Monkhai

I'd certainly appreciate a hydrogen filling infrastructure and no doubt it would help some of the larger O&G companies transition (or die if they don't) to using oils for materials not burning and generating clean hydrogen for example. For me I just think it's not a solved problem and range anxiety/lack of range without a big spend is a real issue. As an example and to make use of a BEV, I need to: - Put in a charging point (no government grant as a car with the range I need would be over the low limit) - Buy the car (A big expense) - Plan every journey a lot more carefully and put at least a single 1 hour break into longer journey (And hope a fast DC charger is available and working) Really to do it right I also need to: - Put in solar panels or find a suitable electric tarif. - Add solar batteries, so I can top the batteries up in the day and charge the car from them when I am home and it's dark To do the same for hydrogen: - Find a fuel station that sells hydrogen (Yes a big problem currently) - Buy a car and use it If they were to fix the fuel stations selling hydrogen (Not hard really, just some tax relief on sites selling it), you could move people from petrol and diesel very easily. Even if they're not the final answer, it's a big step in the right direction with minimal distruption. Plus as you say, the infrastructure can be used for HGV etc. BEV certainly make more sense for a 1-30 mile commute as you can charge that overnight from a wall plug without any issue, I just don't think we're there yet. It will of course be interesting to see where it's all at in 10-20 years time. As for your choice of car (I was on mobile), then yes that's where we are at. BEV for up to 100 miles in each direction (Assume no charging at the other end) and ICE for when I need certainty on time/load carrying or just into remote areas. To be honest the whole grant for BEV situation is currently rediculously confusing and restrictive that it doesn't seem to incentivise me at all (But that's for another thread I will start elsewhere). FWIW if Merc offered a fuel cell vehicle, which could do say 30 miles on the smoothing battery, I'd be very interested in an estate.

On the house point, yes your house has 100A fuse, but all the points leading up to the house don’t assume a 100A draw from everyone at the same time. If everyone is charging 1 or 2 cars at 32/64 Amp in the street, then the infrastructure will need an upgrade. Hydrogen from excess wind/hydro is a lot cleaner than petrol of diesel and you might as well do something useful with that electric. On the life time costs… I imagine batteries and the sheer weight of BEV means a hydrogen and BEV are probably a lot closer than you expect. At the end of the day there is room for both, particularly with freight or industrial buildings needing clean energy. On the front of your cars, no I’ve not seen your two cars, what do you currently use? Things don’t currently work for us as both being BEV as when I was travelling it was almost nothing or 500-700 miles a day. Another consideration that many forget is the cost of even a small BEV is way above a fiesta and that will price many poorer families off the road. That’s not going to be popular or fair if only those with lots of money can have a car.

Transmission losses are definitely more than 6%. As for the upgrades, IMHO totally required at any point of large demand. For example charging points on motorways, car parks etc. Even a lowly home charging point at 3kw is a kettle on for 8-12 hours to slow charge. In the UK 3 phase to the home is very unusual, so it’s thicker cables (higher currents and more transmission losses) or 3 phase upgrades that will be required. Also people need to understand that a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is an EV. Getting localised pollution down is achieved and green hydrogen is no harder than green electric. Goal 1 is to get people off ICE. Range and charging infrastructure are issues for battery EV. I’d happily have one BEV and one fuel cell for longer journeys. As things stand today it’s one BEV and a new diesel.

Those graphs neglect transmission losses on the grid or the energy costs of upgrading the grid. What about the mining of lithium etc? New battery tech is needed and hydrogen produced using off peak renewable electricity is a good energy store. The sheer weight of batteries, combined with how nasty they are to make and limited range/charge times are all serious problems. I say this even as we consider a BEV for the shorter journeys.

I hadn’t heard of UK based Arrival, but I hope Uk gov and local councils take note and support a UK company.

The Maxus vans are owned by SAIC, so essentially Chinese EV. Kind of goes with the great leap title More seriously though, the fact that SAIC are getting a foothold (however small) should worry Ford, Vauxhall, PSA (Or whatever they are now) and VW Group, who as far as I'm aware don't have a strong electric van offering.

Split from a thread in the Suberb section which had been used inappropriately for Octavia. Please keep discussions in the apropriate area for the vehicle.

