Electric cars

[Didu]

On 4/3/2022 at 8:54 AM, D3badge said:

 

YS Khong, "Now I'm not going to pay close to RM200K to buy a (EV)car, and (due to range anxiety)drive it like a pussy car yah!"  😁

[inlinesix]

36 minutes ago, Didu said:

YS Khong, "Now I'm not going to pay close to RM200K to buy a (EV)car, and (due to range anxiety)drive it like a pussy car yah!"  😁

Most drive like pussy la.

Who drives like YS Khong?

[DOBIEMKZ]

Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave Isn’t a Good Sign

https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-asks-texan-owners-to-limit-charging-due-to-heat-wave?utm_source=digg

MAY 20, 2022 3:00 PM

Texas' power grid doesn't exactly have the best of reputations, especially during inclement weather. Whether it's a snowstorm or an extreme heatwave, the Lone Star State's isolated power infrastructure seems to have a bit of an issue staying afloat when demand for power increases. And now, charging electric cars certainly isn't helping.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) announced last week that six of its power generation facilities went offline following a high demand for power amid a heatwave. During the outage, the six stations would have produced enough electricity to power more than half a million homes. Electric automaker Tesla, which is now headquartered in the state, followed up by asking owners of its vehicles to avoid charging their cars during peak hours in order to help prevent a further increase in demand for electricity.

Model 3 warning about heat wave and electric grid.

"A heatwave is expected to impact the grid in Texas over the next few days," reads a photo of a message pushed to Tesla vehicles in Texas posted to Reddit last week. "The grid operator recommends avoiding charging during peak hours between 3 pm and 8 pm, if possible, to help statewide efforts manage demand."

The National Weather Service says that the average temperature in the Dallas area for the month of May is around 73 degrees. During the recent heatwave, average temperatures rose above 83 and spiked as high as 94 degrees. A week later, however, things aren't cooling down much. In fact, that goes for nearly half of the country as summer-like weather is expected to blanket the southeastern U.S. with temperatures above 90 degrees this weekend.

For EV owners in Texas, conserving electricity doesn't just mean charging during off-peak hours. It also means adjusting driving habits—perhaps driving less overall or not turning the air conditioning down quite as far. Given that Texas also has the third-highest number of electric cars registered in the entire United States, it's easy to see how reducing the number of EVs charging at one time could reduce the stress on an already taxed grid.

According to research conducted by AAA, EVs can experience up to a 17 percent drop in range with the air conditioning on in 95-degree weather. Tesla has previously disputed this figure, according to The Verge, as have owners. However, there is one clear way to ensure that a vehicle is spending less time plugged in: don't take frequent, short trips that allow the cabin to become hot between drives. Maintaining a set temperature consumes less energy than cooling a sun-heated cabin, so reducing the number of short trips may prevent the need to plug in as frequently during a time when the power infrastructure is in high demand.

Another possibility to help ease grid issues in the future could be a technology found in some EVs called bidirectional charging. By using the stored energy in an EV's battery pack, a vehicle can deliver power back into the home through the same connector it uses to charge. Presently, Tesla does not offer this capability in its vehicles. This could be immensely useful during a power outage, or to simply alleviate grid load during peak hours. Once power is restored or off-peak hours are reached, the vehicle can then resume charging. States like California have even launched pilot programs to pay owners to use vehicle-to-grid charging capabilities in order to build resiliency into its own troubled grid—something Texas might also benefit from.

 

[inlinesix]

[Watwheels]

14 minutes ago, inlinesix said:

This is just a luxurious golf cart. Dont be fooled. Hahaha...

[Watwheels]

Lai liao lai liao.

Budget debate: New COE criterion for EVs, more HDB carparks to get charging points

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/budget-debate-new-coe-criteria-for-evs-charging-points-to-be-installed-in-nearly-2000-hdb-carparks-by-2025

SINGAPORE - Fully electric vehicles (EVs) with up to 110kW of power will come under the Category A certificate of entitlement (COE) from May onwards, in a move to bring more mass-market cars into that category.

Blah blah blah...

 

Category A COEs currently apply to cars with engine capacity up to 1,600cc and a maximum power output (MPO) of 97kW or 130bhp, with no distinction for EVs.

