The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

I know in the USA Ford is making changes to accommodate future electrification, in some form, but even so they are some way off being viable for a broad audience.

When the car companies started announcing EV Utes, trucks and buses, the do-gooders switched focus to the pollution left on and around roads, in waterways and in the air as dust from the "crumbling tyres". So expecting to find an widely accepted solution might be ambitious.

Ford are looking at 5 different EV vehicles and are bringing a transit van to Aus for couriers/tradies........as usual from Ford the BS has has already started with dodgy charging figures. 11kw needed to recharge the battery at home, they say 5-7 hours charge time.....not sure how thats going to happen when  a single phase at 230-240v@32 amps(which is max) only gives you about 7.5kw.
That means you need 3 phase at home or you are waiting 11-12 hours on a single phase charger setup.