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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 21.9%

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

    Votes: 78 39.8%

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

    Votes: 37 18.9%

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

    Votes: 24 12.2%

  • No - would never buy one

    Votes: 14 7.1%
  • Total voters
    196
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The organisation that made the award acts as a start up accelerator to help business develop products that will create a low carbon economy and address Climate Change issues.

energylab.org.au

About us | EnergyLab

The people and purpose behind EnergyLab
energylab.org.au

The inventors and businesses that came together for the Supercharge forums is impressive.
 
mullokintyre said:
Unfortunately , its still vaporware.
Their website is still under construction, so there is no information about the products, no weight, no specs, no costs, no dimensions, no interface details, what existing ICE parts are replaced just for starters.
Having been stupid enough to embark on a conversion, I can tell you its a hideously complex mess, and if I had known what I was getting myself in for, would not have undertaken it.
Mick
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That comment was also made by another person who responded on The Driven website. That may be the case but in fact the CEO of the organization responded in the comments section.

How far advanced are they ? One would sincerely hope the Energy Lab people were careful enough to gauge the progress of this company

Kyle Van Berendonck

17 hours ago



Reply to EV Person

Hi, CEO of Veepower here, thanks for joining the discussion.
Veepower is a shoot-off from Cuedo Controls, the Australasian distributor and integrator for Dana and Wind River, which are both huge names in the mobility industry, especially commercial vehicles.

Although you may not have heard of us, that’s because as a B2B (business to business) company we work behind the scenes. Veepower will be no different because to achieve the required scale we will be supplying B2B to engineering companies and manufacturers who, in turn, will perform the final model-specific integration and homogenisation, who will most likely white-label the Veepilot and sell to end-customers under a different name.

In the pilot program we are working with manufacturers in these key industries (listed in order of volume – highest to lowest): Buses, light rigid trucks, heavy rigid trucks, long haul trucks, light commercial vehicles (mining), specialty off-road vehicles, and classic conversions.
Once the Veepilot has scaled-up in the commercial vehicles segment, economies of scale will likely make it possible for consumer vehicles to be retrofitted for as you say, around $20K. We expect the first viable consumer vehicles will be dual-cab utes, 4WDs and SUVs. In this segment, new EVs can cost upwards of AU$180K.
 
This article highlights the 12 start ups that were part of the Super charge program. There are links to their websites in the article.
They don't all have to be successful. I have taken in interest in REVR.

Mass retrofit: 12 start-ups selected to help switch existing car fleet to fully electric​

Clayton Franklin and the team at EPCA and their electrified Cat 777 100-tonne haul truck in WA


The second annual Supercharge Australia Innovation Challenge has chosen 12 local start-ups that boast potential solutions that could accelerate the transition of Australia’s car fleet to fully electric vehicles (EVs) through a mass retrofit of the existing fleet.

The aim of the program is to deploy up to 1.3TWh of batteries that would convert half the Australian vehicle fleet to EVs, equivalent to over 10 million vehicles. These include councils and corporate fleets, marine vessels, mining haul trucks, and buses for public transport and private fleets.

The challenge is run as a partnership between EnergyLab and New Energy Nexus and is designed to support start-ups in developing solutions capable of deploying the batteries needed to electrify half the country’s vehicle fleet – a number that would require up to approximately 600GWh of heavy truck and bus batteries, 25GWh for mining applications, 400GWh for light trucks and commercial vehicles, and 260GWh for passenger vehicles.

thedriven.io

Mass retrofit: 12 start-ups selected to help switch existing car fleet to fully electric

Second annual Supercharge Australia Innovation Challenge selects 12 local start-ups with focus on retrofitting existing cars as electric vehicles.
thedriven.io thedriven.io
 
mullokintyre said:
Unfortunately , its still vaporware.
Their website is still under construction, so there is no information about the products, no weight, no specs, no costs, no dimensions, no interface details, what existing ICE parts are replaced just for starters.
Having been stupid enough to embark on a conversion, I can tell you its a hideously complex mess, and if I had known what I was getting myself in for, would not have undertaken it.
Mick
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And a VW beetle is supposed to be one of more simple EV conversion projects.... theoretically.

