Is there increasing resistance against EV’s?

[Californication69]

I was waiting with bated breath, to see the investment of the Gravitricity and how it would preform.

https://www.gravitricity.com/

Such a great source of transferring lost energy from sun and wind, using weights in mine shafts.

 

[Corradobrit]

I hope no one here invested in the hyperloop

The hyperloop is dead for real this time

Turns out the real hyperloop was the friends we made along the way.

www.theverge.com

 

[Wannabecamperman]

yes Octopus Go is what we are using for our i3. Very cheap and seems to work well. I’ve not been able to identify if energy has ever been taken out yet or even if our car is capable of that. The Ioniq 5 etc can output power.

The Ioniq 5 and EV 6 are a whole new level of EV. Their V2L is ground breaking and much coveted by the likes of me.

 

[Corradobrit]

The Ioniq 5 and EV 6 are a whole new level of EV. Their V2L is ground breaking and much coveted by the likes of me.

Make sure you set up a savings plan for the replacement battery. A couple of owners have been quoted 60,000 Canadian $ for Ioniq 5 replacement batteries + labour. Minor damage to under tray caused by running over road debris and zero faults in the ECU.

 

[Wannabecamperman]

Make sure you set up a savings plan for the replacement battery. A couple of owners have been quoted 60,000 Canadian $ for Ioniq 5 replacement batteries + labour. Minor damage to under tray caused by running over road debris and zero faults in the ECU.

They both come with 8 year / 100k battery warranties. I wouldn't consider buying 2 used one unless I could run it for a 2-3 years within warranty as a minimum.

 

[Corradobrit]

They both come with 8 year / 100k battery warranties. I wouldn't consider buying 2 used one unless I could run it for a 2-3 years within warranty as a minimum.

I doubt that warranty covers accidental damage. It's an insurance claim and with those prices the insurers are just totalling the vehicles.

 

[Wannabecamperman]

I doubt that warranty covers accidental damage. It's an insurance claim and with those prices the insurers are just totalling the vehicles.

I'm not sure I understand your point - do you mean the normal driving caused ''accidental damage''?

If so, it should still be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

 

[Corradobrit]

I'm not sure I understand your point - do you mean the normal driving caused ''accidental damage''?

If so, it should still be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

The owners ran over some debris in the road. That caused minor damage to the under tray and Hyundai say they need to replace the batteries. $60K to you Sir/Madam. The under tray seems quite delicate and the battery is directly above the tray. The insurance will then get involved and with the cost being far higher than the value of the car => totalled.

 

[Barry Chuckle]

It’s a long one but worth a look……

You always seem to post really interesting video links, thanks I watched this from start to finished and found it most balanced. I'm on my 2nd EV with a 3rd on order but am neither a dyed in the wool EV convert or an EV conspiracy theorist!

However don't you think he looks like a slightly younger Mike Brewer!!!!!????

 

[Amarillo]

I believe it is, the easy bit. Unfortunately, like any capital UK projects, it take 10 times longer than anywhere else to happen…

Interesting read from Drax on the subject

Cost of turning off UK wind farms reached record high in 2021 - Drax Global

The cost of turning off wind farms in the UK has reached record levels, according to a new report.

www.drax.com

In more good news from China they have just announced six new gravity batteries are to be built including a massive 2GWh facility in Inner Mongolia.

These can be built close to wind farms or even off shore to store energy from windy days. That will mean the main transmission lines only need to be big enough for demand, not generation.

I think the 2030 target for carbon neutral power supply is very achievable.

 

[Lambeth Cali]

My Golf was costing 45 pence a mile on my very slow commute. The i3 was 8 pence a mile on normal tariff but I’ve now switched to Octopus Go which is 1/4 price 11.30-5.30, so just 2 pence a mile!
From £160 a month on petrol to less that £10 on electricity.

I don’t even need a wall charger, just a regular plug.

I should say in the cold start to December my 130 mile range dipped to 100 and my pence per mile rose to between 2.5 to 3 pence.

As it’s got oddly warmer - we may sit outside tomorrow at our traditional Dec 25 pint - it’s gone back to about 120 mile range (plus the 60 mile REX).

 

[Wannabecamperman]

The owners ran over some debris in the road. That caused minor damage to the under tray and Hyundai say they need to replace the batteries. $60K to you Sir/Madam. The under tray seems quite delicate and the battery is directly above the tray. The insurance will then get involved and with the cost being far higher than the value of the car => totalled.

OK, so in case of accidental driving over debris causing the battery damage, the insurance would cover the replacement / repair.

 

[Corradobrit]

OK, so in case of accidental driving over debris causing the battery damage, the insurance would cover the replacement / repair.

Replacement cost or total car, whichever is the least financially hit for the Underwriter. The 60K quote exceeds the cost of a new 2024 Ioniq 5, so the vehicle will be totalled.

 

[Boomer]

Interesting article regarding a country that has pretty much shifted 100% to renewable sources. Not fully comparable to the UK, albeit there are similarities, but shows that it's not so such a far fetched concept:

Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done

Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?

www.theguardian.com

 

[pjm-84]

Replacement cost or total car, whichever is the least financially hit for the Underwriter. The 60K quote exceeds the cost of a new 2024 Ioniq 5, so the vehicle will be totalled.

A lot of cars are totalled as the value "in the vehicle" as salvage is also factored into the equation, plus the availability of parts, car hire, storage, etc. Its not a simple its cheaper to fix, if it take 3months, car hire is running at £450 a week and the salvage price of the car is approx 30% of a replacement vehicle. The insurance company has a duty to mitigate loss.

