exile
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Post by exile on Dec 3, 2023 23:22:32 GMT 1
www.bbc.com/news/uk-67604834Severe snow in Cumberland and Westmoreland. Quote: Ant Brett, from Essex, travelled to Cumbria for a family wedding but the conditions meant he was travelling for 19 hours. He told the BBC he became stuck on Saturday afternoon while waiting on the A595. "I was heading up to a family wedding - it's fair to say I didn't make it. The cars here haven't had any water or food supplies." So how quickly are the batteries drained keeping the car warm and lights on?
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Post by robertarthur on Dec 3, 2023 23:41:44 GMT 1
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Dec 4, 2023 2:45:18 GMT 1
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Post by Polarengineer on Dec 4, 2023 6:00:18 GMT 1
This battery business is so wrong.
20 years ago I brain stormed a design for personal transport. Lightweight pods with 20km range batteries to access powered monorails to destinations chosen as one does a satnav. Slot in your credit card and off you go.
Pods link up when destinations are similar or on route. Sit back and read a book. No more potholes or roadworks.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Dec 4, 2023 8:46:47 GMT 1
So how quickly are the batteries drained keeping the car warm and lights on? In idle mode on a cold day ours uses about 1.5kw/hr. The battery nominal capacity is around 27kw. Something like an MG ev holds about 70kwh. |
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Dec 4, 2023 8:53:44 GMT 1
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Post by Polarengineer on Dec 4, 2023 9:07:10 GMT 1
Well Nifty, of the parts of me that grow and shrink according to use, the most noticeable is the appendage that I am continually raising and lowering and which becomes quite useless when worn down. I am, of course, referring to my fingernails.
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exile
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Post by exile on Dec 4, 2023 9:07:44 GMT 1
So how quickly are the batteries drained keeping the car warm and lights on? In idle mode on a cold day ours uses about 1.5kw/hr. The battery nominal capacity is around 27kw. Something like an MG ev holds about 70kwh. So if the battery were fully charged as you came to a halt in the snow*, a 19 hour wait would exhaust the battery and leave the authorities the nightmare of not only clearing the roads but also dealing with the dead cars. * which of course it won't be |
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Post by ForumUser2 on Dec 4, 2023 12:40:51 GMT 1
In idle mode on a cold day ours uses about 1.5kw/hr. The battery nominal capacity is around 27kw. Something like an MG ev holds about 70kwh. So if the battery were fully charged as you came to a halt in the snow*, a 19 hour wait would exhaust the battery and leave the authorities the nightmare of not only clearing the roads but also dealing with the dead cars. * which of course it won't be Yep. At least you wouldn't be dead from CO poisoning from running an ICE for 19 hrs! |
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Post by beejay on Dec 4, 2023 14:49:51 GMT 1
Bad weather, including snow for that area, was forecast. Under those circumstances why wasn't need for drink and snacks foreseen?
A rhetorical question 'cos it happens every year - no answer required.
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Post by mysty on Dec 4, 2023 15:09:41 GMT 1
In idle mode on a cold day ours uses about 1.5kw/hr. The battery nominal capacity is around 27kw. Something like an MG ev holds about 70kwh. So if the battery were fully charged as you came to a halt in the snow*, a 19 hour wait would exhaust the battery and leave the authorities the nightmare of not only clearing the roads but also dealing with the dead cars. * which of course it won't be Simple,just make sure you have a long extension cable with you  |
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Post by houpla on Dec 4, 2023 15:16:49 GMT 1
This battery business is so wrong. 20 years ago I brain stormed a design for personal transport. Lightweight pods with 20km range batteries to access powered monorails to destinations chosen as one does a satnav. Slot in your credit card and off you go. Pods link up when destinations are similar or on route. Sit back and read a book. No more potholes or roadworks. Are you a Julian May fan by any chance?  |
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Post by curtis on Dec 4, 2023 15:36:03 GMT 1
I caught a part of a programme and there was a test of a new electric car by the ambulance respone teams. They liked the fact that it could store more of their kit than a break and they liked the acceleration. They attended an emergency birth. Afterwards, and I am not too sure, they said that they had used 35% or there was 35% left.
This was in daylight so imagine the lights and heater and blues at night. It seemed a very lightweight test to me.
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Post by Aardvark on Dec 4, 2023 16:52:36 GMT 1
I wonder how many EV users will be sticking a small petrol powered generator in the boot. Oops! I forgot. It's called a Hybrid. link |
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Post by JohnnyD on Dec 4, 2023 17:36:28 GMT 1
Or just not go out in scheduled bad weather.......
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