The added 110kW criteria applies exclusively to fully electric vehicles, and will apply to EVs registered with COEs obtained from May onwards. EVs with more than 110kW will come under Category B.

Under the new criteria, mass market EVs that will come under Category A include the Hyundai Ioniq Electric and Kona Electric, Kia Niro Electric Short Range and Nissan Leaf.

Currently, the Hyundai Ioniq Electric is listed at $172,888 inclusive of a Category B COE.

The move means that buyers of these mass market models would stand to pay less, as they would not be competing in the Category B COE segment which tends to have higher premiums. At the latest COE tender, the premium for Category A was $63,000, about $30,590 less than for Category B.

 

Those who bought early must be banging balls now. $30,590 $$$ could have been saved. Will LTA give this amount back to current ev owners who bought early? LoL...

[inlinesix]

26 minutes ago, Watwheels said:

This is just a luxurious golf cart. Dont be fooled. Hahaha...

It is a golf cart in Sg.

In Fr, kids from 14 y/o can drive it.

By the way

This golf cart is best selling EV in China.

Edited May 28, 2022 by inlinesix

[13177]

1 hour ago, Watwheels said:

Lai liao lai liao.

Budget debate: New COE criterion for EVs, more HDB carparks to get charging points

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/budget-debate-new-coe-criteria-for-evs-charging-points-to-be-installed-in-nearly-2000-hdb-carparks-by-2025

SINGAPORE - Fully electric vehicles (EVs) with up to 110kW of power will come under the Category A certificate of entitlement (COE) from May onwards, in a move to bring more mass-market cars into that category.

Blah blah blah...

 

Category A COEs currently apply to cars with engine capacity up to 1,600cc and a maximum power output (MPO) of 97kW or 130bhp, with no distinction for EVs.

The added 110kW criteria applies exclusively to fully electric vehicles, and will apply to EVs registered with COEs obtained from May onwards. EVs with more than 110kW will come under Category B.

Under the new criteria, mass market EVs that will come under Category A include the Hyundai Ioniq Electric and Kona Electric, Kia Niro Electric Short Range and Nissan Leaf.

Currently, the Hyundai Ioniq Electric is listed at $172,888 inclusive of a Category B COE.

The move means that buyers of these mass market models would stand to pay less, as they would not be competing in the Category B COE segment which tends to have higher premiums. At the latest COE tender, the premium for Category A was $63,000, about $30,590 less than for Category B.

 

Those who bought early must be banging balls now. $30,590 $$$ could have been saved. Will LTA give this amount back to current ev owners who bought early? LoL...

So from May EV cars would be cheaper and more people can afford to get one?

[inlinesix]

Just now, 13177 said:

So from May EV cars would be cheaper and more people can afford to get one?

Only those fall under Cat A

[Hamburger]

Good move. 

All cat price to go north. Clap clap in the name of affordability. 

[inlinesix]

5 minutes ago, Hamburger said:

Good move. 

All cat price to go north. Clap clap in the name of affordability. 

Car Lite

😂

[Philipkee]

20 hours ago, 13177 said:

So from May EV cars would be cheaper and more people can afford to get one?

No. UNLESS OVERALL quota increase. If not, it will just shift demand around and everyone just pays more.

[t0y0ta]

21 hours ago, 13177 said:

So from May EV cars would be cheaper and more people can afford to get one?

None of the newer gen proper EVs are remotely close to being categorized into Cat A. 

[Mkl22]

5 minutes ago, t0y0ta said:

None of the newer gen proper EVs are remotely close to being categorized into Cat A. 

Exactly even tiny Honda E will not be in cat A. As usual with LTA, another failure. 

Edited May 29, 2022 by Mkl22

[inlinesix]

20 minutes ago, Mkl22 said:

Exactly even tiny Honda E will not be in cat A. As usual with LTA, another failure. 

Exceed by 6hp

😂

 

[Watwheels]

On 5/28/2022 at 10:41 PM, 13177 said:

So from May EV cars would be cheaper and more people can afford to get one?

The 4 I highlighted in bold in my previous post.

[inlinesix]

 

[DOBIEMKZ]

1 hour ago, inlinesix said:

 

Great figure for range. Even after discounting 25% off the range to factor in conditions not encountered in the test, it should still be an encouraging range nevertheless.
However the charging time is also long....