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Jimbo1907

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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2017, 21:41:30 »
Jaguar in the UK have built at least one electric E-type. Evidently it performs quite well. Now, how far it will go, I have no idea.

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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #26 on: December 22, 2017, 21:51:16 »
Their website claims 170 miles 'in real world comditions'
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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2017, 23:06:14 »
What about the exhaust note though.  A Jag or Merc without the burble would be just plain wrong ;D ;D ;D

Garry, I drove several ///M3’s before I came over to the dark side and changes=d to a C63 AMG as my Daily Driver. When I did this BMW was just interfacing the new ///M3 and ///M4. What they then offered since they went down from the V8 to a V6 with Turbo was for the exhaust sound to be piped over the radio LOL ... this convinced me to let the ///M3 go and get the C63 AMG ~smile~ this along with the Run Flat Tires gave it the final push.

I drive my C63 AMG for safety not for speed, it’s nice to know one has the extra ponies under the hood :) when needed.

The link to the BMW exhaust sound —-> http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=893548

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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #28 on: December 23, 2017, 03:05:16 »
I posted a while back about an EV converted 230sl. This car is now finished and driveable.  Here is one video from the series. See the youtube users channel for all of the EV 230sl build videos.
https://youtu.be/Hi2mzUnc28U
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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #29 on: December 23, 2017, 05:22:10 »
... This car is now finished and driveable.  Here is one video from the series. ....

and here is the last one describing the finished conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGuYMYk0xd8
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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #30 on: December 23, 2017, 12:07:02 »
Or a very fast mustang from Texas.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cjQtrysPzVI

No range at all but built for one purpose only
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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #31 on: December 28, 2017, 10:40:34 »
A recent trend where I live is to have preferential parking spaces for zero or low emission vehicles.  Understanding that 50 percent of the electricity in the USA is generated by burning coal tells me a battery operated vehicle is at lest partially running on coal and partially running on nuclear power.  Hardly seems like a cause for celebration.

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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #32 on: December 29, 2017, 19:02:48 »
Actually, according the the US Dept. of Energy, in 2016, 30% is coal, 34% Natural gas, & 20% nuclear.  More coal plants shut down in 2017.  Even coal, in a controlled generating plant, puts less carbon per BTU into the air than a Pagoda by a long shot.  So there is some cause for some celebration.  This example may not be the champion for EVs but it is an interesting experiment from which lessons will be learned.  If enough of the world converts to electric transportation, perhaps the atmosphere will be better able absorb the exhaust from our Pagodas and other collectibles.
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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2018, 07:04:59 »
Interesting that,
UK is 40% gas, 23% renewables, 20% nuclear, 8% coal and 7% oil
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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #34 on: January 02, 2018, 21:44:04 »
It is an interesting mix  Australia without any nuclear by choice is:


Coal 73%, Gas 13%, Hydropower 7%  Wind 4% Roof top solar 2% Bioenergy 1%


Our coal fired power stations are also starting to shut down as we increase wind and solar.
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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #35 on: February 10, 2018, 12:45:24 »
Michael,

Thanks for bringing up tjese electrical demand issues for the heating and air conditioning. Everytime I have asked someone who is a zealot on these cars how that works, they are mum. I’ve also asked how the batteries degrade in charge as you are driving. Does the vehicle simply go slower and slower until it just stops? Realize the hybids may be a little different in this regard. I am sure you would need to also be careful aboit a whole host of other things we typically do that put electrical demands on the car like starting it or raising and lowering windows and tops!

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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #36 on: February 10, 2018, 15:21:43 »

Remember this.....perhaps there could be a Pagoda AAA Klasse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEjTwsfqHOY

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Re: Converting to electric anyone?
« Reply #37 on: February 14, 2018, 14:13:26 »
Thanks for bringing up these electrical demand issues for the heating and air conditioning...

Well George there's a huge difference between reading and talking about electric cars and actually owning them. I did have two, as noted for two years.

Which brings to mind another thing...all this talk of self-driving cars!  Recently while driving in light snow, the sensors on my Taurus became blocked, thus turning off the cruise control, and front-crash sensors. (this happens all the time on both my cars) I had to drive the old fashion way--with my head, my eyes, and my brain. Then, the weather took a turn for the worse, becoming foggy, with the snow, and the lanes disappearing. I'm here to tell you that if the sensors on a car can't even last through minor show w/o getting blocked, we have a very, very long way to go before this "mobility" things gets very far.

It's great if all weather conditions mirrored San Diego, but that's just a dream (except for Alfred)...
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