Thread: Full Electric LDV ute

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Nonsense the futures coal

Yes, I see the realists in the good 'ol US of A are going around with a stencil spray painting the Tesla charger units with "powered by coal".

Originally Posted by Tahr

Its the future. Get used to it you negative old farts.

If you live long enough I bet none of you will be driving your shit diesels (especially Nissan Patrols) in 15 years time.

The rate of development is extraordinary.

Nissan Patrols and Safari's will always be here. Fuckers just wont die.

Originally Posted by Steve123

Nissan Patrols and Safari's will always be here. Fuckers just wont die.

Sad, eh

You are a small country, imagine having to drive it across Australia

Originally Posted by CBH Australia

You are a small country, imagine having to drive it across Australia

You guys in Australia have charging stations for EV's powered by diesel generators to get them across the desert.. ! Haha

Originally Posted by Billbob

You guys in Australia have charging stations for EV's powered by diesel generators to get them across the desert.. ! Haha

I think that's where the Aussies coined the term " Shit for brains" from

Originally Posted by Tahr

Sad, eh

It surely is. Always seem to find then wheezing along maxed out at 80k in places where passings impossible

My old patrol only done 3000ks in the last 4 months,hunting ks mostly.Diesel down to nearly $2 a litre.Il just wait till my 400kw hydro nissen patrol arrives.

How does the free charging work?
Is it payed for by the council and hence ratepayers or central government or who?
Batteries from these things will be the next environmental nightmare....they are essentially disposable vehicles with the cost of replacement.

Don't get me wrong, they are cool TEC and I would have one if I had the money to throw away on one but I don't see them solving any problem other than smog in city's....and they just move the pollution somewhere else but it will improve the air quality in big city's.
Not really required here I think.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How does the free charging work?
Is it payed for by the council and hence ratepayers or central government or who?
Batteries from these things will be the next environmental nightmare....they are essentially disposable vehicles with the cost of replacement.

Don't get me wrong, they are cool TEC and I would have one if I had the money to throw away on one but I don't see them solving any problem other than smog in city's....and they just move the pollution somewhere else but it will improve the air quality in big city's.
Not really required here I think.

Free charging is average, slow etc. I charge at home for "free" between 9pm and 12am with contact energy, at home my charger does 50km/hr. A normal wall charger is like 10km/hr.

Been to nelson twice down south a few times, right down to invercargil couple weeks ago. The tesla super chargers are bloody good, get me about 400km in 20mins charging. Otherwise plenty of others in the 250km in 20min category all over the place. Cost is insignificant for the few ling trips we do.

New battery doesn't cost that much by the way.... and it's warrantied for 8 years so not too bad. I guess time will tell...

Originally Posted by Hunter595

In response to who asks what the LDV drives like, compared to the old hilux, well the LDV drives well, has plenty of power, has 3 driving modes, power, normal and economy, has a goood sound system, is heavy, I believe around 2.3 tonnes but I will actually weigh it at work tomorrow. Mostly I will charge at work as I work for a recycling and waste company, we generate power from the waste so it has a little feel good factor.
Today I am going to hook my boat on the back and go for a trial run and see how that goes, my boat weighs 970 kms, so it will be an interesting test.

If the motor hangs down around diff height how will launching the boat work out? Surely its in a waterproof housing?

Here's a picture of all the dangly down bits under a T60.



Can see why it doesn't come with a low box or 4WD option. all that stuff looks mighty inviting to rocks and mud and water

Oh, and the unsprung mass has just shot through the roof. Will be interesting to see how long those shocks last...

Is that flat piece the batteries? Low centre of gravity, would outcorner a mini

That looks bloody vulnerable.

its not just the mining of lithium its the water pollution during processing.