Scrapage Scheme Madness

rdgreen · Post by **rdgreen** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:21 am

tiglon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:15 am
rdgreen wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:58 pm Did I see someone mention "range anxiety"? This is range anxiety, when running out of fuel can literally be a life or death situation. Might work in the city's but no EV's out there.
In that situation I'd be screwed in my Z4 too

LOL....we carry jerry cans when outback.....bit hard to carry a spare battery though.

craig3.2 · Post by **craig3.2** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:35 pm

Roberltd2 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:40 pm Reminds me of the steam loco graveyards in South Wales in the seventies before the preservation societies got going. Hit the YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taf7o9sOFkc

Madness indeed.
Good video. I wonder where exactly it us, although looks like it was 2018 video,so many of the cars may not be there anymore?

An awfully lot of great cars, potentially,with all the Gti Golfs MK1&2s,Nissan's, Porsches, etc etc etc

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:32 pm

and no room for lots of petrol cans

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:34 pm

tiglon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:15 am
rdgreen wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:58 pm Did I see someone mention "range anxiety"? This is range anxiety, when running out of fuel can literally be a life or death situation. Might work in the city's but no EV's out there.
In that situation I'd be screwed in my Z4 too

The mighty 320D wins yet again - Timber Creek here I come

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:35 pm

SonnyA85 · Post by **SonnyA85** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:05 pm

Nanu wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:51 am
Scubaregs wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:32 pm For £50 a month extra, I'll stick with petrol thanks.
Me too.

These leasing charges will increase once road pricing kicks in or they slap a VEL on EV’s to replace the money lost on petrol car excise duty

They already get 5% VAT on the electric. They would need to scrap vat on domestic energy before doing that.

SonnyA85 · Post by **SonnyA85** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:11 pm

rdgreen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:21 am
tiglon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:15 am
rdgreen wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:58 pm Did I see someone mention "range anxiety"? This is range anxiety, when running out of fuel can literally be a life or death situation. Might work in the city's but no EV's out there.
In that situation I'd be screwed in my Z4 too
LOL....we carry jerry cans when outback.....bit hard to carry a spare battery though.

Solar panels on the sunroof in the future would trickle charge enough over long journeys in sunny locations like Australia to get you there just. They have just invented a solar panel that works at night now too in America at MIT.

Tech is advancing so fast that buying an ev now it becomes outdated pretty fast. They are coming along so fast now what isn't possible today will be soon enough.

Same goes for why solar wasn't a viable option in the past and now why it could be an option as panels nowadays produce 33% more energy of older panels of 5 years ago. Which is a massive amount of improvement in a short period of time.

Therefore I can see in the future they will actually become a viable option for car charging especially in sunny locations as a trickle charge option just to top up the battery rather than a full charge from empty.

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:39 pm

SonnyA85 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:11 pm Solar panels on the sunroof in the future would trickle charge enough over long journeys in sunny locations like Australia to get you there just. They have just invented a solar panel that works at night now too in America at MIT.

Mmmmmm.......classy!

: 1-b-original-solar-car.jpg (207.33 KiB) Viewed 652 times

True-Blue · Post by **True-Blue** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:58 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:39 pm
SonnyA85 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:11 pm Solar panels on the sunroof in the future would trickle charge enough over long journeys in sunny locations like Australia to get you there just. They have just invented a solar panel that works at night now too in America at MIT.
Mmmmmm.......classy!
1-b-original-solar-car.jpg

Also, takes 10 full sized solar panels to charge a medium sized electric vehicle… according to Google, might as well go the whole hog and have a sort of sail made of solar panels - you can harness the power of the wind!…. As long as it’s blowing in the direction you want to go

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:16 pm

No good for a soft top though

True-Blue · Post by **True-Blue** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:18 pm

MikeyH wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:16 pm No good for a soft top though

Plenty of sail boats don’t have roofs?

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:22 pm

Scubaregs · Post by **Scubaregs** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:39 pm

So we all go to EV's by 2030, chargers are everywhere and range is a distant worry. What do we use to produce the electricity?

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:18 pm

Scubaregs wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:39 pm So we all go to EV's by 2030, chargers are everywhere and range is a distant worry. What do we use to produce the electricity?

Maybe if we asked Russia nicely they’d oblige

Rob

Scubaregs · Post by **Scubaregs** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:20 pm

Smartbear wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:18 pm
Scubaregs wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:39 pm So we all go to EV's by 2030, chargers are everywhere and range is a distant worry. What do we use to produce the electricity?
Maybe if we asked Russia nicely they’d oblige
Rob

My worry is they would deliver via ICBM.

Z4-forum.com

Z4-forum.com