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[ann post]

apart from the ridiculousness of a dancing car, that's very derivative looking. looks like they just wanted a mclaren clone.

They bought European design ideas - it was in the (elon musk downfall stalking ann post on the internet) article i found this stupid thing in.

Wolfgang Egger - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[ann post]

I had a non-starter this week which wasn't the end of the world but given i've a little bit of free time I've opted to see if I can do the fix myself.
More as it happens..

 

[ann post]

I had a non-starter this week which wasn't the end of the world but given i've a little bit of free time I've opted to see if I can do the fix myself.
More as it happens..

I've ruled out a fair few things, it's looking like the alternator, I might take that out tomorrrow and see.

 

[magicbastarder]

Do you have an alternative option?

 

[ann post]

I've ruled out a fair few things, it's looking like the alternator, I might take that out tomorrrow and see.

Dug my way to the alternator this evening, and having thrown 12v at it from an actually car battery it seems dead. Gonna see if I can grab one locally on thursday and go from there.

Do you have an alternative option?

Sorta (i know it was a pun). Occasionally stealing UTM's car but mostly biking it.

 

[ann post]

ye folks with expereince of ev's should probably look at the public consultation because you know the oil lobby is gonna have it's goblins all over this kinda thing

Ambition for high-powered EV chargers every 60km on motorway network | BreakingNews.ie

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan launched a consultation on measures for the delivery of an electric vehicle charging network

www.breakingnews.ie

 

[pete]

Whatever happens it won’t be enough. Sure it’ll be grand lads - THE MARKET will take care of it, right?

 

[ann post]

Probably ask for more than you'd expect then soo.

 

[magicbastarder]

let's say your dwell time in a filling station, buying petrol, is 5 minutes and they're making a €5 profit from you on a €70 spend.
if your dwell time is half an hour in an electric car, and your spend is €20, what sort of profit will they be expecting?

 

[pete]

let's say your dwell time in a filling station, buying petrol, is 5 minutes and they're making a €5 profit from you on a €70 spend.
if your dwell time is half an hour in an electric car, and your spend is €20, what sort of profit will they be expecting?

The really high speed chargers like Ionity are heavily marked up, but on any longer journeys we do the charging stop is the food stop so I suppose that’s the upsell.

 

[ann post]

50% of petrol/diesel is general taxation too - so that'll eventually have to be added to away from home charge rates.

It'd be worthwhile saying in the consultation that the electricity price needs to be incentivised until the net zero target for the state is reached.

edit: i cant tell if my typos are bad typing or fucking AI anymore

 

[ernesto]

let's say your dwell time in a filling station, buying petrol, is 5 minutes and they're making a €5 profit from you on a €70 spend.
if your dwell time is half an hour in an electric car, and your spend is €20, what sort of profit will they be expecting?

€5 is 7.14% of €70

7.14% of €20 is €1.43

But that’s only for 5 minutes.


30 minutes gives you €8.57

 

[ernesto]

50% of petrol/diesel is general taxation too - so that'll eventually have to be added to away from home charge rates.

It'd be worthwhile saying in the consultation that the electricity price needs to be incentivised until the net zero target for the state is reached.

edit: i cant tell if my typos are bad typing or fucking AI anymore

The cost of public changing needs to come down if they want people to use more EVs

 

[ann post]

The cost of public changing needs to come down if they want people to use more EVs

Just being a nitpicker here but the they in the most enviromental conversations is actually more of a we - on the basis of being a human who wants to at least slow down the world upsidedowning thats going to play out for the next 30 years. If it was general taxation for whitewater rafting it'd be very much a they - but in Ireland we depend a lot on fuel taxation for our quality of life*. No taxing road electricity is gonna create a financial hole that has to be filled somehow.

*distribution of tax is pretty shite but also our baseline quality of life is relatively high.

 

[ann post]

Was reading this this morning - well enough laid out and considerate piece about the electric/fossil axis and footprint.

TLDR everything after 40,000km in an electric is justifiable when actual build carbon is considered.

Are electric cars really greener than petrol cars? We've lined up two SUVs and put them to the test

Whether you drive an electric car or are considering making the switch, you've probably been drawn into a discussion about whether they are really better for the climate. To save you from your next barbecue encounter, we have put two cars to the test.

www.abc.net.au

 

[magicbastarder]

that's based on the aussie carbon mix in electricity generation; does that compare well to ireland?

 

[ann post]

In 2022, 68 per of the total Australian electricity came from fossil fuels and 32 per cent from renewables.

They were using this basis - Our's isn't wildly different to that - i think we are mildly better - we are about 50% gas, 50% renewables (user mileage may vary)

They have near the bottom comparative Aussie regions that have more fossil or renewables and it still stacks up pretty well.