The war against renewable energy

[SaintsSeptember]

Cheaper better cars are coming.
Electric motors are cheaper and more reliable with less servicing.
The running costs, even with charging, are significantly cheaper over time than ICE cars.
A 10 year old ICE car is riddled with problems. EVs warranties are better.
The big issue was the initial upfront costs .. that has basically gone.
They are also safer… with experts saying that in the future seat belts might not even be needed…
I just lost a friend in a car accident where he was crashed by the petrol engine.

The people who say they might not need seatbelts in the future are at odds with the experts who say they will.
Explain how having an electric motor, instead of an internal combustion engine will stop your scull slamming into a windscreen? Are Volkswagon Beetles safer than front engined cars in an accident?

In the USA its mandatory to fit seatbelts in new cars, but not mandatory to wear them.
So instead of the supplementary restraint system we have here and in Europe, ( a system that assumes the occupant has a seatbelt on ), it has to use larger more aggressive airbags, they have to stop the occupant slipping under or around them, and they go off earlier. Because they have more volume, they need to have more explosive inflation.
There are far more injuries from the airbag deployment in the USA than Australia and Europe.

 

[Leeda]

As long as it doesn't disrupt my daily shave/haircut

 

[SaintsSeptember]

As long as it doesn't disrupt my daily shave/haircut

If they get the self driving thing working you might be able to take a shower on the way to work.

 

[Captivating]

You realise there isn’t an engine block or massive gear box.

If a car impacts something hard enough for an engine block to enter the cabin, it's a massive collision. If it was a EV, it would have most likely ruptured the battery cells and incinerated the occupants.

 

[peetoo]

The people who say they might not need seatbelts in the future are at odds with the experts who say they will.
Explain how having an electric motor, instead of an internal combustion engine will stop your scull slamming into a windscreen? Are Volkswagon Beetles safer than front engined cars in an accident?

In the USA its mandatory to fit seatbelts in new cars, but not mandatory to wear them.
So instead of the supplementary restraint system we have here and in Europe, ( a system that assumes the occupant has a seatbelt on ), it has to use larger more aggressive airbags, they have to stop the occupant slipping under or around them, and they go off earlier. Because they have more volume, they need to have more explosive inflation.
There are far more injuries from the airbag deployment in the USA than Australia and Europe.

We should have ugly cars resembling mobile mattresses if we were serious about safety.

After the basic transportation angle the status marketing is next. Some EVs pander to this

 

[Cap]

Pretty insane, the the comedy is as always, in the comments

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Pretty insane, the the comedy is as always, in the comments

I saw a cartoon on facebook, something about a fat guy on an e-bike charging it on coal.
The cartoonist and all the w***ers commenting missed the point entirely.

E=Bikes allow fat blokes to ride bikes, where they'd probably struggle on a regular bike.
Ie Fat blokes get fitter = good.

E-bikes with fat bloke on, probably weigh 120kg. SUV with fat bloke in it weighs 2000kg+ a bit more if its electric.
No matter how you charge it you are wasting less energy on the e-bike.

 

[Cap]

I saw a cartoon on facebook, something about a fat guy on an e-bike charging it on coal.
The cartoonist and all the w***ers commenting missed the point entirely.

E=Bikes allow fat blokes to ride bikes, where they'd probably struggle on a regular bike.
Ie Fat blokes get fitter = good.

E-bikes with fat bloke on, probably weigh 120kg. SUV with fat bloke in it weighs 2000kg+ a bit more if its electric.
No matter how you charge it you are wasting less energy on the e-bike.

The whole what are you charging it from argument is so incredibly frustrating.

hopefully it becomes a moot point sson enough