The Electric Vehicle (EV) discussion thread (Merged)

An electric car made in the UK?
No thanks.

Come on man Lucas has not been involved in limey cars for a long time.

I am sure they have done away with the positive ground nonsense years ago.


On to the Tesla thing. They are gonna get clobbered by bigger car companies once they start to come into the marketplace.

They are on borrowed time. The auto industry knows a hell of a lot more about the auto industry than Tesla and none are run by an egomaniac that has to be in the press.

With that all said I really don't think the electric cars are the only answer.

They are filthy things. Cobalt for the batteries is mined by children in the Congo. MINED by KIDS! If you want to save the world start with them. If your electric car is being charged by a coal burning plant are you really saving the world?

Everyone let's not forget the auto industry was making great strides in mpg and being cleaner.

In fact Mazda has a great new engine that is super efficient and clean.

It is the holy Grail of gas engines. It fires from from squeeze like a diesel. It is about a clean burn.

They in fact are working on getting the thermal efficiency to that of a electric car charged on a natural gas plant

https://jalopnik-com.cdn.ampproject...ine-could-be-as-clean-as-some-elec-1822516318