it affects every cars range, i have never had to put a new battery in a car thankfully.I carry heavy luggage including three bicycles on a tow bar during holiday time. This would undoubtedly affect the EV range.
I have never had to put a new engine in a car thankfully. The time used on motorway charges just doesn’t appeal when on a tight schedule with children.
if your BIL was stressed not knowing if a full charge was going to get him 340km he didnt do his research before he bought the car to be fair. and two 340km trips a week is 35,000km a year, one would imagine his annual mileage must be near 50,000 km per year, thats a lot of fuel savings but he needed to be sure he had picked the right car.I must be lucky then as I've had 3 diesels and never had any of these issues with them (never needed to use Ad blue either) and my current mileage is very impressive for a large car (5.3L/100km).
I never had an EV but my BIL had to trade his in as it was stressing him out wondering if the overnight charge would be enough to get him to work the next day. He had to make two back to back round trips of 340km each week. At times he had to practically freewheel along the motorway to conserve the battery to get him to his destination.
Everything I read suggests to me that it's a technology that isn't quite ready to replace ICE yet so personally I'm going to wait until it is.
So obviously the big funds , ESG investing policy and governments were all wrong back in 2020 on the Tesla investment story. They all drove the Tesla share price to ridiculous levels then, I think Tesla was barely affected by the covid stock market crash in March 2020, indeed many were saying that you had have Tesla in your portfolio to protect you from the market volatility due to covid .How times have changed and how so many big names were wrong. Colm Fagan who had a thread on shorting Tesla was ultimately right but he lost alot of money because of the madness of crowds and the wall of money flowing into TeslaElectric vehicles are rubbish unless you’re a zealot obsessed with ramming them down people’s throats. Lack of infrastructure, range issues, cost of battery replacement, and now this trade-in/valuation madness. Enough said.
It's not older. Adblue is only required in certain cars. See https://www.whatcar.com/news/what-is-adblue-and-does-your-diesel-car-need-it/n16545your cars must be older if you arent required to use ad blue, did it not become mandatory in 2017 or thereabouts?
most i thought, or any i had, what make and model is it?It's not older. Adblue is only required in certain cars. See https://www.whatcar.com/news/what-is-adblue-and-does-your-diesel-car-need-it/n16545
I'd be slow to use the Tesla share price as an indication of anything other than Musk hype.They all drove the Tesla share price to ridiculous levels then,
Tesla had very little competition for many years. That's not the case now. Now Tesla is in a price war. Similar to housing price crash. They are trying to chase market share with price cutting.So obviously the big funds , ESG investing policy and governments were all wrong back in 2020 on the Tesla investment story. They all drove the Tesla share price to ridiculous levels then, I think Tesla was barely affected by the covid stock market crash in March 2020, indeed many were saying that you had have Tesla in your portfolio to protect you from the market volatility due to covid .How times have changed and how so many big names were wrong. Colm Fagan who had a thread on shorting Tesla was ultimately right but he lost alot of money because of the madness of crowds and the wall of money flowing into Tesla
The link I provided explains that not all require it.most i thought, or any i had, what make and model is it?
Car makers have found two ways of meeting these standards: selective catalytic reduction and exhaust gas recirculation.
sure, its just all the german manufacturers for example appear to use ad blue so i was just curious as to who werent using it, have heard mazda mentioned but from what ive read their diesel engines are very problematic.The link I provided explains that not all require it.
I never had an EV but my BIL had to trade his in as it was stressing him out wondering if the overnight charge would be enough to get him to work the next day. He had to make two back to back round trips of 340km each week. At times he had to practically freewheel along the motorway to conserve the battery to get him to his destination.
Everything I read suggests to me that it's a technology that isn't quite ready to replace ICE yet so personally I'm going to wait until it is.
sure, its just all the german manufacturers for example appear to use ad blue so i was just curious as to who werent using it, have heard mazda mentioned but from what ive read their diesel engines are very problematic.
If its a secret thats fine
fair enough have been out of the diesel game for 4or 5 years so was just curious, i dont intend to go back.Seems to have been a requirement for certain years of diesel. Was problematic for some cars, and just a faff, so I think most newer diesels don't need it afaik. Mine didn't need it. I think it could be problematic for some. Pops up on motoring forums. You don't really need to know what car the poster has. The pros and cons of the tech are well known, and researchable on the web etc.
indeed, but a lot of range anxiety is borne out of imagined use not actual, before my mum went ev she worried about driving to cork and back and would it be able to do it without stopping, i asked when the last time she needed to do that was, and it was never. She doesnt worry any more but these are the barriers that are put up against ev driving when the average annual distances covered are around 10,000 km per year.Just an aside, I'm not dismissing range anxiety, it's obviously a new paradigm in technology.
There are people who rang out of fuel in Petrol or Diesel cars. Or drive around in the red for days. Those people will still do the same thing in electric. My other half used to hand back the car on fumes, I find it hand to be able to plug in in overnight. But I appreciate people use cars differently.
indeed, but a lot of range anxiety is borne out of imagined use not actual, before my mum went ev she worried about driving to cork and back and would it be able to do it without stopping, i asked when the last time she needed to do that was, and it was never. She doesnt worry any more but these are the barriers that are put up against ev driving when the average annual distances covered are around 10,000 km per year.
Evs wont suit everyone but they do suit plenty.
It's more down to increased competition and rapidly developing technology. Telsa and others have been milking early adopters who benefited from government grant, BIK, and the promise of cheap energy to justify spending €50k where an equivalent ICE would have cost closer to €30k.The reason the OP has problems with trade in, is there is a market crash, like a housing crash
Or simple do a driving holiday or such, it still suits a diesel better than petrol or EV.
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