The Thailand Special Thread - New Developments/News

[au2000]

Might be … I guess the price point will be a real test though seeing this thing is petrol and not diesel.

[whynot]

Originally Posted by kevino

An early review on carexpert.com.au
Rated actual fuel use as 12 litres per 100kms
So what’s the point of hybrid in this

I think that fuel figure might be a bit misleading. I assume Car Expert got that consumption driving with a flat main battery and driving it in pure hybrid mode.

However, the battery itself is sized at 30 kWh and will give around 100 km range on battery. Assuming the car is charged up overnight, then it is conceivable that a typical tradie's commute would be within that 100 km of battery range.

Where it comes into its own is for a person towing a van (granted at 2.5t not a particularly big van). That 30 kWh battery will power a whole lot of creature comforts overnight.

For government and commercial fleets, the attractiveness of the vehicle is; A) the illusion of being green and caring for the environment, B) being able to recharge the ute while it is sitting in the yard overnight, C) and being able to fall back to liquid fuels.

For governments, whether it has more or less running costs is immaterial as they are spending your tax dollars.

[Franco Cozzo]

BYD Shark review:



I don't like the way the reviewer puts over the top emotion into how he talks but you get that on the big jobs,

The digital displays being 'stuck on' the dash is a bit gay I reckon, looks very slapped on,

If this thing steers and handles like shit, wonder if the locals will step up to the plate like shockworks and offer a steering/suspension package that makes it way better.

He mentions a bit about NMC batteries, which this thing doesn't have, but this also makes me laugh:



'I'm a bit reluctant to bend it about'

Immediately starts bending about in hands

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by whynot

However, the battery itself is sized at 30 kWh and will give around 100 km range on battery. Assuming the car is charged up overnight, then it is conceivable that a typical tradie's commute would be within that 100 km of battery range.

If the qualified electricians at my work are anything to go by they all have a sook when they have to drive more than 15 minutes away from home, so 100km should cover 6 months worth of driving in Melbourne

Their tools consist of a 6ft fibreglass ladder and a louis vuitton handbag with some basic hand tools in it.

Average kilometres travelled

Average kilometres travelled was 12.1 thousand kilometres for all vehicles

Northern Territory vehicles had the highest average kilometres travelled (12.5 thousand kilometres),

followed by Victoria (12.4 thousand kilometres)

Vehicles registered in Tasmania reported the lowest average kilometres (10.9 thousand kilometres)

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/in...latest-release

Means the average Victorian drives 33km/day, at 100km of range they get three days worth of fuel-free running in perfect conditions.