Comments on: Will Motorists Really Benefit from the Government's Proposed Fuel Changes https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/will-motorists-really-benefit-from-the-governments-proposed-fuel-changes/ News and views about cars in Australia Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: Bruce https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/will-motorists-really-benefit-from-the-governments-proposed-fuel-changes/#comment-5605 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 04:28:29 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=7306#comment-5605 In reply to Bob Chantrell: This ‘myth’ about the cost of making batteries and needing to replace them needs to be countered. Do people with hydrocarbon fuel tanks think that the fuel magically appears at the petrol station? Do they realise how much infrastructure and pollution lies behind their adding energy every time they fill up to their simple fuel tank? And no, batteries don’t need to be replaced after 5 years. Rechargeable batteries suffer some loss of capacity; 20% after 10 years seems to be the reality, but in a hybrid in particular, this makes little difference to performance. How many 10 year old ICEs (internal combustion engines) still produce the same power or have the same efficiency (or don’t leak oil) as when they were new?
And as for people thinking petrol prices will ever come down. It’s a finite resource, and more and more people around the world want some. Supply is going down and demand is going up.

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By: Bob Chantrell https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/will-motorists-really-benefit-from-the-governments-proposed-fuel-changes/#comment-5604 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:25:24 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=7306#comment-5604 How much polution goes into making and salvaging batteries and should this be counted,
Every five years or so a prius needs new batteries, or so I have been told, costing about $5000. What a trap for those who can not afford a new car!

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By: Jason https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/will-motorists-really-benefit-from-the-governments-proposed-fuel-changes/#comment-5601 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:34:21 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=7306#comment-5601 Australian government is so backwards. It is applauded that they want to improve the environment, and maybe the petrol aspect needs to be addressed, but blind Freddy can see the world is gearing up for electric vehicles. Not only do they 100% improve the air quality in City/Urban environments (zero tailpipe emissions), but they also remove the risk of importing petrol products by using locally made electricity.
The government should be investing aggressively on electric vehicle charging infrastructure (not just J1772, but also CCS and Chademo), otherwise we continue to be the dumping ground for cheaper, poor emissions quality vehicles. And once electric vehicles become price parity and readily available in the next couple years we will not have any infrastructure to support them.
If they really believe they need to improve the environment and emissions from vehicles then it boggles the mind that electric vehicles are not top of their agenda and being promoted and supported.

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By: Billnix https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/home/will-motorists-really-benefit-from-the-governments-proposed-fuel-changes/#comment-5600 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:28:16 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=7306#comment-5600 I use E10 fuel in my Subaru 2007 wagon and PULP95 in my Volvo C70T5. Both give good mileage and using a higher grade of petrol does not improve the mileage one iota in my experience. I also use ULP on my Honda VT750 motorcycle. If ULP is discontinued it will not affect me too much, but the motorcycle will have to use PULP95 as Honda recommend not to use fuel blends with Ethanol.

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