Thread: Full Electric LDV ute

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Nonsense the futures coal

Yes, I see the realists in the good 'ol US of A are going around with a stencil spray painting the Tesla charger units with "powered by coal".

Originally Posted by Mohawk .308

Funny how after Jacindas ute tax, the top 3 selling vehicles for 2022 are an SUV and two diesel utes. stick that up ya arse Jacinda

More American trucks on the road down here than I’ve ever seen before too


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Originally Posted by CBH Australia

You are a small country, imagine having to drive it across Australia

You guys in Australia have charging stations for EV's powered by diesel generators to get them across the desert.. ! Haha

Originally Posted by Billbob

You guys in Australia have charging stations for EV's powered by diesel generators to get them across the desert.. ! Haha

I think that's where the Aussies coined the term " Shit for brains" from

Here's a picture of all the dangly down bits under a T60.



Can see why it doesn't come with a low box or 4WD option. all that stuff looks mighty inviting to rocks and mud and water

Oh, and the unsprung mass has just shot through the roof. Will be interesting to see how long those shocks last...

Is that flat piece the batteries? Low centre of gravity, would outcorner a mini

That looks bloody vulnerable.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Have you tried towing with it, be interesting to see what that does to the range.

Friend has a Tesla ,drove to Blenheim from Christchurch with range to spare in July with heater on etcTried with a trailer last week, range decreased by about 42%... Be aware

Originally Posted by DemocKot

Friend has a Tesla ,drove to Blenheim from Christchurch with range to spare in July with heater on etcTried with a trailer last week, range decreased by about 42%... Be aware

surprised it didnt break down, they are awfully badly made with huge reliability issues

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How does the free charging work?
Is it payed for by the council and hence ratepayers or central government or who?
Batteries from these things will be the next environmental nightmare....they are essentially disposable vehicles with the cost of replacement.

Don't get me wrong, they are cool TEC and I would have one if I had the money to throw away on one but I don't see them solving any problem other than smog in city's....and they just move the pollution somewhere else but it will improve the air quality in big city's.
Not really required here I think.

Free charging is average, slow etc. I charge at home for "free" between 9pm and 12am with contact energy, at home my charger does 50km/hr. A normal wall charger is like 10km/hr.

Been to nelson twice down south a few times, right down to invercargil couple weeks ago. The tesla super chargers are bloody good, get me about 400km in 20mins charging. Otherwise plenty of others in the 250km in 20min category all over the place. Cost is insignificant for the few ling trips we do.

New battery doesn't cost that much by the way.... and it's warrantied for 8 years so not too bad. I guess time will tell...

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

I believe and I could be wrong that actually they have asked people just not to charge them at peak times rather than not charge them at all. Big difference.

I think that's what I heard but I'm tipping that as electric vehicles become more common the power lines in the streets won't have the capacity.
Now we need to increase the copper wire run through town.

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

I think that's what I heard but I'm tipping that as electric vehicles become more common the power lines in the streets won't have the capacity.
Now we need to increase the copper wire run through town.

Copper is carbon neutral not to mention what’s its encased in!

its not just the mining of lithium its the water pollution during processing.

I heard the newest batteries have no lithium, but can't remember where I heard it or if they are available yet

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

I heard the newest batteries have no lithium, but can't remember where I heard it or if they are available yet

They have been promising this for ever and telling us about the future of batteries, just haven't really come up with the goods yet. From what I've heard what ever you need for a battery wether it has lithium or not needs to be mined ...