I was only sayin'.
Heheheh (etc etc).
Got visitors now, but I’ll come back later....Nick wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:17 amBut I think you are double counting there. The generator is capable of keeping the battery topped up or driving the car, it cant do both at 605Bhp. You have escaped that withthe 605 BHP is still there when I want it and the generator is more than capable of keeping the battery topped up until the fuel runs out
But then you don't have the same performance, you assume you are not using the full performance.and for about 98% of the time I’m going to be using less than 100bhp
My point is while in practice it may work, there is no free lunch. In your example, you could just charge up your battery only P100D while you were showing me it, and then you would have enough range to go the 300 miles (you would anyway as you were only using 30 or 40 bhp for the journey).
And the extra weight of the generator you were not using and cycling half the battery size twice as much.In my normal everyday driving, charging at home, I’d not use the generator from one day to the next but it’s there when I need it for no penalty other than cost.
Yep, they are all pricey at the moment. I like the look of the Honda but want greater range. I want a car that can do at least 180 miles on one charge as a minimum. I like the 278 mile on options mentioned above, but the same reasons for rejection exist.
IF I were a betting man, I'd put money on Hydrogen Fuel Cells being the dominant technology (eventually) for anything other than local journeys with cars.
Hydrogen technology not ready yet. for domestic heating theres talk of replacing methane with hydrogen but the molecules are much smaller, and the grid is full of leaks as it is. The infrastructure would have to upgrade at great expense.
And same with the current crop of electric cars. Better, and cheaper will come, so like Greg, unless you really have to go electric, best wait.Paul Barker wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:49 amSit back and wait until the technology is up to speed .
If you were a betting man I would take that bet for whatever amount you wanted (for some definition of eventually).
Why? The universe is not built to solve all our solutions.There has to be something better than battery for LGV (transit/sprinter size), HGV and railway usage.
There is that old climate change problem that’s still there of course.And same with the current crop of electric cars. Better, and cheaper will come, so like Greg, unless you really have to go electric, best wait.