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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 26, 2024 12:49:39 GMT
This is the thing. In China some peasant-minded person might own a car park and be a bit of a simpleton. However government man is there to help, and unlike in this backwater, the government people are shit hot sharp in the education department. He's probably got some AI computer that can optimise the design and tell him in an instant how much more cash it would make him, and then there is the easy loans for technology from state banks. It's all about squeezing the efficiency you can from what you have got, so everyone is happy and the government ends up with more tax money at the end of the day as well. Major UK city to rip up car parks in bid to ‘manage demand' for petrol and diesel cars........
Birmingham is not China though.
I don't think the people of Birmingham are that competent in voting in council elections. Were they the ones who went bust?
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Post by jonksy on Jan 26, 2024 13:53:05 GMT
Major UK city to rip up car parks in bid to ‘manage demand' for petrol and diesel cars........
Birmingham is not China though.
I don't think the people of Birmingham are that competent in voting in council elections. Were they the ones who went bust?
So they feel fit to demolish a large peice of their income BVL...Does that sound like a good idea? |
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Post by patman post on Jan 26, 2024 14:10:15 GMT
I bet they come with advice to remove the blanket before driving. Bit like the Guinness bottle's bottom carrying the legend "open other end"... |
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Post by Handyman on Jan 26, 2024 15:23:53 GMT
I bet they come with advice to remove the blanket before driving. Bit like the Guinness bottle's bottom carrying the legend "open other end"... That would not go down well in my local pub they would consider it racially motivated |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 26, 2024 15:48:15 GMT
Birmingham is not China though.
I don't think the people of Birmingham are that competent in voting in council elections. Were they the ones who went bust?
So they feel fit to demolish a large peice of their income BVL...Does that sound like a good idea? Don't expect any good ideas regarding economics and business management from those that lost all the money.
What you really need is ample parking via sensible planning so that people find it easy to get around. It means if they drive into work they only have to walk a short distance to get to their offices. If you provide comfort to those who work in offices then you will get company directors moving there and providing income to residents and to the council. As it is, they lied to the newspaper you link to because they can't really admit they are asset stripping to pay for all their woke shits.
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Post by sheepy on Jan 26, 2024 15:55:12 GMT
Took delivery of my new MG last week. Early days, and I won't be using it much over the Festive Period (I'll be going 30 km tomorrow, and that'll be the longest journey until January), but I'm going to take it from Derbyshire to Cardiff in a few weeks' time - and I've signed up to this scheme for an en route topup.. co-charger.com/No idea how well (or otherwise) it pans out. Will report.. As promised.. The journey was Derbyshire > Cardiff > Swansea > Harlech > Derbyshire. Started on a full charge, recharged in Llandovery (fast charger using the co-charger scheme. Lovely couple. Nice cup of coffee and a chat thrown in at no extra charge), and home with juice to spare. Didn't burst into flames once. I've also made a number of more local trips since then, and Birmingham Airport (had to go to Spain). Early days, but so far it's a dream. Keep us updated Walter, after say a few thousand miles, be interesting to see how it fairs drivetrain wise and electrically for gremlins. |
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Post by jonksy on Jan 26, 2024 17:24:20 GMT
Electric car sales could plummet as only six per cent of petrol and diesel drivers want to switch...
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Post by Pacifico on Jan 26, 2024 17:31:27 GMT
Electric car sales could plummet as only six per cent of petrol and diesel drivers want to switch...
..and 50% of current EV owners would not buy another one..  |
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Post by walterpaisley on Jan 26, 2024 17:50:15 GMT
Keep us updated Walter, after say a few thousand miles, be interesting to see how it fairs drivetrain wise and electrically for gremlins. Will do. It's getting a proper workout later in the spring - down to Portsmouth > ferry to Bilbao > down to Cadiz (and return trip). (I REALLY don't like flying..) I've also got to pop over to Morocco during that trip, but I won't be taking the car - it's far easier just to hire a taxi for a few days. There's an equivalent of the co-charger scheme in Spain, and I'll be interested to check that out, too. |
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Post by jonksy on Jan 27, 2024 8:58:39 GMT
‘I'm a car expert - these five buttons will drain your electric car battery most'...
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Post by Pacifico on Jan 27, 2024 11:50:29 GMT
Watched a vid on youtube yesterday with a guy reviewing a Kia EV in which he showed that if you put the heating fan on full blast it lowers the range by 10%. It was a tad chilly this morning and as I was driving along I wondered what the effect on range would have been had my car been an EV rather than a diesel - I had the heater on full, the front and rear heated screens on, the heated steering wheel on and all 4 heated seats..  |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 27, 2024 17:16:33 GMT
Watched a vid on youtube yesterday with a guy reviewing a Kia EV in which he showed that if you put the heating fan on full blast it lowers the range by 10%. It was a tad chilly this morning and as I was driving along I wondered what the effect on range would have been had my car been an EV rather than a diesel - I had the heater on full, the front and rear heated screens on, the heated steering wheel on and all 4 heated seats.. The reduction in range is proportional to the difference between inside and outside temperature. Without specifying deta t the 10% claim is meaningless. |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 27, 2024 17:21:54 GMT
Watched a vid on youtube yesterday with a guy reviewing a Kia EV in which he showed that if you put the heating fan on full blast it lowers the range by 10%. It was a tad chilly this morning and as I was driving along I wondered what the effect on range would have been had my car been an EV rather than a diesel - I had the heater on full, the front and rear heated screens on, the heated steering wheel on and all 4 heated seats.. The reduction in range is proportional to the difference between inside and outside temperature. Without specifying deta t the 10% claim is meaningless. No,it’s not. At the very least it means that driving with an EV with aheater on has a far more significant effect on range than ICE cars . |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 27, 2024 17:36:43 GMT
The reduction in range is proportional to the difference between inside and outside temperature. Without specifying deta t the 10% claim is meaningless. No,it’s not. At the very least it means that driving with an EV with aheater on has a far more significant effect on range than ICE cars . You are wrong on the first bit and correct on the second bit. Transfer of heat is proportional to the temperature difference, so when t1 = t2 it does not take any energy at all. The other factors are the effect of the insulation and the surface area of the car. It's basic school physics for goodness sake. YT experts are not all they are cracked up to be sometimes. You can make a second order correction if you take into account the thermal capacity of the air in the car and so on, but this is only important for short journeys. Over long distances heat loss to the outside is your main problem. Keeping it in the garage would help. |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 27, 2024 17:41:14 GMT
No,it’s not. At the very least it means that driving with an EV with aheater on has a far more significant effect on range than ICE cars . You are wrong on the first bit and correct on the second bit. Transfer of heat is proportional to the temperature difference, so when t1 = t2 it does not take any energy at all. The other factors are the effect of the insulation and the surface area of the car. It's basic school physics for goodness sake. YT experts are not all they are cracked up to be sometimes. You can make a second order correction if you take into account the thermal capacity of the air in the car and so on, but this is only important for short journeys. Over long distances heat loss to the outside is your main problem. Keeping it in the garage would help. I’m right on both. A battery car doesn’t carry enough energy for a heater not to be significant draw . You can dress it up,how you like . If the cabin is cold ( hence you need the heater) the energy needed wouid be significant to keep it warm. Same as in hot climates but in reverse . Ev drivers will need a thick woolly pulley in the winter and to open the windows in the summer . |
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