 

[Corradobrit]

A lot of cars are totalled as the value "in the vehicle" as salvage is also factored into the equation, plus the availability of parts, car hire, storage, etc. Its not a simple its cheaper to fix, if it take 3months, car hire is running at £450 a week and the salvage price of the car is approx 30% of a replacement vehicle. The insurance company has a duty to mitigate loss.

The exorbitant replacement battery costs certainly don't help. Not usually a factor for an ICE thats a couple years old.

 

[Lambeth Cali]

Plus the video is on YouTube which means it’s almost certainly not true.

 

[Corradobrit]

Plus the video is on YouTube which means it’s almost certainly not true.

The letters for HQ and work quotes from Hyundai Canada looked convincing to me.

 

[pjm-84]

The exorbitant replacement battery costs certainly don't help. Not usually a factor for an ICE thats a couple years old.

I'm not sure the price of the battery is exorbitant....... Last time I looked (3yrs ago) a SDV6 Landrover replacement engine was about 20k and then allow circa 3k for turbos. 2year warranty.


Not sure about other brands but a quick Google and voila

Hey folks. So I was loving my S7 until one morning, after dropping kids off at school, the engine kept spluttering and failing. It was recovered and taken to local dealership. Service centre said that the timing chain was possibly the fault and the car would need 24 hours to inspect + £120 per hour. So £3200 bill to have a look. After some initial investigations, they said the news was bad - that I would be looking at a bill of at least £25,000 for a new engine, excluding the labour charge!!!! I've done just over 30,000 miles and the car is a few months out of warranty. A similar thing happened to an S6 which they had to repair but the sales manager couldn't quite clarify as to whether Audi UK assisted with this through goodwill.

Anyway, bottom line is this…. I'm not paying. It's ridiculous. It shouldn't have happened in the first place. I've been driving various Audi models since the last 20 years and I've been a huge fan. I've contacted Audi UK Customer Care, sent tweets and also contacted them via FB so I'm waiting for them to step in and see what they can offer. Hopefully they'll sort this out and restore my faith in the brand. As a result, I've had to purchase another car.

 

[Velma's Dad]

car hire is running at £450 a week

Ha, yes and the rest. The credit hire company appointed by the not-at-fault insurer (in this case, mine) when I got rear-ended wanted to bill at £178 per day. Of course, the insurance company gets a rake off from that. One of the insurance industry's dirty little secrets.

 

[Amarillo]

Worldwide proportion
of electricity from solar and wind (excludes hydro - 15% in 2022) 1985 to 2022

 

[soulstyledevon]

A lot of cars are totalled as the value "in the vehicle" as salvage is also factored into the equation, plus the availability of parts, car hire, storage, etc. Its not a simple its cheaper to fix, if it take 3months, car hire is running at £450 a week and the salvage price of the car is approx 30% of a replacement vehicle. The insurance company has a duty to mitigate loss.

We had a light car park prang in 2017. Someone reversed into my wife as she was looking for a space, in the station carpark. Both vehicles were travelling less than 10mph.
The final bill. £37000.
The car repairs were only £7k. So the bulk of the money was car hire and solicitors fees etc etc.
I remember car hire was about £400 a day for a like for like vehicle. It didn’t help that the parts for our car took two months, to arrive from Germany…

 

[Barry Chuckle]

I drive a Range Rover and I'm getting very concerned this will become uninsurable, a startling stat that I read recently was 1 in 100 newly registered Range Rover & Sports have been stolen in the UK. So that and similar thefts are also pushing up the cost of insurance for us all.

A dealer told me that it's not widely reported but these are stolen by criminal gangs and end up in Russia and stripped down for parts as owners now can't get parts for their existing vehicles due to sanctions. If true this theory would make a lot of sense and explain the theft epidemic in the UK presently.

 

[Corradobrit]

I drive a Range Rover and I'm getting very concerned this will become uninsurable, a startling stat that I read recently was 1 in 100 newly registered Range Rover & Sports have been stolen in the UK. So that and similar thefts are also pushing up the cost of insurance for us all.

A dealer told me that it's not widely reported but these are stolen by criminal gangs and end up in Russia and stripped down for parts as owners now can't get parts for their existing vehicles due to sanctions. If true this theory would make a lot of sense and explain the theft epidemic in the UK presently.

I was watching the latest episode of Traffic Cops this morning and they were hunting a stolen Range Rover Evoque. Taken off the driveway without the key. The scrots used a scanner to pickup up the freq from the key in the house and then bypassed the keyless startup to operate the Evoque. It was over in just a few mins. Car had a tracker and the thieves used a blocker to prevent it working correctly.
Best advice from the police was keep the keys in a Faraday box when not in use. Won't affect premiums going up or insurers refusing to insure but at least the vehicle will be a little harder to steal.

 

[Barry Chuckle]

I was watching the latest episode of Traffic Cops this morning and they were hunting a stolen Range Rover Evoque. Taken off the driveway without the key. The scrots used a scanner to pickup up the freq from the key in the house and then bypassed the keyless startup to operate the Evoque. It was over in just a few mins. Car had a tracker and the thieves used a blocker to prevent it working correctly.
Best advice from the police was keep the keys in a Faraday box when not in use. Won't affect premiums going up or insurers refusing to insure but at least the vehicle will be a little harder to steal.

Yes use a Faraday pouch at all times they cost pennies so I'd recommend everyone with a remote locking vehicle gets one. The only downside it they're a bit bulky and they stop the vicinity unlock from working. That said this is a small price to keep your vehicle and touch wood mine hasn't been taken yet....