Random EV thoughts.....

The twilight zone 😊😊. If it was an ice she wouldn't put fuel in it either 😉

To meet national climate targets, grid investment needs to nearly double by 2030 to over USD 600 billion per year after over a decade of stagnation at the global level,

For Australia to roll out renewables and connect them will need at least 10,000 km of additional transmission lines.

It's quite bonkers when there is a thread derailing alternative that is far cheaper.

NASA just named an asteroid after Sabine, which is cool.

Australia has already explained why that alternative won't happen.

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/nuclear-power-stations-are-not-appropriate-for-australia-and-probably-never-will-be/

As regards the 10,000km of new lines, that's not a particularly big number for a country the size of Australia with a dispersed population. And much of that will be through territory where there won't be the same problem getting planning permission unlike here where it can take decades to get one new transmission line approved.

And your energy market operator CEO has said:

“There is no doubt renewable solar and wind generation are the cheapest replacement technology for those retiring coal power stations, even taking into account firming and integration costs.

https://www.energymagazine.com.au/aemo-energy-transition-needs-10000km-of-new-transmission/

Okay I got a good laugh out of that one 😂

You are totally and completely wrong, nuclear is far cheaper than renewables if you buy Korean APR-1400s from Korean Hydro and Nuclear Power, which have recently completed two reactors at Shin-Hanul power plant in S Korea and are currently building units 3&4. They just offered to build 6 for Poland at the same price as those two. In addition to the four they built for the Barakah NPP in the UAE, which came in at a bit more per GW than the other examples I mentioned, but still way cheaper than the cost of OSW off Scotland in the form of the recently completed East Anglia One and under construction Dogger Bank - the world's largest OSW farm project.

East Anglia One cost $4.37 billion per GW of capacity, Dogger Bank is costing $3.12 billion. While the Barakah NPP cost $4.36 billion per GW and the Shin-Hanul/Polish price is $3.18 billion per GW.

The reason I said far cheaper is that the OSW mentioned has a capacity factor of around 47% while an APR-1400 based plant has a 96% capacity factor. You need to double those OSW prices to even begin to compare like for like, let alone add the cost of battery/hydrogen/whatever storage system you want to use to make a renewable perform like a baseload.

Solar is so much worse as it's $1.9 billion per GW for a pitiful 11% capacity factor here in Ireland.

No, the UAE did not use slave labour as the cost was higher than in Korea and what Poland has been offered and higher still compared to the earlier Shin-Hanul units 1&2 - so far they only look to be taking two due to trying to suck up to the US for geopolitical defence reasons, so will likely have to pay a bit more per unit.

Currently Czechia also looks to be after APR-1400s, as are the Netherlands. No one in their right mind is basing nuclear prices on the current financial disasters in the UK and France. They have lost their nuclear mojo, Korea hasn't and is on a roll.

If you have an open mind and truly want to find out what's the most expensive form of power generation, then I suggest you run the numbers on floating offshore wind. There are 3 main commercial scale projects; Hywind Scotland, Hywind Tampen and Kincardine OSWF. I could give you the numbers, but it's not Halloween yet.

Did you miss the bit where the current Korean builds and the Polish offer price are lower? Even with that cost overrun, Barakah's final cost is still way cheaper than OSW in this region, it doesn't make a deal breaking amount of difference. OSW seems to need free finance, as many major projects have been cancelled due to cost increases.

Oh, and when doing that earlier cost comparrison, I forgot one of the vital considerations that doubles the difference in favour of nuclear, and that's plant longevity. OSW farms have a 30 year lifespan if you spend an additional 26-30% of the original capital cost on operations and maintainance, whereas these NPPs have a design life of 60 years.

Fixed bottom; Dogger Bank and East Anglia One.

^^ LOL!

Next time, leave one window slightly open and refuel the cabin to the brim. ;-)

I wonder will it ever see the light of day? I hope so. Airbags, crash protection, gyro scopes and still as maneuverable as a motorbike almost and electric.

What more could one want.

I had to read your post twice😊 thought the cable was hanging out. It's hard to miss an open charging door in your mirror, like a big air brake.

Unlikely to cause damage, but who knows…

I used to do the same in the born the odd time, unplug, hang up the cable, forget to close the port, drive off.…usually spotted it in the mirror quickly though.

Haven't done it in a long time now though

Strange that it doesn't warn you the door is open the Superb IV definitely warned me if the door was open.

Once you're above 80 it blows shut in the wind 😂

I know this from experience 🫣

Doesn't something similar already exist as a 3 wheeler? I definitely remember seeing this 3 wheel scooters (2 front, 1 rear wheel) driving around. Pretty sure they had a windscreen and roof as well

You could always get a Twizy and skip the self balancing

Speaking of, I spotted one twizzing (yeah, I said it) around Dublin recently. Looked like it had some extra wide tyres, the kind you'd see on a go kart

Whoever was driving was having way too much fun blasting away from traffic on a green light

It depends when you passed your test if they are classed as a trike, for driving on a car license. The rule changed about 10/12 years ago I think.

Qooder also do a version in 3 or 4 wheels. Even had an EV version of the 4 wheeler for a while.