Comments on: EVs, Power Bills and Emissions https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/australia/evs-power-bills-and-emissions/ News and views about cars in Australia Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:26:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: Carol Gleeson https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/australia/evs-power-bills-and-emissions/#comment-6920 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:51:46 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=8572#comment-6920 The answer is nuclear powered cars. No CO2 emissions and you need to mine and refine very very little Uranium or Thorium to power them. They predicted them in the 1950s. Where are they? Very disappointed with these scientists.

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By: Bruce Gill https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/australia/evs-power-bills-and-emissions/#comment-6919 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:49:28 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=8572#comment-6919 I get a sense that the author of this article is fearful that their beloved ICE vehicles are suddenly going to disappear and that sinister forces are conspiring to make these new fangled electric vehicles (aka another form of horseless carriage) totally disrupt their familiar and comfortable world.
What’s the reality?
Yes, electric cars are coming. Liquid, fossil fuels are a finite resource. It will become scarce and the impact on the biosphere is not ideal. We Humans also keep breeding and wanting better lifestyles and mobility. Energy supply and use is governed by the laws of physics – we can’t move from A to B without using energy. The point is that electric cars do it much more efficiently than even the most modern ICE powered cars. Why? Because electric motors are very efficient; because burning fuel to produce momentum is inherently inefficient – feel how hot the engine is after a drive. And when you slow down, you can recapture some of the energy otherwise lost as heat in conventional braking.
Yes, much of our electricity still comes from coal, but that’s far from likely to be so in the future. And you can charge them from solar panels on your own roof – who owns their own oil field?
Yes, lithium involves mining, but have you seen how much energy and effort is required to supply the petrol and diesel that sits behind the bowser that is all that most motorists see? How many times can a litre of liquid fuel be used? Lithium batteries can be recharged many thousands of times.
And why might some countries see that it is worthwhile to encourage EVs? Take New Zealand. If they can increase the number of electric vehicles people use, that can reduce the amount of money that leaves their country to import fuel.
And if some countries are considering some forms of subsidy to kick start more EV sales, that might seem unfair, and might be in some cases, if then only if all EV’s are the price of Tesla’s and Jag IPaces. But EV’s have few moving parts and for most commuter needs, they can be cheaper than ICE cars once production levels go up and novelty value goes down.
Don’t be afraid of an EV future. After all, horses survived the introduction of the horseless carriage.

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By: John Aquilina https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/australia/evs-power-bills-and-emissions/#comment-6917 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 05:46:38 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=8572#comment-6917 I have bought a car via Private Fleet in the past, and you offer a great service. That saves consumers real dollars.

But the article above is written by someone who can see what is about to occur in car sales. Tesla have begun the disruption. No discounting, no dealers, minimal maintenance – no opportunity do “middle-men” to make money on the sale and ongoing maintenance.

My purchase 15 months ago of a Model X Tesla for my Chauffeur Business was forced because I was being sent broke by the ongoing maintenance & fuel costs of my Audi and Mercedes cars.

The premium Teslas can still be bought with FREE SUPERCHARGING for life! And there are many FREE charge points around. I’ve covered 95,000km at a cost of a dollar a day!

First service is 80,000kms (for those who don’t sign onto the gaurenteed Tesla buyback scheme which restricts usuage).

Remote over the air diagnostics – I once made a BIG mistake which put the car in Limp mode. Rang the Technician at Tesla who remotely monitored the car whilst I reset it. All the systems checked out, he cleared the fault code and I was on my way . On NUMEROUS occassions my Q7 would do the same. The dealer would charge $175 for the diagnosis and it would cost a day waiting and a day off the road.

Free Over the air updates for life. My car has all the new features that are released. It is not superceded.

8yrs unlimited warrenty on Battery and electric motors, 4 yrs 160,000km on the rest.

Front brake pads 150,000kms life. No one has changed a set of rears.

The dividends that owning a electric car as a commercial vehicle out weigh the capital cost. That cost is coming down and they won’t be that far out of reach to Private owner. Get in touch with me at The Limousine Line or use my referral code of john1337

https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/referral/john1337

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By: Michael Healey https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/australia/evs-power-bills-and-emissions/#comment-6914 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 04:29:16 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=8572#comment-6914 I will never buy a new car again unless it is electric and cheap.

Consider the possibility that the future of Private Fleet might depend on government smoothing the path for the inevitable transition of the economy to clean energy.

Get with it or you will end up like someone trying to sell horseshoes in the 1950’s.

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