EV's have certainly come a long way since the converted Charade. Can't believe that was over a quarter century ago now......Anyone else seen "The Blue Bandit " ? This Dutch guy has travelled 95,000 k around the world in an electric car. Finished in Sydney.
It is a good idea, but to get the capacity like the Tesla, the battery takes up the whole subframe between the front and back axles.Look up the mid 70's City Car for a laugh or three.
The best idea for EV's was abandoned - place the battery in a transmission tunnel and simply drive through a battery bay, change the battery, grab ya Macca's and drive off. Peace of cake.
Like you say a good plan, but will fail for the very same reasons the last car industry here failed, small market, high relative wages, and only viable if the tax payer is funding it ad infinitum.Lock up yer utes and Landrovers people they'll be illegal under a Labor government.
A good plan on the surface, but I reckon Labor should be talking to the Europeans and Japanese, they build better cars than the Yanks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04...to-resurrect-australian-car-industry/10985458
Like you say a good plan, but will fail for the very same reasons the last car industry here failed, small market, high relative wages, and only viable if the tax payer is funding it ad infinitum.
As you mention, get the Japs involved and not the Yanks.
Yes we have been through this 1000 times, in the end people weren't buying Australian cars, why do you think they would buy an electric one?We had 3 car manufacturers here for our population for a long time, surely our market could support one ?
The yanks and Japs were crazy to all bail out at once. If I was head of say Ford Australia and two of my competitors bailed out, I'd be licking my lips in delight having the market to myself, almost. What a defeatist attitude they had and good riddance.
Time to get someone serious about manufacturing here, and by the way, all countries subsidise their car industries.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghab...estic-electric-vehicle-industry/#702fca29610a
Yes we have been through this 1000 times, in the end people weren't buying Australian cars, why do you think they would buy an electric one?
Then people's taste changes and the foreign makers that sell 100 of millions of cars, re tool and meet the new fashion and demand.We weren't making vehicles the people wanted, ie SUV's not family sedans. That was the fault of the manufacturers who just stuck to what they knew and were afraid to innovate.
Make the right product here and the people will buy it.
Only batteries make electric cars more expensive.Then people's taste changes and the foreign makers that sell 100 of millions of cars, re tool and meet the new fashion and demand.
Meanwhile our manufacturers, who make 200,000 cars, are meant to compete. Come on Rumpy you aren't really serious are you? I know you are trying to support silly Billy's cause, but it is a ludicrous suggestion, even Tesla with a great product, is struggling to get up and running.
Then people's taste changes and the foreign makers that sell 100 of millions of cars, re tool and meet the new fashion and demand.
Meanwhile our manufacturers, who make 200,000 cars, are meant to compete. Come on Rumpy you aren't really serious are you? I know you are trying to support silly Billy's cause, but it is a ludicrous suggestion, even Tesla with a great product, is struggling to get up and running.
This will put a bit of a damper on fast cars, which will assist the uptake of electric, also it will be interesting if the police pull you over and access the historic speed data recorder.
I think a valid point was made about the retooling. You'll never break even from domestic sales so you need an export market. But we can't compete against China, Korea etc.The basis of the operation could be the government car fleets, the savings in running costs could pay off the initial outlay quite quickly, and the sale of the vehicles on the second hand market would also recoup the investment.
C'mon sp, we have to do something in this country besides pulling stuff out of the ground. No point in training engineers and scientists here if they have no jobs to go to.
You can over ride it, by putting your foot flat to the floor, that should register a good speed by the time you are pulling in after overtaking someone.But if a computer is doing the driving, they can't arrest you can they ?
Maybe they could book the car for driving under the influence of a virus.
I think there is a better chance, of shoe and shirt manufacturing coming back to Australia, the way we are going.I think a valid point was made about the retooling. You'll never break even from domestic sales so you need an export market. But we can't compete against China, Korea etc.
The thing we have going for us is the Lithium. And we have plenty of it.I think there is a better chance, of shoe and shirt manufacturing coming back to Australia, the way we are going.
Basket weaving seems to be making a big comeback.
The thing we have going for us is the Lithium. And we have plenty of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_lithium_production
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