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danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on March 08, 2011, 09:37:02 am ---

You're misinterpreting what you read.


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No

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: Mikezilla on March 09, 2011, 11:37:53 am ---
--- Quote ---Oh, and those of you in the states? relax, price of gas there is still heaps less than most other places in the world. I just noticed today that 98 octane here in Brisbane, Australia is $1.65 a litre. That's $6.27 a gallon...
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Am I reading this right? 98 octane!? The highest octane rating you can get here in CA is 91. I think they only sell 98 octane at racing places.
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 08, 2011, 10:44:47 am ---
I'd like to know how we could expect an aging and already insufficient power grid to take on the added load of charging automobiles.  Places like California have had to resort to rolling blackouts for a long time now.  Places with seasonal demand for home air conditioning (like New England) are starting to have issues all summer.  What is going to happen to the grid when people start plugging cars in to charge overnight?  Cities and states don't want to spend the money to ramp up the grid because it is invisible capital expense but if they don't get on this soon all these plug in electrics are nothing more than a pipe dream.

What happens when we have a power outage?  Your internet and VOIP phone are dead as are your refrigerators and possibly heat/cooking.  You have limited time on your cell phone.  Now we're talking about being unable to drive because we can't charge the car?  Are we going to start keeping gas tanks on site specifically for backup generators to charge the cars we no longer want running on gas?

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Thats a very good point.  :applaud:

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Australia uses RON. At the pump, you can get 91, 95 and 98. My old VW likes the extra octane (",)

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: DillonFoulds on March 08, 2011, 10:29:12 am ---I was under the impression that electric cars only get about 100km/charge?

My car gets about 700 km/tank. If it's only costing me $7 to charge once, and it's taking 7 times the amount of charges to equal a tank of gas, that's 49$ worth of electricity. That's roughly what it costs to fill my car up with gasoline, anyways?

Are these numbers wrong?

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The Tesla sports car is over 200 MILES per charge...

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on March 10, 2011, 04:02:42 am ---The Tesla sports car is over 200 MILES per charge...

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...and costs over a hundred thousand dollars.

DillonFoulds:
The Bugatti Veyron gets about 200km/tank average driving speed, but I can't afford a veyron... how is that relevant?

To get a car that can rival low to mid end consumer grade, you kind of have to compare costs of the vehicle, not just economy.

If the car battery is anything like the batteries in my xbox controllers, then I'm not putting much faith in the cycles per lifetime of the car battery, meaning it won't be long before i have to invest 10k or so into another battery.

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