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Post by spaceland on Sept 24, 2023 10:00:31 GMT 10
One thing that concerns me on that so-called hybrid is that hybrids do a lot of running with a dead engine. Driving the car without the engine running would be like flat towing the vehicle. What are the consequences of running the car like that regarding the automatic gearbox? We are told that more than a few hundred metres of flat towing without the engine running will stuff an auto box as the primary oil pump is not working. If the motor is going to have to be idled to keep the transmission flowing through the box then a lot of the advantage of having a hybrid is lost.
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Post by Old Techo on Sept 24, 2023 10:49:15 GMT 10
The first auto boxes that I repaired were my 1957 Ford Customline and then my 1964 Falcon.
In those days it seemed that autos had 2 pumps. One was driven by the engine and one driven by the gearbox output shaft, thus via the rear wheels.
Such twin pump vehicles could be push-started as vehicle motion would permit auto box operation.
I have no idea whether any modern boxes have twin pumps.
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Post by bazza44 on Oct 1, 2023 7:49:22 GMT 10
Last nights news showed an E bike on fire with bits exploding from it. Fire brigade came and put out the fire but the lithium battery reignited a few hours later.
Who will be brave enough to park an E vehicle in their garage that is part of their house. Not me.
Barry
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Post by Old Techo on Oct 20, 2023 18:25:05 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Nov 11, 2023 7:54:54 GMT 10
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Post by spaceland on Nov 17, 2023 14:30:32 GMT 10
Here is an interesting bit I found when looking for a place to recycle some old computer equipment.
A quote from there is: The last sentence grabbed my attention.
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Post by legendts on Nov 17, 2023 18:15:30 GMT 10
Interesting article. That last sentence should (but won’t, get the Greens going. I’m no greenie (am aware of what I do though) but what about them worldwide? Just more waste going where it shouldn’t. Cigs were bad enough, the filters, but the rest broke down unlike vapes.
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Post by legendts on Nov 21, 2023 13:10:19 GMT 10
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Post by nsgnomad on Nov 21, 2023 13:40:11 GMT 10
Food for thought and it reveals a different background of Rowan Atkinson than many people thought.
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Post by Old Techo on Nov 22, 2023 15:48:11 GMT 10
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Post by Muzz On Line on Nov 22, 2023 17:44:50 GMT 10
I was talking to a tow truck driver last Monday and he was telling me about having to flat bed tow EV's with flat batteries. The biggest problem he says is that when he tows an EV into a built up area, people want their car dropped off in their car park because they live in a highrise tower. Trouble is, his truck won't fit into these car parks so he has to leave them on the street.
I bet that wasn't in the sales brochure.
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Post by Old Techo on Nov 22, 2023 17:59:03 GMT 10
Muzz,
Instead of sending a bloody big and expensive truck to the rescue, why not send a small generator van to put in enough high rate charge to allow the EV owner to move to the nearest charging station or get home?
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Post by nsgnomad on Nov 22, 2023 20:53:33 GMT 10
I thought RAC services had the ability to recharge an EV to get them mobile again.
Australia is sadly lagging behind other countries when it comes to the availability of recharge facilities. I was in UK a couple of months ago and at the motel where I was staying, about 80km N of London, there was an EV recharge facility with 32 outlets in one section of the car park.
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Post by Muzz On Line on Nov 22, 2023 22:54:56 GMT 10
OT, these are customers of the tow truck driver. I suppose if you tell them of any service like that, they are no longer their customers.
The owners probably don't know of any business offering that service and they may not have been members of in this case, RACQ.
I think that we are also assuming that the owners of EV's living in high rise towers - have a brain!
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Post by Old Techo on Dec 5, 2023 18:13:29 GMT 10
Supercar Blondie is an Aussie girl who has been around for a few years.
She is usually demonstrating expensive, flash, sports cars all around the world. On this occasion she is taking a ride in a driverless EV that I found quite interesting.
You need to download her video from the cloud, here... Supercar Blondie EV
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