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Aren't JLR working on an electric new defender?This latest LRM talks about someone converting a Defender,
For £250K
Well if you've got that sort of dosh!!!!!
Doubt if it will be that much.
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Doubt if it will be that much.
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No it won't and I have the copy of the mag in another room so can't check at the mo, but no, built by the factory they will be cheaper.
This one is an all singing all dancing money no object conversion which will go like feck and for a long distance, I think, from memory as I only skimmed the article as not really interested that much!
Another article said 25% odd of new regs in this last year have been electric in one form or another, but that may just be a reflection of the chip shortage.
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I will probably be getting an electric when my car packs in.No it won't and I have the copy of the mag in another room so can't check at the mo, but no, built by the factory they will be cheaper.
This one is an all singing all dancing money no object conversion which will go like feck and for a long distance, I think, from memory as I only skimmed the article as not really interested that much!
Another article said 25% odd of new regs in this last year have been electric in one form or another, but that may just be a reflection of the chip shortage.
I see plenty of charging points most places I go now, and I drive as little as possible.
Quite like the look of the all electric Hyundais.
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The French are very good at looking after themselves, there is probably no country that is more protectionist of local industry
One of the things I like about them!
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Might actually make a v8 burn cooler so less likely to drop a liner.
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Can you imagine us trying to drive all the way to our place in France in an electric? Even if we could find charging points and didn't mind fast charging. It would be immensely frustrating and could even add another day to the journey, Unless we could guarantee a hotel room with a charging point for the overnight stop. And the vehicle would have to be capable of towing and have a good range, better than the ones normally quoted.
Agree, fine for just running around.
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I am sure that is the case, but as I have no wish to go to France, it doesn't bother me.
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That would change with supercapacitors. Or hydrogen fuel cells. The answers are there, they just need the political will to make them happen. Hard when your donors want the opposite.
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which is why I am sure it would suit you.
In the UK, 99 % of the time it would be fine for us too.
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For the odd long haul trip, I would probably just rent a petrol car.
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Good idea, but for us with dogs and the need to travel in the winter around the Dales, with all the dry stone walls you can't see over unless in a highish vehicle, don't know we'd want to pay the valeting charge on a noo disco or whatever!
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Or train it and rent the other end if need be.
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I have thought of that too. I travel by train a lot, not too dear if booked well in advance and with a railcard.
That's 5 X the price of the lovely electric defender that Johnny Smith test drove last year.This latest LRM talks about someone converting a Defender,
For £250K
Well if you've got that sort of dosh!!!!!
I'd rather convert my Freelander to electric, unfortunately it's just too expensive to consider at this point.
There's a couple of electric Freelander conversions in progress in the Freelander section though.
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Is it just an inverter to allow the owners to run heated rollers and hair dryers?I'd rather convert my Freelander to electric, unfortunately it's just too expensive to consider at this point.
There's a couple of electric Freelander conversions in progress in the Freelander section though.
Maybe, although it's wasted on me as I have no hair.Is it just an inverter to allow the owners to run heated rollers and hair dryers?
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If I leave my ICE car for 6 months with a full tank of diesel, it will still have as near as makes no difference a full tank of diesel, leave you BEV for 6 months, depending on the weather, too hot or too cold and the battery will be significantly depleted due to the environmental conditioning. A BEV consumes power even when it's not being used.
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Obviously the Uni that did the research were dumbThat's not even remotely accurate, the opposite is true in fact.
The North and South poles reflect huge amounts of solar energy back into space, which is one of the main reasons they're so bloody cold.
If the soil was to absorb loads of heat, that makes the local area hotter.
I'm sorry but that statement is completely round the wrong way. Someone didn't do simple high-school physics to come up with BS like that.
