Some of these things are a pain to park. These yank Ute's are ridiculously large
Some of these things are a pain to park. These yank Ute's are ridiculously largeRoad safety is one of the relatively few things where I'm actually in favour of government intervention in markets.
The roads have ended up an "arms race" of ever larger vehicles to the point that even someone with zero need for anything other than passenger transport feels the need to drive a monster truck just for their own safety.
I doubt my comments will be popular but it's one of the few areas where government intervention is warranted in my view. Otherwise, well we're going to end up with everyone driving an actual truck just to go to the shops.
What do you propose?Road safety is one of the relatively few things where I'm actually in favour of government intervention in markets.
The roads have ended up an "arms race" of ever larger vehicles to the point that even someone with zero need for anything other than passenger transport feels the need to drive a monster truck just for their own safety.
I doubt my comments will be popular but it's one of the few areas where government intervention is warranted in my view. Otherwise, well we're going to end up with everyone driving an actual truck just to go to the shops.
Not for pedestrians, road workers, anyone on two wheels, people in buildings that are run into and anyone else not in a comparably large vehicle they're not.A whole fleet of bigger cars would actually be way safer than a fleet of smaller ones.
I'm not sure how a road worker/pedestrian hit by a subaru forester is going to be in any better shape than someone hit by a ford ranger?Not for pedestrians, road workers, anyone on two wheels, people in buildings that are run into and anyone else not in a comparably large vehicle they're not.
There's also the economic impact. If everyone needs a great big car just for their own safety well that's a huge economic cost. All that money going on imported cars that could otherwise go into the local economy.
It just seems all rather wasteful to me.
If I double the size of my car well then now I'm safer, since odds are the car I run into will be smaller than mine.
You see that danger and so you double the size of your car.
Now I need an even bigger car to keep myself safe from your larger car. Physics.
End result is lots of resources used to protect against the threat caused by using lots of resources. Same as any arms race.
All seems a bit pointless with the downside of economic cost, environmental impact, amenity and the threat to those not in any car.
Some people have too much money here.my own ute now looks like a midget vs these US trucks but it uses 8l per 100km.Not for pedestrians, road workers, anyone on two wheels, people in buildings that are run into and anyone else not in a comparably large vehicle they're not.
There's also the economic impact. If everyone needs a great big car just for their own safety well that's a huge economic cost. All that money going on imported cars that could otherwise go into the local economy.
It just seems all rather wasteful to me.
If I double the size of my car well then now I'm safer, since odds are the car I run into will be smaller than mine.
You see that danger and so you double the size of your car.
Now I need an even bigger car to keep myself safe from your larger car. Physics.
End result is lots of resources used to protect against the threat caused by using lots of resources. Same as any arms race.
All seems a bit pointless with the downside of economic cost, environmental impact, amenity and the threat to those not in any car.
Makes sense with battery weight..and an ice is on average around 1/2 tank fullWeight and EV
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41...KAptWe895cmN9upqm281LGv9pGjbo5RIZbvBkt251G03A
So EVs are more dangerous then matching ice, with example of F150
Mate give it away, it is but a blip on history, a short but financially advantageous blip, stop discouraging the blip, ride the blip.Makes sense with battery weight..and an ice is on average around 1/2 tank full
I wonder how hard it would be to convert a normal ice vehicle to ammonia.is it possible? Diesel style or spark ignition?Mate give it away, it is but a blip on history, a short but financially advantageous blip, stop discouraging the blip, ride the blip.
The blip will happen despite you. ?
A Toyota Mirai, travels 1360klm on a tank of H2 gas (5.65kg)
World record: Toyota Mirai travels 1360km on one hydrogen tank
The Japanese sedan travelled the equivalent distance of Melbourne to Brisbane on just 5.65kg of fuel.www.drive.com.au
Is that real?..i had the feeling H2 energy density was pretty low..even compressed..will checkA Toyota Mirai, travels 1360klm on a tank of H2 gas (5.65kg)
World record: Toyota Mirai travels 1360km on one hydrogen tank
The Japanese sedan travelled the equivalent distance of Melbourne to Brisbane on just 5.65kg of fuel.www.drive.com.au
So i seriously doubt you get 6kg hydrogen for 1360km which would be equivalent to 1.5kg oil....Is that real?..i had the feeling H2 energy density was pretty low..even compressed..will check
I quote
Hydrogen at 50 atmospheres pressure provides about 0.13 kilowatt-hours per litre, and liquid hydrogen provides 2.36 kilowatt-hours per litre. (Petrol or oil provide about 10 kilowatt-hours per litre.)
And then i readSo i seriously doubt you get 6kg hydrogen for 1360km which would be equivalent to 1.5kg oil....
One of the people quoted is the guy I have ordered my conversion kit from."There's a lot of people out there who love their classic cars, but don't want the issues of internal combustion engines," he says.
"Old cars look beautiful and new cars all look the same."
From suburban garages to professional workshops, Australians are popping car bonnets and stripping out petrol and diesel motors, fuel tanks and gear boxes, mufflers and exhausts.
In place of these greasy, soot-stained parts, they're installing banks of lithium-ion batteries and small, but powerful, electric motors.
Australians want to buy electric cars, but car makers say government policy blocks supply.
Though not cheap, EV conversion, or "electro modding", is booming in popularity.
Often, it's a way of breathing new life into beloved older models — a way of having a classic car without the fumes and breakdowns.
Some hope this change is just the start: they look forward to a time when conversions can be done cheaply and at mass scale. They believe that at least some of the petrol cars being sold today may see out their time on the road as converted electric ones.
Sorry to dissappoint you BAS, but that is unrealistic.That ABC story is very good. The really interesting ideas were towards the end.
Some hope this change is just the start: they look forward to a time when conversions can be done cheaply and at mass scale. They believe that at least some of the petrol cars being sold today may see out their time on the road as converted electric ones.
As they pointed out with the move to rapid decarbonisation and the inherent cheapness and cleanness of electric transport many ICE vehicles will lose value rapidly in the next few years. So, if batteries drop in price as quickly as expected, then relatively cheap turn key conversions may indeed become quite practical.
I remember earlier this year there is an engineer who is developing a business model to electrify current interstate truck fleets. Because of the high mileages the economics are very good.
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