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Post by Old Techo on Feb 14, 2021 11:04:55 GMT 10
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Post by legendts on Feb 14, 2021 18:21:09 GMT 10
The link to Joby is also very interesting as well.
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Post by 1maarcoll on Feb 15, 2021 14:19:58 GMT 10
'current thinking' ?
Luv it Rod
Watt? Collyn
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Post by nsgnomad on Feb 16, 2021 18:25:59 GMT 10
According to This article Jaguar will be all electric from 2025, with Land Rover to follow a few years later.
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Post by GerryP on Feb 16, 2021 18:38:18 GMT 10
According to This article Jaguar will be all electric from 2025, with Land Rover to follow a few years later. An interesting fact... one would assume that both Jaguar and Land Rover are good old English marques. Well, not anymore, both are now owned by TATA, the biggest car manufacturer in India. Land Rover was in fact bought out initially by Ford, who later sold it to TATA in 2008.
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Post by legendts on Feb 17, 2021 6:58:46 GMT 10
According to This article Jaguar will be all electric from 2025, with Land Rover to follow a few years later. With Jaguar going in a different direction to Land Rover. LR going specifically for off road type vehicles and Jaguar more for the “masses” and competing with Tesla. The Range Rover will be more tech, off road and more expensive yet again. Looks like I’ll have to get my 3.0D F Pace before 2025!
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Post by GerryP on Feb 17, 2021 7:53:57 GMT 10
Speaking of pommy cars, I see MG are trying to make a comeback (no mention of electric that I have heard though). I see MG are now fully owned and manufactured in... China. English motor manufacturing is dead and buried.
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Post by legendts on Feb 17, 2021 20:49:26 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Feb 21, 2021 6:49:11 GMT 10
Today's news article...
One of China’s largest electric vehicle companies, BYD Auto, has signed an agreement to sell cars in Australia, with the first cars due to arrive next year. BYD (Bring Your Dreams) has been experimenting in Australia with a handful of cars since 2015 – including five electric taxis on Sydney’s roads for the past five years. A BYD SUV, sedan and van have also been spotted in Sydney over the past six months. Initially, the Australian distributor, Nexport, plans to sell BYD vehicles online only; for now, there are no plans to establish a dealer showroom network. Pricing is expected to be revealed this year. The agreement means Nexport becomes the brand’s right-hand drive market distributor within the Asia-Pacific region. The arrangement marks the first third-party agreement of this kind that BYD has entered into globally. Nexport CEO Luke Todd said the company’s business strategy ‘‘shakes up the Australian dealership model’’ and will ‘‘deliver high-quality electric vehicles from the manufacturer direct to the customer’’. ‘‘The dealership network model is broken when it comes to electric vehicles. Under our model, we will be reducing the price to consumers by as much as 30 per cent,’’ he said. While Nexport has already imported current-generation BYD electric vehicles into Australia, they are not the final products Australians will be able to buy. The first BYD cars destined for Australia are expected to be revealed at the Shanghai Auto Show on April 21.
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Post by jaydee on Feb 22, 2021 6:55:06 GMT 10
I have sort of speed read this thread, so I may have missed a similar comment to what I am about to say.
""Now we know that we can exchange empty gas bottles all around Australia.
Will we see battery exchange stations located in all the Battery Charging stations in the near future.
It would certainly save heaps of time at the Charge Stations.
Of course one would have to pay for the labour involved in the switch over.
At this point in time, I do not see a self-service system as we have in petrol stations today.""
Very educational thread.
But the future is all about CHANGE.
Jay&Dee
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Post by collyn on Feb 22, 2021 9:24:41 GMT 10
Our own (limited) experience of an electric car is that their silence is a problem in car parks. They really need a possibly optional 'noise-maker'.
Collyn
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Post by nsgnomad on Feb 22, 2021 9:38:59 GMT 10
Swapping energy source units worked for Cobb & Co 200 years ago. Jay&dee, since you skimmed through the thread, you probably missed this from last month. I agree with the silent running comment, Collyn. I nearly got run down by an electric trolly bus overseas some years ago, because it was too quiet.
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Post by ken on Feb 22, 2021 9:58:03 GMT 10
I have sort of speed read this thread, so I may have missed a similar comment to what I am about to say. ""Now we know that we can exchange empty gas bottles all around Australia. Will we see battery exchange stations located in all the Battery Charging stations in the near future. It would certainly save heaps of time at the Charge Stations. Of course one would have to pay for the labour involved in the switch over. At this point in time, I do not see a self-service system as we have in petrol stations today."" Very educational thread. But the future is all about CHANGE. Jay&Dee I have thought the same. We have "standard" gas bottles which work well with "swap and go" and it could work with batteries for cars where changeover might be reduced to perhaps 10 minutes, not much different to refuelling now. The problem will be that every electric vehicle has a different battery arrangement, possibly all running different voltages too. But chassis sharing is becoming common amongst manufacturers of conventional cars and perhaps this could be stretched to include common batteries. Time will tell.
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Post by Old Techo on Apr 20, 2021 11:25:18 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Apr 24, 2021 19:27:53 GMT 10
Interesting and amusing
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