The truth about EV's

[BLACK 346]

Yes, but only because it was there when we purchased the house.

[amckiwi]

I have solar
My last 1/4 bill was $1.82

[jc_sv8]

Yes I do. It knocks about $350 p/qtr. (75% savings)

And my sparky brother installed it, so saved a bucket on best product and install

[whitels1ss]

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[BLACK 346]

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Yeah, I read the article that accompanies this and it is full of excuses as to why it happened lol. Easter weekend (high demand), remote area a long way from city bla bla. I filled up our Calais Easter Friday morning and drove to Robe fully loaded, and then refilled at Kingston Sunday morning and drove home. No fuss, no cues and and no stress. Took me all of 10 minutes including getting us all Subway breakfast. If these EV actually have 500km range whey do they all need to charge in Keith? I reckon the long haul up the Heyson tunnels would sort out a bit of that range.

PS...My Calais gets about 650 fully loaded 4 up with dog and boot full of luggage and esky. It is by no means a fuel efficient ICE vehicle.

[Toddler78]

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Yeah I came onto this thread to post expecting that image.

I am intrigued reading the posts on this thread rubbishing EVs and the excuses that they are just as expensive to run, they are bad for the environment the batteries degrade, the range isn't as advertised
I would argue that we have been just as environmentally irresponsible with dumping everything under the sun into landfill (before recycling was a thing) burning your household waste in your incinerator in the back yard (for the real oldies) pouring engine oil into the ground and putting some dirt over it to get rid of it etc.

the reason for my solar question, was the solar panels also degrade over time some more then others and whilst they do have a 20/25yr warranty it doesn't really mean sh1t at the end of the day. You would be lucky to get the advertised kW generated a day as what is told to you when signing up ( I know I used to design and sell the stuff, I always underquoted/undersold the performance for fear of misrepresentation.)

In regards to the environmental impact I personally don't care nor am I looking at purchasing one to save the environment. My reason for purchasing one is purely selfish, there is a FBT deduction and also my time is important to me If I don't have to stop at a servo for 5mins every week/twice a week and don't have to pay the $150 to fill up the monaro that to me is worth looking at going electric. Im not gonig to get rid of the monaro but for everyday commuting I would rather an EV then a ICE car. just have to park it at home and put it on charge.

[BLACK 346]

Worth a look if you have time. Not bad longevity, but the range is next to nothing at this stage. Still be ok for a grocery getter though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRuJJtmN3fc

[whitels1ss]

the reason for my solar question, was the solar panels also degrade over time some more then others and whilst they do have a 20/25yr warranty it doesn't really mean sh1t at the end of the day. You would be lucky to get the advertised kW generated a day as what is told to you when signing up ( I know I used to design and sell the stuff, I always underquoted/undersold the performance for fear of misrepresentation.)

Yeah Todd, I remember you used to work for a place that sold solar,
about 10 years ago as I am sure you would remember I phoned you and asked your opinion on getting it installed on my place
& it was your honesty about all the unknowns at that time which convinced me not to get it.

I also know that all these places selling the stuff these days give you huge guarantees
but most of them are small business that have only been around for 5 minutes
so who can guarantee they will be around for or how they would handle any claims a few years down the track?

Hey at the end of the day this is only a light hearted thread where we can have a laugh, it's not full serious & 100% factual.

[Goggles]

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to me this pic represents whitegoods on wheels, aside from the random black one

[BLACK 346]

Whilst we are having a light hearted chat about EV's and Solar, has anyone here got a battery installed in their house? I cannot help but keep hearing the constantly repeated warnings every day on MMM radio that if you have an LG Solar Lithium battery installed that you must urgently check if it is one of the ones that may catch fire without warning. Apparently there is a National safety warning on them.

[BLACK 346]

I know what hail did to my poor old ute a couple of years ago, but this is just absolute carnage. Imagine if you were relying on them to run your house or car and the back up systems ie Coal and Gas are just distant memories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcxZRKe4VcQ

[Goggles]

Id be interested to know from the contributors in this thread how many have solar on their roof at home?

we don't have solar.

when our hot water system (large electric tank) failed in 2018, we contacted our energy provider and were only offered two options - another electric tank or continuous gas.

we chose continuous gas as it was quite common at the time (with five adults in the house) to run out of hot water with the electric tank.

not only that, when the failed electric tank was emptied, it took 45 minutes which means that over the life of the tank, a lot of water had been heated and re-heated costing us money.

would we consider solar now? yes, if it was a viable option. the ACT Govt will not allow gas connections (for anything) by 2045, so we have a bit of time, unless the continuous gas system we have at the moment fails.

[Red CV8 R]

This happened a suburb away from my parents place, a crash between a Tesla Model 3 and a Subaru Forester. Being social media, people went crazy.

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After seeing this photo, a heap of self proclaimed "expect" car people had been educating everyone else on how dangerous Electric Cars are due to this very reason, and how you shouldn't risk a fire and stick with ICE cars. Then these follow up photos were posted.

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A few people went quiet after that. Tesla was fine. Subaru not so much. Scorched the ground

[Red CV8 R]

Edit: I should have added, no one was hurt luckily. So, it was alright to have a giggle about people getting all aggressive about the electric car burning to the ground but then having a bit of egg on their face.

[Smitty]

.... then we have lack of commonsense with charging
seriously !

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