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Old 05-12-21, 04:56 PM   #2761
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As long as you don't constantly top up lithium iron batteries they last a lot of charging cycles. Check out the Fully Charged channel on YouTube - Robert Llewellen (Kryten to most of us) has a gen 1 Leaf from 2011 that's only just had a battery swap for a better used one. Cost per mile, even factoring in the newer battery pack, is peanuts so so well worth doing.
How do you not constantly top up rechargeable batteries ,you have to top them up when they run out of charge ?!
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Old 05-12-21, 04:58 PM   #2762
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These problems with electric vehicles will become apparent to everybody when the internal combustion engine has been banned !
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Old 05-12-21, 05:07 PM   #2763
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How do you not constantly top up rechargeable batteries ,you have to top them up when they run out of charge ?!
charging them at say 90% full all the time is bad for them. its best to run them down to 10% but not completely empty.

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why cant leccy vehicles have dynamo fitted to the wheels to help top up on the go. when i were a lad we had dynamo lights that were run off a wheel, its a pity we never had rechargeable battery's back then.
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Old 05-12-21, 09:40 PM   #2764
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charging them at say 90% full all the time is bad for them. its best to run them down to 10% but not completely empty.
That was the very issue. Doing 10 miles from full then charging it again is not great for longevity.
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Old 06-12-21, 05:29 PM   #2765
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That was the very issue. Doing 10 miles from full then charging it again is not great for longevity.
I didn't mean fully charging again after doing a few miles. I assume vehicles will be driven similar to petrol cars - drive until about quarter full or just below then top up. Problem with electric vehicles is people will not want to go too low for fear of running out because they can't find a charging point.
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Old 06-12-21, 06:23 PM   #2766
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Problem with electric vehicles is people will not want to go too low for fear of running out because they can't find a charging point.
Very true, with the current infrastructure.
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Old 13-12-21, 01:31 PM   #2767
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Old 13-12-21, 07:25 PM   #2768
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Eye Eye - Bibs has been on the hooch
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Old 14-12-21, 10:03 AM   #2769
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nope sober.. lol

it was 12 days till xmas. i know the song is about from the 25th-5th.

its only week till solstice, depressing thought.. well no as thats when we start to get more daytime
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More daytime again soon - that should be in the SOTD thread!
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