Drive.com.au Senior Journalist Paul Gover says Australia “will get there with electrification” when it comes to vehicles, but it will require “baby steps”.
“We’re getting, there but it’s baby steps,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
Yeah Nah I dont want a car where the battery is going to cost more than an average car atm….Plus if your lithium battery explodes it will take over 6 hours and a shit ton of water to put it out….Not to mention to build and run these con jobs will cost much much more than what we have now….Who wants to wait at a charging station behind many other cars for hours waiting to charge their vehicle that can take an hour on a long haul trip…..I can get from Sydney to Melbourne on one tank of petrol less than $100 ….It wont be like that for electric vehicles …Lets face it the powers that be dont want the majority of people to even own vehicles
It’s all comical and failing in every way in Europe … History and common sense would suggest Not to buy or import them into Australia but our politicians know better than us don’t they ?
Remember when a big screen TV cost $10k? The equivalent in size today (and infinitely better quality) costs around $1k. EVs will go the same way. It's just a matter of time.
As the EVs need carry higher load or tow trailers, the battery needs to be bigger and it will get heavier up to 1000 kg or more. The problem is that the battery, as it gets bigger and heavier, needs more energy just to move the extra weight around let alone the payload. For large EVs, and EV tracks, the battery requirement, range and charging is self-defeating.
Maybe by 2050 or 60 or 70 Australia may be 70% electric but people will resist and even if the get rid of petrol and diesel people will make their own . The biggest resistance will be the bush . long distance drivers and the grey nomads . One more thing is pull the tax payer funding for them and watch them sink .
Would I buy an electric vehicle? Fk no. Not only are they less efficient in the terms of power, but they can't realistically do the same job as petrol powered vehicles. Let's not also forget the price of the change of batteries in them when they turn to sht. These people who are away with the faeries want us to be like California. Buy an electric vehicle that you need a diesel generator to recharge because they are a stupid option that belong in fantasy movies.
Digging the Cadium and lithium out of the Earth is the equivalent of running a V8 engine on full throttle for 100 years every two hours ,what a great alternative 😀
Labour, the Clayton’s government. The government you have when you don’t have a government. All on their own delusional greedy lifestyles at taxpayers expense for generations to come. When does the pm think he might start work??
Thought the journalist make a couple of major mistakes. First, assuming a vehicle is "so popular" because its sold out. Go try buy a new diesel powered Ford Everest, not even released yet, and you'll find yourself on a 12 month waiting list. Just about every vehicle is sold out at present, due to manufacturing delays rather than large buyer demand. And his mileage when towing was in practice way out. Actual road tests with one driver, unload truck, unloaded van got 80 miles between charges. And that was on flat roads. So load up the truck, the van, tow up some decent hills, don't let the battery get below 25% charge because you need to maintain a 'safety margin', scarcity of recharge points in the country ….. and basically its a completely useless tow vehicle.
From what I saw from 1 spec they gave the MAXIMUM as 100 miles for a single occupant. It seems strange that now all the specs say UP TO with no mention of the number of occupants. Using the first spec and accepting the 100 miles, a family of 4 wanting to travel 100 miles and arrive at the same time would either mean multiple recharges or 1 car each.
Australians don’t want electric vehicles according to the latest stats. When the government tells us we can’t use too much power in the future, you’ll be trapped at home not allowed to charge your EV. They will have more power of us than ever. The baby steps are about taking away our rights and freedoms.
Electric vehicle manufacturer’s are screwing people. All electric vehicles are capable of charging them while driving; they won’t do it because they want to make money from charging. THEY ARE LYING TO PEOPLE. LOOK INTO IT.
baby steps: step #1 ruin the economy step #2 introduce mass starvation and death step #3 declare it was not real communism
Ford is going full electric…
Yeah Nah I dont want a car where the battery is going to cost more than an average car atm….Plus if your lithium battery explodes it will take over 6 hours and a shit ton of water to put it out….Not to mention to build and run these con jobs will cost much much more than what we have now….Who wants to wait at a charging station behind many other cars for hours waiting to charge their vehicle that can take an hour on a long haul trip…..I can get from Sydney to Melbourne on one tank of petrol less than $100 ….It wont be like that for electric vehicles …Lets face it the powers that be dont want the majority of people to even own vehicles
Chris Bowen is not living in the real world like his IQ..🤡
It’s all comical and failing in every way in Europe … History and common sense would suggest Not to buy or import them into Australia but our politicians know better than us don’t they ?