I suspect the ones who have done it 5, 10 15 times have sorted out the issues you have wrestled with and come up with solutions. Doing it one off even with a strong engineering/ mechanical background would not necessarily give you that knowledge.
 
basilio said:
And a VW beetle is supposed to be one of more simple EV conversion projects.... theoretically.

I suspect the ones who have done it 5, 10 15 times have sorted out the issues you have wrestled with and come up with solutions. Doing it one off even with a strong engineering/ mechanical background would not necessarily give you that knowledge.
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I have a relative in the US that has had a conversion done, went from driving the car only on club cruises to driving it almost every weekend.
The old original set-up was fun to drive for about 10 minutes and then became a chore. Now, with the EV system, it is fun all day.

Local company doing conversions -

uniqueevs.com.au

Unique EVs - Classic & Vintage Car Electric Conversions - Perth, WA

The UNIQUE EVS mission to lead the electric vehicle conversion market by future-proofing classic cars, producing unique electric sports cars, and transitioning niche markets to E-Mobility is a critical contribution to transitioning industry from a fossil fuel reliance to the technology of...
uniqueevs.com.au uniqueevs.com.au
 
mullokintyre said:
So have you actually started retirement yet?
mick
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Yes I retired in 2011, bought a 1955 BMW R25/3 to restore, I have stripped it now, I just have to rebuild, renew and fix it. The last person butchered it, so it will take a concerted effort and my wife to reduce her passion for travel.🤣
Don't want to go off topic, I know how it annoys you.😂
 
Plenty of cross reference to EV 's ;
Some people here may know of J B Straubel? The following is a post US election sit down with one of humanities and Industries better heads.
If It doesn't load, search on Youtube at the Redwood Materials

 
orr said:
Plenty of cross reference to EV 's ;
Some people here may know of J B Straubel? The following is a post US election sit down with one of humanities and Industries better heads.
If It doesn't load, search on Youtube at the Redwood Materials

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I found these -




 
For Mr @sptrawler :
In french but you can google the company
www.lefigaro.fr

La spectaculaire sortie de route de Northvolt, le pionnier européen des batteries pour voiture électrique

DÉCRYPTAGE - L’entreprise suédoise, qui serait à la recherche de 300 millions d’euros, est très proche de la faillite. Une situation qui illustre les difficultés des acteurs européens.
www.lefigaro.fr www.lefigaro.fr
Northvolt 9 billions € raised, born 2016, cheapest power (hydro) in Sweden
To become the EU battery star manufacturer.
Bankrupt 8 years later..
Thanks God our taxes did not go to build a copycat here, with most expensive power, total absence of skills and brains and no local car manufacturers market .
 
qldfrog said:
For Mr @sptrawler :
In french but you can google the company
www.lefigaro.fr

La spectaculaire sortie de route de Northvolt, le pionnier européen des batteries pour voiture électrique

DÉCRYPTAGE - L’entreprise suédoise, qui serait à la recherche de 300 millions d’euros, est très proche de la faillite. Une situation qui illustre les difficultés des acteurs européens.
www.lefigaro.fr www.lefigaro.fr
Northvolt 9 billions € raised, born 2016, cheapest power (hydro) in Sweden
To become the EU battery star manufacturer.
Bankrupt 8 years later..
Thanks God our taxes did not go to build a copycat here, with most expensive power, total absence of skills and brains and no local car manufacturers market .
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Well I guess we just keep digging, until we run out. Lol
Meanwhile keel buying Chinese batteries made from our raw materials.
 
sptrawler said:
Well I guess we just keep digging, until we run out. Lol
Meanwhile keel buying Chinese batteries made from our raw materials.
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Yes until we are too broke, but better than being broke earlier .
We can do agriculture, fishing, add value there..and of course intelligent mining, developing mining tech while we can have an edge.
Where do we have an edge? Space, and land water..and yes we have water, travel to Spain Sahara or Arizona New Mexico to see dry countries.
But yes we need infrastructure road rail airports and of course dams, pipes
If anyone is aware of any other areas we can have an edge, add it.
 
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