Lets not become the Tesla and EV fan club thread, maybe start a new one.
Try and keep it general IMO, otherwise it will become a pissing competition.
A Tesla thread is probably a good idea, they are very popular, so a lot of good info could be passed on.
Maybecin the general chat section, just a thought.
It just becomes very screen hungry, if you are on a smaller device, many people who are travelling just want to voice ideas and opinions, not download page after page of a magazine.I just posted several EV articles from one automotive magazine, it had one article about a crash repair that was approached by Tesla. How is that being a Tesla fan club thread?
It doesn't need to be malicious.One of the issues about the much touted over the airways updates is that a bd faith actor, in this case the Chinese, could send out an OTA that crippled all the vehicles.
Indeed, if I was running the show, I would have a trojan horse installed already.
What about the cases where the over the air updates fix problems, or make adjustments that make the cars safer?It doesn't need to be malicious.
At the risk of upsetting anyone here who writes code for a living, my personal experience is the entire software industry can't be trusted to properly test revisions.
As a non-car example, CommSec. Adds a new feature (that they thought was new but it was always there in practice) then crashes. Hmm.....
For another, well I've got a battery at home for which a recent update has disabled all but the most basic functionality. Programmers failing to properly test once again.
Professionally and personally I've just seen far too many examples to be at all keen on anyone having the ability to update software remotely on a car. Not because they can't test it properly, just because I know they almost certainly won't.
If it's a stockbroker or home battery that fails then it's a nuisance. If it's a car then that could be a matter of life versus death.
My view = a formal testing protocol under unrestricted external supervision needs to be mandatory when it comes to cars, aircraft etc for all software changes however minor. Otherwise, it's only a matter of time until a car manufacturer replicates the Boeing MCAS debacle.
Norway has done great, but it does have to be kept in context, small population relitively spread out.
Its not overly different from Australia if you broke up Australia into regions the size of norway.Norway has done great, but it does have to be kept in context, small population relitively spread out.
Norway
The stock of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in Norway came close to 817,500 units in 2022, representing a significant increase from 2012 when fewer than 10,000 electric cars were registered in the country.
United Kingdom.
With increasing consumer demand and the greater availability of electric models, the number of electric cars in the UK is growing at a rapid rate. As of the end of January 2024, there are now approximately 1,000,000 fully electric cars on UK roads and a further 600,000 plug-in hybrids.
Australia.
We estimated that there are now approximately 130,000 EVs on Australia's roads, made up of around 109,000 BEVs and 21,000 PHEVs. If EV sales continue at the same rate for the remainder of 2023, the fleet should reach close to 180,000 by year's end.
Norway with nearly 100% renewables and the a road network of only 95,000km does lend itself to E.V's, also as the video stated the Govt really put in a lot of incentives and charging infrastructure.Hi SP,
your figures indicate that Norway has 2.12 ev's per sq klm of land area
UK has about 4 EVs per sq klm of land area
and good old OZ has 0.01 EV per sq klm of land area
I seem to recall someone pointing out this problem a few years ago
We have heaps of power available at both the middle of the night and the middle of the day, both times the majority of cars are parked.It may not be long before we can only buy EVs as that will be all that is manufactured.
We have to accept that here in Oz we need to start doing something about it in a major way.
Firstly we need a Lot of power at night because there will be millions of cars plugged in, no excuse is acceptable we have to have power at night or our country will collapse.
We need thousands of charging points on every highway and the supply of power to those points is simply not available.
It is an enormous job and we have really only paid lip service to it, going to be a very big balls up IMO
Sounds like an Obituary is about to be prepared.Brisbane-based technology company Tritium is planning a last-minute share consolidation to boost its stock price and avoid being kicked off the Nasdaq.
Only three years after it listed in the United States with a valuation of $2 billion, Tritium is clinging on for its financial life. Tritium’s shares have been trading at below $US1 since August last year – a breach of listing requirements.
The company, which makes fast-chargers for electric vehicles, has also struggled to find a new cornerstone investor.
In January, one of Tritium’s largest individual shareholders, Queensland coal billionaire Brian Flannery – who has been a vocal critic of management’s ability to control its costs – sold his remaining shares in the company.
Despite the company closing its Brisbane factory before Christmas to focus on its US operations, other major investors including Varley Group and Invesco have also recently significantly sold down their respective stakes.
Tritium will hold a meeting of investors in Brisbane this month, where it will propose the share consolidation. Under Nasdaq rules, if a company’s stock falls below $US1 for more than 30 consecutive days it is put on notice it may be de-listed.
In October, Tritium was granted a 180-day extension to boost its share price. This expires on April 8.
According to Tritium’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States, the proposed share consolidation – known as a reverse stock swap – would involve 200 Tritium shares being converted into one share.
Tritium said the proposed share consolidation, if approved by shareholders, would convert just over 217 million into about 1 million shares.
“This is a large number of shares relative to companies of similar size and market capitalisation,” Tritium’s filings read.
“Having such a large number of shares on issue creates some perceived disadvantages for the company and its shareholders, including potential negative perceptions associated with a low share price; precluding investment from particular investors who may be subject to a mandate or restrictions on investing in companies below a certain share price threshold; and administrative costs associated with managing a large volume of shares.”
Tritium also said the share consolidation would help the company comply with the Nasdaq listing rules and would be enacted as soon as possible.
The reverse stock swap could be the last roll of the dice for the company. Another former investor believes Tritium’s debt would sell at a discount, “leaving nothing for shareholders”.
It is John....it is or was actually mandated by the US that they get a backdoor access..If it was that easy, every mobile phone, computer, and anything else that is connected to a Wi-Fi system is vulnerable to mass hacking. Including medical devices.
Which Internet-Connected Medical Devices Pose The Highest Hacking Risk?
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