I charge my phone, not my car what tf is this nonsense?? You don't mess with 100 years of car engines and expect it to be better!
Read my words skynews I'm not going EV car's there rubbish give my hydrogen or water powered cars
Your government's going to have you all by the balls when everything is electric
Remember when a big screen TV cost $10k? The equivalent in size today (and infinitely better quality) costs around $1k. EVs will go the same way. It's just a matter of time.
Bowen is a flog and needs to lay off the Botox 🤡🤡🤡
As the EVs need carry higher load or tow trailers, the battery needs to be bigger and it will get heavier up to 1000 kg or more. The problem is that the battery, as it gets bigger and heavier, needs more energy just to move the extra weight around let alone the payload. For large EVs, and EV tracks, the battery requirement, range and charging is self-defeating.
Maybe by 2050 or 60 or 70 Australia may be 70% electric but people will resist and even if the get rid of petrol and diesel people will make their own . The biggest resistance will be the bush . long distance drivers and the grey nomads . One more thing is pull the tax payer funding for them and watch them sink .
Sitting on a large magnetic field what could go wrong .🤣
Would I buy an electric vehicle? Fk no. Not only are they less efficient in the terms of power, but they can't realistically do the same job as petrol powered vehicles. Let's not also forget the price of the change of batteries in them when they turn to sht. These people who are away with the faeries want us to be like California. Buy an electric vehicle that you need a diesel generator to recharge because they are a stupid option that belong in fantasy movies.
They'll fail just like LPG taxis failed
How quickly does the electric charge?
Digging the Cadium and lithium out of the Earth is the equivalent of running a V8 engine on full throttle for 100 years every two hours ,what a great alternative 😀
ZERO interest in dumb EVs. The end.
i'll stick with the freedom of my Hilux diesel thank you .
Labour, the Clayton’s government. The government you have when you don’t have a government. All on their own delusional greedy lifestyles at taxpayers expense for generations to come. When does the pm think he might start work??
Thought the journalist make a couple of major mistakes. First, assuming a vehicle is "so popular" because its sold out. Go try buy a new diesel powered Ford Everest, not even released yet, and you'll find yourself on a 12 month waiting list. Just about every vehicle is sold out at present, due to manufacturing delays rather than large buyer demand.
And his mileage when towing was in practice way out. Actual road tests with one driver, unload truck, unloaded van got 80 miles between charges. And that was on flat roads. So load up the truck, the van, tow up some decent hills, don't let the battery get below 25% charge because you need to maintain a 'safety margin', scarcity of recharge points in the country ….. and basically its a completely useless tow vehicle.
not only that it doesn't meet ADR Standards and don't forget all the rear minerals that go into these things
Ahhhh good, let's bring EVs and stop the arrogant city caravan parades smashing our rural areas.
Made in china
From what I saw from 1 spec they gave the MAXIMUM as 100 miles for a single occupant. It seems strange that now all the specs say UP TO with no mention of the number of occupants. Using the first spec and accepting the 100 miles, a family of 4 wanting to travel 100 miles and arrive at the same time would either mean multiple recharges or 1 car each.
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It would be cheaper and quicker to call a toe truck to get home
You can't 'baby step' your way from 250km range to 1000+.
So like they say world is dumbing petrol cars here
The electrickery fantasy.
160km! Stuck in the middle nowhere surrounded by red dirt. “This is Australia… 🎶 “
This is madness. Politicians need to stop using petroleum immediately…hang on they couldn’t use their free flights 🙄
Carrying a load is same for petrol
Australians don’t want electric vehicles according to the latest stats. When the government tells us we can’t use too much power in the future, you’ll be trapped at home not allowed to charge your EV. They will have more power of us than ever. The baby steps are about taking away our rights and freedoms.
Typical fox your all bunch of wankers
Electric vehicle manufacturer’s are screwing people. All electric vehicles are capable of charging them while driving; they won’t do it because they want to make money from charging. THEY ARE LYING TO PEOPLE. LOOK INTO IT.