5 minutes ago, xman said:

Quite popular in eastern europe.

All of Melbourne’s taxis used it for about 40 years as a way of disposing of the ‘waste’ from refining our Bass Strait oil and gas.

 

It was quite popular in the UK for a while, especially locally to me because the local authorities gave grants to have LPG vehicles or convert them.

Loads of LPG was available because it was taken as another byproduct as Oil / Gas is being used to refine Petrochemicals, & other road fuels, 

Diesel & Petrol. 

If you have oil you then get LPG.   When it was half the price a litre of petrol or diesel and you did not need twice as much it was great value.

Then the Chancellors were putting 1 pence or 2 pence on a litre of fuel and that went against LPG in the UK.

http://v8engines.com

 

I found running a V8 tow barge on LPG to be a lot cheaper than on Diesel and no Tachograph required.

I had this tank and a smaller one and no Petrol tank, as not required for starting or running the engine.

Up to 700 mile range even towing with a 4.6 V8 @ 50 pence a litre when petrol was 100 pence a litre.

3 - 3.5 miles to the litre.

 

Edited 23 October, 20187 yr by Offski

Serious infrastructure investment in Oz makes EV adoption tempting already -

https://www.racv.com.au/membership/member-benefits/royalauto/motoring/motoring-news/racv-chargefox-EV-charging-network.html

 

(there was a 3 hr parking/charge meter in the spa town of Daylesford we noticed last week........local council initiative it seems)

21 charging stations in Australia, 8 in Victoria alone.

 

Last time I checked, Australia was still a pretty big place.

 

2 minutes ago, xman said:

21 charging stations in Australia, 8 in Victoria alone.

 

Last time I checked, Australia was still a pretty big place.

 

Not bad actually when you consider there are almost no EVs on the road yet.

Tesla has it’s own infrastructure from Adelaide > Melbourne >Sydney >Brisbane > Cairns........and I haven’t seen one of them yet either.

Everywhere is a long way away in Australia.

Edited 24 October, 20187 yr by xman

21 minutes ago, xman said:

Everywhere is a long way away in Australia.

No!

99% of all motoring in Australia is seaboard commuting within around 100kms of the sea and major towns.

Nobody is going to drive their Tesla/Leaf from Adelaide to Perth or Darwin for some time.  The majority will never see the inland remote areas other than from 35000’.

Edited 24 October, 20187 yr by Ryeman

A new excuse for not getting to work on time -

http://europe.autonews.com/article/20181023/ANE/181029899/nissan-leaf-approved-for-vehicle-to-grid-use-in-germany?cciid=email-ane-daily

Total control of your daily life is getting closer.

 

Should silently lower my battery life expectancy nicely.

 

Feel free to use my car gov. 

 

If you see any UK Politician at their home, say when being door stepped over some scandal or being asked if they are going to resign, no matter how wealthy they are they have old cars parked in the driveway.

If it is Boris Johnson MP at some borrowed house the garden looks like a scrap yard.  Chris Grayling MP, Philip Hammond MP and others with have some old diesel or petrol sitting their showing they are just Normal Joe's as are their partners and children, or is it the nanny, cleaner, butler.

 

I think they know something others do not.  Plugging in your car and driving new tech is like having a Mobile Phone, Sat Nav , Tracker, 

someone knows where you are where ever you are, unless maybe in Scotland where there is sometimes no reception for the car radio let alone the Mobile Phone, GPS or many other things.

 

Shaggers could be better off in Scotland....

Is there that much land in Singapore ?.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119516_dysons-electric-cars-will-be-built-in-singapore

 

also -

Toyota solid state battery cars within 18 months apparently 

Higher efficiency from wireless charging with 6” gap -

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1119579_wireless-charging-could-widen-efficiency-edge-over-cords-suggests-doe-lab

8 minutes ago, Ryeman said:

Higher efficiency from wireless charging with 6” gap -

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1119579_wireless-charging-could-widen-efficiency-edge-over-cords-suggests-doe-lab

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electric-and-magnetic-fields-health-effects-of-exposure/electric-and-magnetic-fields-assessment-of-health-risks

23 minutes ago, xman said:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electric-and-magnetic-fields-health-effects-of-exposure/electric-and-magnetic-fields-assessment-of-health-risks

I guess they’ll employ a man with a red flag.

An ICE ‘suppliers’ view of a rapidly changing future -

http://www.autonews.com/article/20181001/OEM10/181009984/freudenberg-electrification-mohlenkamp-q&a

Electric flying too, apparently  -

https://electrek.co/2018/10/29/electric-flying-is-becoming-a-reality-says-easyjet-ceo-electric-plane/

Vw EV's will have similar range to Tesla at half the price

 

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/28/volkswagen-ceo-diess-says-volkswagen-ev-will-be-as-good-as-a-tesla-at-50-the-cost-riiiiiiiiiight/

they say a lot of things and more concept cars than status quo's had comebacks,    the only true ev they have is the UP and I tried to buy one nearly three years back,  they obviously loved it so much they couldn@t let it go,   how often have you heard of someone in a dealers cash in hand and couldn't buy a car (of their choice)    bunch of monkeys

The e-Kona ticks a lot of boxes, but could you really love it ?

I get the sense that the 20s are going to see a massive change in electric affordability -

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1119633_sources-gm-manufacturing-revamp-could-signal-faster-lane-change-to-evs

 

and for the hoon too -

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119635_chevy-unveils-electric-camaro-drag-racer-estimates-9-second-quarter-mile

Reducing the cobalt level needed -

http://europe.autonews.com/article/20181106/COPY/311069953/car-battery-pioneer-says-new-breakthrough-will-lower-cobalt-use?cciid=email-ane-daily

https://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2019/tesla-model-3-performance-track-mode-release-version-review/  one for the street racers, but the interesting bit is the last paragraph re: speed of tech change and it's  transfer to the customer

Login your car nightly via your subscription.

you lost me there