JohnDavies
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Fitted a Kitchen not so long back and the Guy there worked at the new Black Cabs Factory in Coventry.
Apparently new Taxi's are alloy bodies and chassis, and have water cooled battery's and are electric.
Said it was because of no emission penalty so beneficial for London type city.
it has a small engine for charging main battery's quickly as water cooled so can put a lot of Amps in them , and charge relatively quickly.
Think until battery technology is better, this type would be the next step, you would not be hindered by a fixed charging point , but otherwise its impractical.
Self charging cars Jonny,just a thought,technology is moving so fast i assume plug ins will soon be a thing of the past. Just a thought.
I am a sparky and I couldn't see how unless a major change was made , how you could have a charging point at your house, with the lead trailing across path into your car .
Fair enough if you have a detached house or a garage , but there are plenty of terraced houses without and flats /high rise accommodation - how would you get to your charging point?
I am sure with the advances in technology it will happen ,but with the cost of somehow putting in millions of charging points ,who would pick up the bill?
I think my current diesels will have fell to bits anyway by then
Apparently new Taxi's are alloy bodies and chassis, and have water cooled battery's and are electric.
Said it was because of no emission penalty so beneficial for London type city.
More likely it's because no diesel taxis can be registered after 1st Jan 2018, by order of the Mayor of London. So they are all going to be electric no matter if the technology works or not.
While older diesel engines are not the cleanest, modern Euro 6 ones are very clean. If they try to ban ALL diesels the worlds economy would collapse overnight, not sure people realise how many diesel engines are at work in the world, from irregation pumps, tractors, lorries, trains, shipping etc etc, there is no alternative technology ready to replace any of these.
Russ
More likely it's because no diesel taxis can be registered after 1st Jan 2018, by order of the Mayor of London. So they are all going to be electric no matter if the technology works or not.
While older diesel engines are not the cleanest, modern Euro 6 ones are very clean. If they try to ban ALL diesels the worlds economy would collapse overnight, not sure people realise how many diesel engines are at work in the world, from irregation pumps, tractors, lorries, trains, shipping etc etc, there is no alternative technology ready to replace any of these.
Russ
The last applies to petrol engines.
Yes the popularity will dwindle but then so will the petrol driven car as well!
The electric driven car is getting very close nowadays to passing the range anxiety associated with them.
I have been in the motor industry since a school leaver and for many years working in the UK manufacturing sector of trucks and buses. I started repairing cars at 9 years of age in Gloucester with my dad ex WW2 paratrooper who had a shop. I fixed the rod brakes on a 1946 Hillman.
Nowadays I have a 9 bay repair shop fixing MB, Landrover, diesel powered vehicles and Hybrids. My special focus these days is the Prius and Leaf.
Looking back we have gone in the late 90's with the Gen 1 Prius to getting about 3 miles in reverse on its nicklemetal Hydride traction batteries. Then to about 10 in the Gen 2 emerged in 2004 !
Reverse ??? you mighty ask????
Simply because on the Prius the full electric feature is only in reverse , the forward gears are by ICE AND TRACTION MOTOR ASSIST through a single eppicyclic gear stack or pack.
Then in quick succession with Li Ion batteries to about 40 miles. Eclipsed of course is the Leaf giving between 50 and 90 miles in forward gears .
The Tesla is giving as much as 350 miles to a battery charge
Now this year in the USA comes an even more impressive range`with the Chevrolet Bolt at a claimed 285 miles on a small family sized car! Introduction is slated for late 2017.
The change to electric will I believe happen very fast!
I was looking at a photo of a big street in New York City the other day, the year was 1892 ! Full of horse drawn vehicles. Then ten years later not a horse to be seen! --All gone I suppose to the knackers yard !
!Turned into glue for Henry Fords Model T production line!)
When the change comes the public will drop the ICE car for electric power.
Its about ten years away on current track -or trajectory !
Tuercas Viejas l
Power generation - not charging infrastructure - is the biggest challenge for EVs.
"Current technology"
Tee hee I saw what you did there!
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