The Electric Vehicle Thread

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Thats the plan. The hard bit is when you’re pushing it downhill is to sprint fast enough to get in front of it to stop it.

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Over 200km so I should be able to make it to and from work easily enough.

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What’s the max speed you get out of them these days?

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Supposedly 165kmph. So in reality probably 140kmph. We’re test driving on motorway in an hour or so. So if ye all could clear the m50 that’d be great. Appreciate it.

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You’ll get plenty of speed. It drains the battery much quicker when you’re going over 100km/hr though I find. But if you need to drive quickly it’s plenty quick.

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Welcome aboard

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Interesting. Get it to the 140km and see if it feels like it’s going to blow up

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Are we in the majority yet?

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Probably, but who needs a majority when you’re on the correct side of the fence?

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Yeah the efficiency sweet spot is somewhere around 80-90kmph apparently.

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Fuck sake, if you want efficiency then take a bus

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Luddite alert

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Well you don’t have to stay at that level, same as those primitive petrol cars. They all have a point of optimal efficiency, but it’s ignored. Handy to know what it is no matter what you’re driving if you’re running out of juice.

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Would all new cars not give you this detail by prompting you to change gear to most efficient gear for situation?

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Welcome aboard chum. Great to have another thought leader on the site.

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Change gear - are there cars out there where you still have to do that?

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:grinning:

Wind it up at the front too

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My pal has a tesla. It goes like a stabbed rat.

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Pal of mine had a friend killed in a tesla crash in US. Fireball. Firemen could not get near it - lithium batteries exploded

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Sigh