Threads and posts need to be in English, bar one specific regional sub-forum. As such I have hidden the posts that are not in English. You are of course welcome to repost in English and keeping it in English. Thanks

Not sure on the Karoq, but on the octavia you either go to settings on the audio system screen or press and hold the lower central button on the climatronic with the word setup or menu on it.

Already mentioned, but when it's hot, make sure the AC profile is set to strong/Intensive not light/medium.

I've heard of the same "oversight" on other brands of hybrid and EV, which lead me to help my mate out with a cigarette lighter socket to get the 12V up enough to work. I too was amazed they didn't charge the 12v when plugged in. I imagine there are third party options to do it, but it's a daft one for sure if it's the same here.

Can I just confirm this is a 2010 Fabia?

You could use it, but might be better loking at bilt hamber. Regardless of what you use to kill it, you'll want a high zinc primer to reduce the change of future rust, then a suitable top coat to protect against stone damage.

Any use for an encrypted folder on the drive? https://www.aescrypt.com

Maybe the Cooper-S was more of a handful on the road, but the one was easy to be in and live with and we regularly did hundreds of mile motorway journeys in them without pain/issue. What I took from having driven that car, was that actually the power didn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. On a twisty country road you could keep big wagons such as an AMG with oodles of power behind you and even in a lowly diesel you can reach the speed limits far too fast to have any real fun. At the end of the day fun really comes down to what you want from a car, be that super fast straight line, or a go cart. If the Octy 245 doesn't do it for you, I probably would have a drive of a wide range of cars before looking again at similar cars on the same chassis.

I've done it from the 12v socket in the boot regularly and the front lighter socket a couple of times. No idea what your charger (Battery) would do, but it works with a 7A ctek. I'd be surprised how well the 12v battery would do to charge, only because the chargers all do it at around 14v.

Not in the same league, but honestly I had far more fun driving an R57 mini one than anything from VAG that I've driven. Much lower power, but it was basically a go-kart for the road. It was always fun to drive and pretty much as comfortable with only 2 up.

In my experience it should be fine as long as it reacted and dried. Years ago I did exactly as you on a very old car and never got around to putting any paint on it in any way. I didn't see any rust whilst I still had the car. If you want to be sure lightly abrade the surface, then reapply and then prime as per the manufacturers instruction.

I've moved it to the Octavia mk3 section, as you'll likely get a lot more help in there

I'm assuming it's a mk3?

Hi and welcome to the forum Is it a new or used car and if used, which year as this may give different possibilities? Once we know I will also move it to the correct octavia section of the forum, so you can hopefully get more answers

If Australia is 7 years and 105km that's about 65,000 miles. Then split that by 5 years in the UK it's about 13000 miles a year, which is a smidge over the average UK anual mileage. Not really sure how they equate the UK to Aus in terms of dust and other environmentals, although it is funny to see that we're 5 years and depending on where you see it a significantly higher mileage.

Heat pumps just move heat around from A to B, so there is no reason they can't scavange heat from various locations and dump it elsewhere. In winter dump it into the in cabin "radiator" to warm it and in summer scavange it from everywhere including the air coming into the cabin and dump it outside. Why it isn't a standard piece of equipment on VW group cars in some market... well you'll have to ask the local importers

Sounds to me like its probably worth checking the Turbo. It's a big bill to replace, but a whole lot smaller than a new engine Step 1 - To check for head gasket a simple test is to look into the coolant bottle (Cold engine) and see if there are any oil deposits in there or it is an odd colour. Step 2 - Check the dipstick and oil cap for white mayo type deposits in the oil. Either of those signify that coolant and oil are mixing, which is a typical sign of head gasket failure. Smaller failures do happen that don't show this, but it's a simple check. Step 3 - Check for oily deposits around the engine bay/undertray. Before you go anywhere, check the oil level, make sure you have 1L or 4L of the correct oil in the car and breakdown cover. Also keep the revs low, so you're not using the turbo where possible (Below 2000 rpm). Alternatively just call the breakdown cover for a tow to a dealer or VW specialist. It might be worth asking for recommendations of VW specialists in your local area, as if it is the turbo, then it's going to be a sizable bill should you get the work done at the dealer.

Sounds like something that's very open to a number of fake portals with fees, by people designing sites that look a lot like the genuine one. I guess only time will tell, based on what it actually looks like when it comes to fruition.