100% Electric?

[Admin]

100% Electric?

 

[TeamRienza]

Is that what they mean when they say ‘a self charging hybrid’ !!

Davy

 

[wildebus]

I cannot deny ... if I had that big sticker on my car, I would have hidden the generator off the road a bit better!

 

[ian and cath]

I cannot deny ... if I had that big sticker on my car, I would have hidden the generator off the road a bit better!

Could have put it on a roof rack then charged while on the go!!!

 

[Deleted member 4892]

The MPG figures on that must be shocking

 

[2cv]

If that’s a 2kw generator he’s going to sit there nearly 6 hours to get 50 miles range.

 

[Deleted member 4892]

Maybe this might help him, looks like he's got plenty of sun

 

[Wully]

What’s the cost of a kWh would be interesting to do a comparison to petrol using that graph

 

[2cv]

What’s the cost of a kWh would be interesting to do a comparison to petrol using that graph

It’s about 12p, so about £1.40 for 50 miles in a small car, much cheaper than in a petrol car but much of that cost is duty.

 

[Wully]

That’s disturbing Bill I’ve just calculated that my £700 solar setup has made about 50p worth of electric in 5 weeks ?

 

[wildebus]

It’s about 12p, so about £1.40 for 50 miles in a small car, much cheaper than in a petrol car but much of that cost is duty.

Except a petrol car of that size would probably be around £20,000 cheaper to buy .... that would buy a lot of petrol.

 

[Asterix]

I guess nothing is 100% electric if that electricity is generated from a coal fired power station or some other fossil fuel.

 

[2cv]

Except a petrol car of that size would probably be around £20,000 cheaper to buy .... that would buy a lot of petrol.

Not if you buy second hand. Small electric car

 

[St3v3]

Not if you buy second hand. Small electric car

I don't want to be negative (lol), but isn't that about time for the batteries to need replacing? And can you interrogate the car and get an idea of remaining battery life? Genuine question, I'd like to hope that you can, but not something I've looked into...

 

[2cv]

I don't want to be negative (lol), but isn't that about time for the batteries to need replacing? And can you interrogate the car and get an idea of remaining battery life? Genuine question, I'd like to hope that you can, but not something I've looked into...

Maybe that is why they depreciate so fast.

 

[Admin]

I don't want to be negative (lol), but isn't that about time for the batteries to need replacing? And can you interrogate the car and get an idea of remaining battery life? Genuine question, I'd like to hope that you can, but not something I've looked into...

Generally, when you buy the car you do not own the battery pack, you actually lease it. If the pack fails they replace it as part of the lease agreement.

People are buying written off Nissan Leafs to reclaim the battery packs and make battery packs with them. I 20,000 mile plus leaf battery will cost you around £4000. But it has 24000 Wh of capacity, even if that has dropped to 80% it would still be 19200 Wh. The Relion batteries are 1280 Wh each so this would be the equivalent of about 15 (£13,000+) of those batteries. The Leaf's battery is Lithium ion manganese oxide, whereas the Relion batteries are Lithium Iron Phosphate. Both these are safer than Lithium Cobalt but Lithium Iron Phosphate is by far the safest.