The All New Megathread

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

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 ?!

[svenrico]

These problems with electric vehicles will become apparent to everybody when the internal combustion engine has been banned !

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by svenrico

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.

soap battery's

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.

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by Bibio

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.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

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.

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by svenrico

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.

[Bibio]

On the first day of Christmas, My true love gave to me, A partridge in a pear tree.

[Sir Trev]

Eye Eye - Bibs has been on the hooch

[Bibio]

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

[Sir Trev]

More daytime again soon - that should be in the SOTD thread!