Electric vehicles

[fred]

used taycan prices are horriffic, dealers wont take them in part x apparently as they cant shift them.

sub £50k for a 3 year old motor that was £120 new. By summer will be able to get them for £35k


Be free with cornflakes soon.

 

[V8Druid]

used taycan prices are horriffic, dealers wont take them in part x apparently as they cant shift them.

sub £50k for a 3 year old motor that was £120 new. By summer will be able to get them for £35k


Be free with cornflakes soon.

yep ..... will be paying ppl to take them away after that ....... end of life disposal will be horrific and way sooner than anyone could imagine

 

[DaveDCB]

What are you supposed to do with used lithium batteries? Scrap yards won’t touch them, got to be some value in them, or is the risk beyond the reward?

 

[Grahams]

What are you supposed to do with used lithium batteries? Scrap yards won’t touch them, got to be some value in them, or is the risk beyond the reward?

I’m sure I’ve heard of people using old car battery packs a house storage like Tesla wall. Makes sense if enough life in them.

 

[bobthebuilder]

I’m sure I’ve heard of people using old car battery packs a house storage like Tesla wall. Makes sense if enough life in them.

 

[kabin man]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/business/tesla-charging-chicago-cold-weather.html

It wont get that cold here,but not great for the colder parts of the world..

 

[kabin man]

 

[kabin man]

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...as-byd-geely-saic-ev-probe-source-2024-01-12/
European car manufacturers are coming together to lobby their governments to fight the invasion of cheap chinese cars.
This is the same reason that JCB and Manitou have called a truce,so they can fight their common enemy, China dumping..

 

[bobthebuilder]

EU’s controversial car laws vs repairing older vehicles

With the internal combustion engine to be consigned to history in the not-too-distant future, recent information has emerged regarding the European Union’s plan to restrict repairs on older vehicles.

euroweeklynews.com

 

[V8Druid]

EU’s controversial car laws vs repairing older vehicles

With the internal combustion engine to be consigned to history in the not-too-distant future, recent information has emerged regarding the European Union’s plan to restrict repairs on older vehicles.

euroweeklynews.com

nice find Bob .... WTF are these unelected tw*ts to determine what we can do with our lives (and hobbies/vehicles/whatever ) .... I'll bet the WEF has a hand in there somewhere (or up somebody's backside)

 

[Furniss]

nice find Bob .... WTF are these unelected tw*ts to determine what we can do with our lives (and hobbies/vehicles/whatever ) .... I'll bet the WEF has a hand in there somewhere (or up somebody's backside)

It wont efecct the u.k after brexit even if its true !

 

[V8Druid]

It wont efecct the u.k after brexit even if its true !

I wouldn't want to bet on it

 

[V8Druid]

 

[kabin man]

https://news.sky.com/story/electric-van-maker-arrival-lurches-closer-to-insolvency-13054073

Worth 4.3 billion 3 yrs ago..hmm

 

[Lancs Lad]

https://news.sky.com/story/electric-van-maker-arrival-lurches-closer-to-insolvency-13054073

Worth 4.3 billion 3 yrs ago..hmm

Massive place next to M40 never looksike much going on...
Another one that thought they were going to milk it... unfortunately for them reality bites hard

 

[kabin man]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1859679/putney-london-electric-bus-fire

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1750116346606633023

 

[kabin man]

will it reallistically catch fire too? Or just get hidden in a field near York?

 

[Bucket on wheels]

Like the covered wheels on the blue one.

 

[kabin man]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760727402919985271

well well....

 

[V8Druid]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760727402919985271

well well....

not the first and dare say many will follow