Until they go broke.
Numerous Irish dealers dropped franchise as units couldnât be got and warranty issues from get go.
Chinese build quality
Its not a status symbol.mate, its a cheap ev with a big range
True, but its a positve sign that things are going in the right direction
I was going to say, whoâs making them?
MG who in previous reincarnation built Rover.
Itâs UK company for Chinese manufacturers I believe
Looks like the Dacia of electric vehicles
Uighurs out in Xiangjin fucking them together.
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Probably grand for low mileage town driving but Iâd be cautious of strength of Company & supply of backup in years to come.
Local dealer up here gave up as he couldnât get stock. Tbf, Covid probably didnât help with availability of components to build units
Who bought MG? Aston Martin?
Now owned by Chinese?
Shanghai Automobile Industry Corporation.
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The wooden frame doesnât exactly convince me but this story has flashed up in the news several times lately.
My long term plan is to cover the roof of the shed (250m^2) with PV and dump into a deep cycle battery bank.
When the bank is full, divert to domestic demand, hot water storage, then grid.
The shed battery bank will be used to charge the car overnight.
Will that work in reality?
Battery bank of that size will cost massive money?
How much would a setup like that cost?
I passed a house recently that was being roofed with those new solar panels. Seems a great job.
Are the ESB actually paying us for excess electricity produced though?
They are not paying yet. SSE and one other provider are. Any approved installation requires a completed NC6 form to be lodged with ESB Networks.
Electric Ireland have mooted September as a starting point to begin paying (suitably after the best of the weather) but that is not decided. They were toying with back-paying from February, but again, not signed off.
I asked a chap fitting PV Panels whoâs an electric also would putting the usual amount on our house generate enough in a Standard battery to work a Well pump in the event of an outage.
He stated meekly, no it wouldnât.
Cost depends on your ability to afford it. Relatively big money upfront but the payback is in rarely if ever needing to âpayâ for âfuelâ for 7 or 8 months of the year.
A cheaper version of the same thing is to ignore the domestic side, ie stay off grid and just charge the batteries.
In engineering terms it is straightforward.
What is working against it right now is the low efficiency of the current PV technology, the lifecycle of batteries and the cost of installation.
In time, as efficiency improves and technology matures, itâs viability will grow.
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Go outside right now and look up at the sky. Have a go at estimating how much a typical domestic installation of 16 x 330W panels are generating right now, on a typically overcast mid-westwern afternoon.
Not being a dick, just have a go and weâll come back to your question about the well.
Undoubtedly it will yeah.
No one seems to know or wants to answer the question on Panel & Battery lifespans currently either