Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Another good Harry Metcalf video. Panamera Hybrid, or Taycan EV.
On the subject of EV's and the motoring industry.
The CEO of Volvo cars (sorry, forgotten the name) has stated that he wants laws that makes EV's mandatory and forbid new petrol/diesel cars. They want to make money selling new cars and they know they can make them with a profit.
Will talk to Northern Powergrid to see if this acceptable.
Pity the world's governments aren't looking to address the other 88% of the CO2 problem, mostly produced by China and India.
My only worry is whether it impacts the amp but it likely won't. Vehicle charging doesn't coincide with listening time and it's only a problem if the supply is shared and I don't know how common that is for houses. I don't want to use any sort of power conditioning for the amplifier as it doesn't really work when the peak power consumption is 1900W. It's never that loud though. But without proper investment in the supply infrastructure we won't have the capacity to charge all these cars in the future. And run our systems on decent mains.If you regen meter matches your multimeter at 230v when the car is not charging but reads lower by 4 to 5 volts when the charger is operating it suggests that the mains waveform is being distorted by the charger. This presumably is what you have the regen for anyway. Only you can tell if it is adversely affecting your kit and the power people would have to monitor the voltage with properly calibrated equipment before they deem it acceptable or not.
Unfortunately local authorities have spent the cash on installing chargers in car parks and at their offices instead.
good point , just considering a flat to buy ....maybe not a good idea ???? Mind you many areas are ONLY flats so must be fun to consider these mattersI have huge respect for the huge innovations and electric or hybrid vehicles will become the norm for sure but I personally think the jump to full EV with ban on hybrids and IC is misjudged. yes the industry may just be able to cope in that time scale and produce the required tech at an affordable cost. But the infrastructure will not simply put the demand on the electrical supply network is not there yet. Simple logistics if you don't have a drive or garage where can you charge from your house? What about flats for example no way the charging from their own power supply. The infrastructure changes are far slower to take effect than technology going by recent history. Simply put I am not confident the UK can generate and supply enough electricity.
For me a ban on pure IC makes sense but allow hybrid but make mandatory changes like minimum 100 miles battery range and compulsory all battery power fully discharged before switching to IC avoid the comic short range of current hybrids and allow driver to use IC before all battery power used or using both as power boost etc
China and India are 1/3 of the human race, about 10x the size between them of either the USA or Europe. Australia is one of the worst offenders for emissionsPity the world's governments aren't looking to address the other 88% of the CO2 problem, mostly produced by China and India.
The chargers are high power devices and MUST have power factor correction to draw near sinusoidal current from the mains to pass CE regulations.If you regen meter matches your multimeter at 230v when the car is not charging but reads lower by 4 to 5 volts when the charger is operating it suggests that the mains waveform is being distorted by the charger.
For most the cost per mile saving is wiped out by the purchase price.
My local council have just installed about eight chargers, I haven't counted them, in the main car park by the town center. The car park holds several hundred cars, read into that what you will, and they've put the chargers right at the front, next to the road. I drive past them daily and, being the most desirable parking spaces, they are always full. Full of non-electrical cars!
Parking is free for EVs too.