercharger station as freezing temperatures play havoc with EVs

One Tesla owner told Fox 32 she had to abandon her car after it failed to charge in very cold conditions.

www.businessinsider.com

He said his Tesla was "still on zero percent" despite spending more than six hours at the supercharger.
Possible alternative?

Betavolt says its diamond nuclear battery can power devices for 50 years

China's Betavolt New Energy Technology has unveiled a new modular nuclear battery that uses a combination of a nickel-63 (⁶³Ni) radioactive isotope and a 4th-generation diamond semiconductor and can power a device for 50 years.

newatlas.com

 

[indy4x]

Does partial charging not reduce the life of the battery?

No, charge to 80% unless you need a full charge

 

[brewdexta]

Back on track....leaving cannibalism behind...

Teslas are clogging up a Chicago Supercharger station as freezing temperatures play havoc with EVs

One Tesla owner told Fox 32 she had to abandon her car after it failed to charge in very cold conditions.

www.businessinsider.com

He said his Tesla was "still on zero percent" despite spending more than six hours at the supercharger.
Possible alternative?

Betavolt says its diamond nuclear battery can power devices for 50 years

China's Betavolt New Energy Technology has unveiled a new modular nuclear battery that uses a combination of a nickel-63 (⁶³Ni) radioactive isotope and a 4th-generation diamond semiconductor and can power a device for 50 years.

newatlas.com

Reached -7 up here last night. Wife charged the Leaf overnight and has driven to Harewood house. No drama, she used heating, heated seats, heated rear windscreen, radio, indicators and other electrical features without issue. Road didn't break up under the pressure of all those electrons either

 

[addjunkie]

Reached -7 up here last night. Wife charged the Leaf overnight and has driven to Harewood house. No drama, she used heating, heated seats, heated rear windscreen, radio, indicators and other electrical features without issue. Road didn't break up under the pressure of all those electrons either

Is Harwood the next door estate to yours!

 

[brewdexta]

Not quite, it's about 45 miles away. I did ask her if she could measure battery, tyre and tarmac deterioration on her travels as some friends on a forum are interested. She told me to get a life and some more intetesting hobbies, or words to that effect

 

[addjunkie]

Not quite, it's about 45 miles away. I did ask her if she could measure battery, tyre and tarmac deterioration on her travels as some friends on a forum are interested. She told me to get a life and some more intetesting hobbies, or words to that effect

Actually battery performance in the cold, though not your wifes thing, but an interesting thing all the same. Not sure how modern stuff performs in comparison the lead acid, in cars or even solar systems as my batteries will be in an open barn.

 

[jimbo84]

Not quite, it's about 45 miles away. I did ask her if she could measure battery, tyre and tarmac deterioration on her travels as some friends on a forum are interested. She told me to get a life and some more intetesting hobbies, or words to that effect

45 miles, no chance, it would have needed recharging 20 times, 16 new batteries installed and 4 fire engines if she'd have gone that far in it, not to mention it would still be on fire eleventy million years later.

 

[Erie Fred]

Reached -7 up here last night. Wife charged the Leaf overnight and has driven to Harewood house. No drama, she used heating, heated seats, heated rear windscreen, radio, indicators and other electrical features without issue. Road didn't break up under the pressure of all those electrons either

-7 C or F ?
Chicago IIRC had -7F to -10F or so during this latest storm the article sites

 

[addjunkie]

-7 C or F ?
Chicago IIRC had -7F to -10F or so during this latest storm the article sites

We work in C these days.

 

[R Kraft]

The coldest it has gotten around here was about -40.
I didn't have any type of batteries that acted right.

 

[brewdexta]

My boss lives in Chicago, he took Monday off (or rather it was Martin Luther King day so used his holiday) to attend to his frozen plumbing......

Yes, we deal in Celsius. As a slight departure, I saw this map the other day, UK is listed as mixed, I estimate distances in miles and feet and inches, but buy stuff by the metre, then order som whitworth grub screws

 

[not done it yet]

For those that don’t know. Minus 40 can be either Celsius or Fahrenheit.

It’s why minus 18 Celsius is quoted for the typical operational temperature of a domestic freezer. It happens to be zero Fahrenheit - a (mostly arbitrary?) figure chosen by the Americans who doubtlessly had freezers before us Brits. Bodge indicate a setting range of -16 to -24 Crlsius, but they recommend -19 C. I expect that if the contents of your freezer were consumed over a shortish period the -16 would be perfectly OK.

They must take into account possible power outages and adding the maximum amount of fresh food to be frozen down in a given time.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Wife charged the Leaf overnight and has driven to Harewood house.

Does the leaf have a battery pre heater...we've found it makes quite a bit of difference to the range in our EV when it's cold.

The other thing that makes a big difference is putting the heater on max (yes I mean max!)...I've given up on that one though!

 

[willie.macleod]

Leaf has battery heater. The heat pump models have no problem getting them warm without going to max!

 

[prepman]

We work in C these days.

-21.66C ?

 

[prepman]

Leaf has battery heater. The heat pump models have no problem getting them warm without going to max!

A diesel or petrol heater?