The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

Here is one of the hidden issues related to EVs, weight!End users do not realise, but the weight of a battery required to match a tank of fuel can be as high as 10x the mass of that tank of fuel. In a typical 4-door sedan configuration an 80L tank holds about 75kg of fuel for 650km on a typical use cycle, for the same range the battery would have to weigh at least 650kg or more subject to the type of battery technology.

Yet it is one of the key reasons users report the elegant EV ride, they have more mass per cubic centimetre of car than just about anything else on the road. When you want something to move smoothly in a straight line, you can't beat inertia and kinetic energy!

It's pretty lucky those EVs have heaps of torque isn't it?

I read if you put a EV battery config in a large dual cab ute you will be adding the weight of a Honda Civic to the Ute.
Our roads are only designed to take a certain weight with regards total car mass and given 40% of new vehicles sold are of the large Ute variety good luck dodging the dents and holes in the roads which means Vicroads will be looking to increase its earnings which means we will all be paying for those EV Utes.
And good luck with the range on those 3.5 tonne unladen full EV Utes with a Caravan or boat attached when your weekend getaway to Knobs creek finds your intrinsic value for Kilometres specified cut by plenty thanks to all that extra weight.
https://www.whichcar.com.au/reviews/2023...ectric-ute
So its not much use for towing or offroad and has sub par handling.....but it will look impressive in the primary school carpark picking up the kids at twice the price of a combustion version and you are doing your bit for cleaner air. Good luck to LDV , they are going to need it....