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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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Is there a run in period or time at all..............just wanting to know how soon you can get it accelerating at full tilt :D
 
IFocus said:
Is there a run in period or time at all..............just wanting to know how soon you can get it accelerating at full tilt :D
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They didn’t mention any sort of run in period, I have tested out it’s acceleration a fair bit, even though I didn’t get the performance model (which has dual motors) it is definitely the quickest car I have ever driven.

It’s a totally different feeling to go from 0 to 110 in a few seconds with absolutely no gear changes or all lag.

You plant your foot and the car feels like it is pulled forward by a high speed tow cable or something, because it quite and there is no lag of gear changing, it’s just one solid acceleration.
 
Steam tractors used the power of the steam engine itself to power a drive train to move the machine .These drive mechanisms were one of three types: chain, shaft, and open pinion. The open pinion became the most popular design due to its strength. Later improvements included power steering, differentials, compounded engines, and butt-strap boiler design. Acceleration was mind-blowing , smooth and silent and they brewed tea , coffee or porridge.
 
bi-polar said:
Steam tractors used the power of the steam engine itself to power a drive train to move the machine .These drive mechanisms were one of three types: chain, shaft, and open pinion. The open pinion became the most popular design due to its strength. Later improvements included power steering, differentials, compounded engines, and butt-strap boiler design. Acceleration was mind-blowing , smooth and silent and they brewed tea , coffee or porridge.
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Hopping back into my commodore after driving the Tesla feels like driving an old chugging steam engine hahaha
 
bi-polar said:
I doubt it , how do you cook?https://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Food-on-Your-Car's-Engine
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Petrol cars do lose a lot of energy as wasted heat, that’s why they are such an inefficient system, so I can see why someone might want to try and think of an inventive way to use this wasted heat/money.

However, Ev owners will probably just do something more sensible and use an actual cooking appliance to cook food.

Hell, the money we save vs paying for petrol means we can buy a take away meal and still spend less money than the guy stuff sausages into his engine bay hahahaha
 
Sitting in a queue breathing CO2, CO and N2O while the steam conveyance cruises past , no hands on wheel , feet up and breakfasting with view above landcruiser roofs.
 
bi-polar said:
Sitting in a queue breathing CO2, CO and N2O while the steam conveyance cruises past , no hands on wheel , feet up and breakfasting with view above landcruiser roofs.
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What co2, you mean the Co2 belching from petrol cars?

You are kinda proving my point here.
 
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Notice how traffic is out of sight for these relaxed commuters, anticipating a steamed breakfast.
Strath Steam - Australian Suppliers Directory - Austrade

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bi-polar said:
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Notice how traffic is out of sight for these relaxed commuters, anticipating a steamed breakfast.
Strath Steam - Australian Suppliers Directory - Austrade

https://www.austrade.gov.au › SupplierDetails
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Your original post I quoted was talking about a guy stuffing sausages into a cars engine.

Not sure why you are comparing an electric car to a tourist train.

Anyway, I will leave you to your little fantasy about trains and steam boxes, while I get around the country in my electric car powered by solar.
 
The "tourist train" you so casually denigrate is one of the recent up-grades to Steam Transport, the solution to fine city driving.
Petrol cars produce carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, formaldehyde, benzene .
Qld has 73 wind turbines 200MW in the state production of above 14000MW mostly coal. Chances are that carriages driven by electricus are causing coal pollutants. They include mercury, lead, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulates, and various other heavy metals. Health impacts can range from asthma and breathing difficulties, to brain damage, heart problems, cancer, neurological disorders, and premature death.
 
bi-polar said:
The "tourist train" you so casually denigrate is one of the recent up-grades to Steam Transport, the solution to fine city driving.
Petrol cars produce carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, formaldehyde, benzene .
Qld has 73 wind turbines 200MW in the state production of above 14000MW mostly coal. Chances are that carriages driven by electricus are causing coal pollutants. They include mercury, lead, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulates, and various other heavy metals. Health impacts can range from asthma and breathing difficulties, to brain damage, heart problems, cancer, neurological disorders, and premature death.
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My electric car is powered by the sun.

But good luck with your steam train or what ever it is you are babbling about.

Maybe start another thread to explain the benefits of the steam engine and provide current examples of how it could be used effectively today.
 
bi-polar said:
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Avoid waiting in lines for greasy kid food , start your day with wood-roasted excellence.
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So how is this train on the other side of the world going to help me pick up the groceries and drive around town?

Forget it, don’t bother answering, you are too nonsensical to waste my time on.
 
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