It is not clear what the percentages relate to.
Most PHEV batteries also connect to the engine cooling system just to add to the complexity. I used to think that a standardized battery swapped at filling stations was the best way forward, with larger vehicles taking multiple units, there would be lots of advantages - till I worked on the cars - it's not.
Except, as mentioned, that's not a reliability chart, it's a satisfaction chart. Owners were asked over 36 odd categories. Reliability could come 10th or 2nd but it would be cancelled out by a positive response to a majority of the other 35 questions.
Totally offset by the 1200 coal fired power stations, if not put into a negative.
That is fine but do not overlook the security aspect, there is more to just fitting a replacement ECU in that it often needs a download from the OEM which requires an account and access codes. An example was a Peugeot we had that started giving all sorts of electrical issues such as would not turn off and the wipers had a mind of there own and this was a module failure. Sourced a module and luckily the guy who was sorting it knew someone at the local main dealer who he does a lot of work for and got the required code for this vehicle and he had an account. It still took ages even when the original code was downloaded as it would not crank or start. The problem or one of them was this module came from a two door and this one had four doors so the module was seeing four door lock motors which just made it stop and shut down. Even when it was running there were issues with the fuel gauge and speedo because they needed some calibration data entered so all in not a simple job. The other issue is the actual wiring interconnects, these are not of a great quality and are often a source of failure on the older motors and changing a loom is not a five minute job, even just the engine loom can take a long time.
So you didn't read the article in Autocar I linked to then ?
That's why I said there are third party companies around that will repair / rebuild ECU's. They do this to the original ECU so it doesn't need coding / main deal access.
I have seen the info before about battery swap systems and it really will not work for all of the reasons stated. Theres an article in Autocar years ago about Hydrogen, how good it was and it would be the saviour of ICE, look where we are!
Time will tell, I'll wager it wont happen.
It'll only get better and more refined if it's taken up which is highly unlikely.
Very much depends on type of car and age etc. Yes they all (apart from very very early cars) have petrol gauges but that’s the only certainty.
But only if they can recover the original image file, in many cases this is corrupt and the checksums fail so you have no choice but to get a clean download.
Not true, most of the issues with ECU's relate to input and output circuitry, these can be fixed with no issues to the coded data. I agree if it's reverse polarity jump start type of situation it's unlikely that they could fix that without access to main dealer tech.
There isnt a single EV I know of that doesnt nag you to death when range is becoming short. Most link into inbuilt Sat Nav and start to show you where charging points are.
I can't remember everything tbh just felt there was too much hard plastic, the car squeaked and creaked like hell, motors whined, especially in reverse which was a surprise but maybe normal, the car felt small, I didn't like the shape and not even the bright blue colour. It was a demo with only a couple of thousand miles on the clock and priced at around £25k which seemed ok for the spec but that was all. The salesman dug me out his top of the range model (his words) which was close to £40k and I didn't like that either. My daughter had a loan MG, smaller model earlier this year after she wrote off her car and that was bloody horrible.
Yes but green is increasing by 10% per year. They are currently around 30%
'Ever since the central government has designated the expansion of renewable energy as a national project, the country has invested heavily in the expansion of renewable energy capacity, making China a global leader in wind and solar power.' (Statista)
Apologies John as I thought you were referring to ICE cars.
Phew, you do seem to dislike it yet every single independent review of the MG4 and MG5 is favourable saying the exact opposite of your experience..
It is a little bit of a 'Marmite' car, love it or hate it with no middle ground. I like all of the design except the back end. It's an extraordinary car, very much like the tardis, loads of room inside yet apparently small outside. It's composite shell makes both light, strong and corrosion proof. It is amazingly efficient and all excellent quality made from recycled materials.
Good job we dont all like the sameI looked at it a couple of times over the years when changing Minis but it wasn't in the running as the missus hated it even more.
It was a great success, 250,000 of them made over the 8 year production run. It was BMW's first step into EV's and it won many awards:-
Nissan Puke really doesn't appeal to me LOL, I hate them with a passion.
