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Electric cars?

Would you buy an electric car?

  • Already own one

    Votes: 10 5.1%

  • Yes - would definitely buy

    Votes: 43 21.8%

  • Yes - preferred over petrol car if price/power/convenience similar

    Votes: 78 39.6%

  • Maybe - preference for neither, only concerned with costs etc

    Votes: 37 18.8%

  • No - prefer petrol car even if electric car has same price, power and convenience

    Votes: 25 12.7%

  • No - would never buy one

    Votes: 14 7.1%
  • Total voters
    197
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Insurance companies hated 4wds years back because of the damage they do higher up the pillars renders a car worthless but in hindsight just about every new car is written off even with what seems like minimal damage these days
 
rederob said:
They are principally city cars and not much different to Minis, Fiat 500s, Kia Picantos and Suzuki Swifts in size, and millions of these have been on the roads for ages.
Small cars sell exceptionally well in Europe, so while Wulings won't be there, the Ora Good Cat arrived late last year and is also coming to Australia soon:
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rederob said:
They are principally city cars and not much different to Minis, Fiat 500s, Kia Picantos and Suzuki Swifts in size, and millions of these have been on the roads for ages.
Small cars sell exceptionally well in Europe, so while Wulings won't be there, the Ora Good Cat arrived late last year and is also coming to Australia soon:
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This is a city car in Perth6A253D8B-87ED-470F-B924-A2981520141C.png
 
It would appear that both Ford and Mazda are trying to kill of the ICE engines in their tradie utes.
Fresh out from ford releasing their most underpowered ute yet when the put out a 3 cylinder V6 in the latest ranger,
Mazda have gone one better and released a 1.9litre single turbo diesel variant.
makes the EV versions of utes and trucks look even more attractive.
mick
 
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mullokintyre said:
It would appear that both Ford and Mazda are trying to kill of the ICE engines in their tradie utes.
Fresh out from ford releasing their most underpowered ute yet when the put out a 3.o cylinder V^ in the latest ranger,
Mazda have gone one better and released a 1.9litre single turbo diesel variant.
makes the EV versions of utes and trucks look even more attractive.
mick
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This mobs in Qld
www.whichcar.com.au

Video: Coyote-powered Ranger Raptor

The V8 ute Aussies wanted but Ford wouldn’t build
www.whichcar.com.au www.whichcar.com.au
 
sptrawler said:
That is very true humid, the wife was going to see the MIL in Rockingham and a Hilux like that full of bogans, was on two wheels going round a traffic roundabout with them all hanging out the windows.
It's still the wild wild West.
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Yeah since covid and the lack of Bali holidays the bogans have opted for the camping/fishing expeditions and their not going out there half assed
 
Finally, an EV that may be accessible to citizens other than the wealthy in society.
From Todays OZ
BYD — the biggest car company in the world that you’ve probably never heard of — is about to make a big splash in Australia, and not just with its range of cheap, Chinese-built EVs.
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It is likely to be the first sub $30,000 electric vehicle for sale in Australia.

BYD, which announced this week that it has sunk tens of millions of dollars into a right-hand drive production line at one of its Chinese ‘mega factories’, and that it will soon start building 15,000 electric SUVs (called the BYD Atto 3) for the Australian market — is one company that will be selling, and servicing, cars in an entirely new way.
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At 30k, it is a very affordable entry model into the EV world, and will be a very attractive buy to those looking at that price point.
Rather than set up its own service network, which takes time and money, BYD has entered into a partnership with the former Kmart Tyre and Auto group, now rebranded as Mycar.
The Chinese long march into OZ Ev's has begun.
Mick
 
Newcomers to the ice vehicle market seem to suffer build quality issues
Do you think this will change.....
Worked with a bloke that had one of the first Great Walls his stories were hilarious
 
Humid said:
Newcomers to the ice vehicle market seem to suffer build quality issues
Do you think this will change.....
Worked with a bloke that had one of the fiHaarst Great Walls his stories were hilarious
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have no idea, never bought a Chinese or Indian car, and don't think I know of anyone who has.
But if the price is right, who knows?
If you had a choice between say a Toyota Corolla with an ICE engine versus a Chinese BYD thats all electric at about the same price, I would go the all electric. Can't speak for everyone else.

Mick
 
Humid said:
Bangkok could do with some clean air but not sure how their grid would hold up with a flood of EVs
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There won’t be a flood, there will be a gradual change, and it will be met with gradual investment in the grid.

Grid owners live making investments, provided that extra investment is met with extra demand/revenue.

More than that, grid owners love increased utilisation rates of their existing Infrastructure, which EV’s provide by timing the bulk of charging to match off peak times.
 
mullokintyre said:
have no idea, never bought a Chinese or Indian car, and don't think I know of anyone who has.
But if the price is right, who knows?
If you had a choice between say a Toyota Corolla with an ICE engine versus a Chinese BYD thats all electric at about the same price, I would go the all electric. Can't speak for everyone else.

Mick
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A friend just got a new Haval ? which i think is the old Great wall and it looks the goods,nice car
Pretty much all she could buy without waiting 6 months
 
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