Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 8:19 am
I think it's the latter, adds a bit of drama, like the sports mode sounds.
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 8:33 am
Sports mode sounds like a bit of a win. Never thought i'd say that but for me, power without noise is odd!
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 8:42 am
Does the Tesla not make sporty noises?
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:16 am
Thing is, modern performance ICE cars are basically silent too now....
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:27 am
Well, I know which one I'd rather drive and own...and which one I'd rather pay for and put 'fuel' in.Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:16 am Thing is, modern performance ICE cars are basically silent too now....
But yeah, I'll take the Audi.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 10:32 am
No. Stealth be thy flight...
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 10:39 am
There are quite a few things I don't like about the Tesla, but it stands in less than the Rangey depreciated and costs buttons to run, so it has a stay of execution. But every time I hear something with a delicious exhaust burble, I get a bad case of the "I wants"! I miss a convertible too. So will the Tesla still be here in a years time? Who knows...
I miss a convertible too. So will the Tesla still be here in a years time? Who knows...Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 10:41 am
You want an MG Cyberster, another year or two and I reckon they'll have depreciated enough that I can afford one.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 10:56 am
Any decent vans out there yet?
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 11:01 am
It has been thought about, but at those prices its up against Porsche and C63S convertibles.KungFooBob wrote: Thu Aug 07, 2025 10:41 am You want an MG Cyberster, another year or two and I reckon they'll have depreciated enough that I can afford one.
But I really dont want that kind of money sitting on the driveway depreciating again...Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 11:01 am
DPD and Amazon seem to be successfully running big, electric powered delivery vans?
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 11:03 am
I overtook an e-Scudo this morning, know nowt about them tho.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 11:04 am
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 11:13 am
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 2:52 pm
Most manufacturers do them now. I think they're ideal for local deliveries and a couple of hundred miles before returning to a base where they can be charged. Not so sure about a long distance driving model though.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 7:07 pm
Mercedes do a minibus version (so I guess there's a van one?) that one of the local companies uses fine for airport transfers in the winter (in case you are interested, its CoolBus based in Bourg St Maurice - so the vehicles go up to resort, then down and to the airport, my understanding is they build in the time so it can be charged near the airport and go back to do the return journey)
Not loads more than 100 miles but I'd guess there is a useful safety margin in there
Not loads more than 100 miles but I'd guess there is a useful safety margin in there
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 7:18 pm
Entire warehouse of E bikes went up in flames here last night....
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 7:29 pm
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 8:06 pm
I saw one of those VW ID Buzz contraptions recently. It looks like a Pixar parody of the original microbus.
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 9:36 pm
More on storage:
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/ ... tery-test/
In the largest test of its kind ever performed in California and potentially the world, energy from 100,000 home batteries across the state was used to supplement the power grid during a time of peak energy use, according to PG&E, a Northern California utility company.
"At exactly 7:00pm, a massive experiment began," PG&E said on its website. "Across the state, thousands of Tesla Powerwalls and Sunrun home batteries kicked into action."
"These weren't just helping individual homes–they were working together as one giant, invisible power plant."
Put differently, instead of ramping up electricity production at large, centralized power plants to meet a temporary peak in demand, PG&E instead supplemented the power grid by drawing off the energy stored in roughly 100,000 home batteries.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/ ... tery-test/
In the largest test of its kind ever performed in California and potentially the world, energy from 100,000 home batteries across the state was used to supplement the power grid during a time of peak energy use, according to PG&E, a Northern California utility company.
"At exactly 7:00pm, a massive experiment began," PG&E said on its website. "Across the state, thousands of Tesla Powerwalls and Sunrun home batteries kicked into action."
"These weren't just helping individual homes–they were working together as one giant, invisible power plant."
Put differently, instead of ramping up electricity production at large, centralized power plants to meet a temporary peak in demand, PG&E instead supplemented the power grid by drawing off the energy stored in roughly 100,000 home batteries.