Quote by CHAUSSON
Ok we will give EV the benefit of the doubt, lets say we are facing Armageddon, I can't make Petrol or Diesel but I could make Electricity. now how do I do that? solar works better during the summer, wind and hydro during the winter. next question is how much do I need to generate each day to run say a Nissan Leaf doing average mileage. Can anyone answer this? I do like the Idea of making at least some of the electricity to power my Vehicles. Having said that I cant see me pulling a trailer with a EV Pajero for a long time.
I’ve been looking at this too Pat. My workshop roof is lying south and would be ideal for a solar array.
Couple that to a 2.4kw proven wind turbine and maybe a 1kw peloton water spout and it’s doable.
My thinking being having an EV completely sustainable by self generated electric is worth about 10k / 15K infrastructure investment to go EV.
We bought a new car this year, we opted for a petrol car for the first time in 20 years after giving the EV, the Hybrid and the diesel all consideration…… thinking being the residual value after 2 years. The EV residual value is an unknown at the present time.
But, with my “pessimistic” head on, I’m also thinking what the ‘Government’ is planning to do to recoup the massive revenue loss that will happen when the tax take diminishes from petrol/diesel. We can be damn sure that that tax has to be got from somewhere ! . Road pricing perhaps? Not in Donegal….. it’s donkey tracks up here.
And the elephant in the room is the future of a reliable electric supply. The country has no infrastructure to support a mass EV migration let alone the demands from heat pumps etc. There is little plans for more generation, nuclear won’t happen here, we still think ‘turf’ !
in the past few months the grid has almost went down, plans to pull 100’s of thousands of the grid are in place should demand exceed a certain threshold ….. and it did last month, it went to 97%. Old power stations recommissioned to go on line. It’s all OK to push this ‘green’ agenda & the politicians will… it gets votes, and that is all that matters to them.
But when the persons who know, the engineers, the technicians the designers are informing them that it isn’t possible for a mass EV and ‘green’ electric future it is falling on deaf ears……
Maybe being self sustainable from an electric point of view is the way to go, for me the jury is still out.
Quote by Ally
My Kia Soul charges in 14 hours on a 13amp plug. If someone can work that out.
I plan to be fully off-grid by this time next year, or close to it.
I’d think that it’s not drawing max current over the full 14hrs. With max current on 13a then 40KW is possible. That’s roughly €8 at current prices.
