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Quick thinks... my driveway is 550m long, say half a kilometre, if I used the Atto 3 just for driving to the front gate and back, thats over 800 trips before it needs a recharge... Over a year between recharges just checking the mail once a day (which I wouldn't do because we only get mail twice...

LOL- so its a tiny driveway then??? Mine I can do a standing start in the 8 tonne tilt tray, and exceed the states road speed limit in my driveway before needing to stop... 550m long... Drive for half a kilometre and you get to my place.... (I'd hate to think how many cars I could fit on that-...

Most EV users in such places drive fairly short distances- so much so that a single 1/2- 3/4 hour charge would cover their entire weekly needs (do it while shopping,which is why many supermarkets now have multiple fast chargers at them) so they really don't need access to a home charger... And...

Basically- don't use scotchlocs... EVER!!!! They always end up causing issues.... One thing thats been available for a few years now are those 'low temp self sealing heatshrink solder joiners'- you can use a ciggy lighter to melt them, they have sealing compound in them to totally seal the...

Not an issue here anymore, they been banned lol (too many people would pay just one rego, and swap the lightboard with numberplate from one trailer to another...) Yes, they had chassis numbers stamped into the drawbar, but stamps are cheap and readily available, so just stamp the same numbers...

LOL- you never lived in the inner city in Sydney here- its got the older terrace housing with no onsite parking at all, and many of the streets are that narrow, they are only 'one way' if cars are parked on both sides... We got such places too... I used to live in that suburb... thats three...

So a tiny subsection (too busy) of a tiny subsection (can't have a charger at home) should mean nobody should get an EV... Thats assuming that the rollout of 'street slow chargers' doesn't continue until basically every street in those areas with no offstreet parking hasn't multiple...

It is both- you can sign up- and look for an available charger (the orange is free chargers, the green is chargers in use)- there is a range of various options, from neighbours sharing a charger being one, to those looking for a 'topup charger' for a one time use, to those looking for a 'nearby...

Most tower blocks here have their own onsite (allocated) parking spaces underneath- so that isn't an issue here... (with many already having EV overnight 'slow chargers' fitted- its a good 'selling point' in the cities where EV's here are very popular)- along with 'in the burbs'- and with rural...

I've come across that myself, some 'marker' lamps I bought from fleabay were the same- worse- some of the batch were reversed, some weren't!!! So I basically had to hook one up to a battery to see which way round the wires were on 'this' light... (worse they cost me literally three times the...

Here's the missing map (it wouldn't load for some reason) Considering the 'public' charger network, and privately owned ones available to rent out on apps like this- if you 'really' can't find a way to charge an EV- you probably shouldn't be driving ANY vehicle at all... (possibly a person to...

There are privately owned chargers springing up in many public carparks (shopping centers etc) plus there is already an app that lets people use their privately owned driveway charger (7kw or more) be 'hired out' to others to use and they get paid for the usage (and make a small profit on each...

BTW- there is a 'standard trailer wiring colours' code used in most countries... Smaller trailers use the 5 core or 7 core trailer cables with a 6 pin or 7 pin plug (round or 'flat' rectangular for the most part, but the rounds can vary in size from location to location), larger trailers like...

Bimetal strip flashers (they are still being used in many new cars btw if they are using bulbs rather than LEDs) remained flashing at the same speed if you add extra bulbs- they flashed faster if the load DECREASES- ie if you have a 2x21w flasher, and a bulb 'blows' you now only have 1x 21w bulb...

You'd be surprised- most newer Australian offgrid homes use 96v nominal battery banks, with 15kw or more of inverter hanging off them!!!! Even my own for the house is a 48v 12kw inverter- designed to run the entire house and a hobby workshop- which will be including two separate split cycle A/C...

One thing to watch out for when buying cells (a single cell connected with other cells in the one enclosure is a battery) is looking out for 'fakes'-- Eve cells have a lot of fakes out there- a common telltale is the terminals A genuine Eve has stainless threaded inserts for the bolts, most of...

Plus they are so much more than many expect in performance- I got to 'test drive' one off the locals Atto 3's, just to see what it felt like in person- sure it isn't in the Tesla levels of performance (but then they can beat pretty much anything that isn't a performance 'supercar' - perfect...

Most current EVs charge at around 10km per minute if the charger permits, some faster... The Atto 3 I am looking at for example will on a DC charger of 150kw or more (most here newer than a couple of years old are 350kw) will put in that 10km per minute rate (and the Atto is a fairly old design...

Funnily enough- I am indeed actually looking at an EV (specifically the Atto3, because of its towing ability - up to 1200kg on a braked trailer) and being completely offgrid to boot!!! I live literally in the middle of the bush in rural Australia, and even with the approximate 400-450km range...

AWD is already quite common in EV's (hub motors on the other hand aren't really that desirable- they already exist, but using them means more unsprung weight on the tyres- which reduces handling, and increases tyre wear...) This is a list of some of the existing vehicles available here in...