I quite like the concept of FE with all starting in equal cars, but my issue is its about looking after your mileage currently and if uou run out of charge for before the end you could be miles in front and lose. The point of a race is to reward the fastest imo. Duffer and skill set, but takes the fun out for me.Formula E is already a big thing. Electric motor cross bikes. Have you seen the electric VW GT racer? Fastest car around tracks.
I think you’ll be surprised how advanced these things are already.
I suppose it’s just another thing like tyre management. Hamilton didn’t win Turkey through being fastest. He just pitted less. It’s about using the power at the right times.I quite like the concept of FE with all starting in equal cars, but my issue is its about looking after your mileage currently and if uou run out of charge for before the end you could be miles in front and lose. The point of a race is to reward the fastest imo. Duffer and skill set, but takes the fun out for me.
I was looking at the cost of electric cars last week and they’re just too high at the minute. £25k for a corsa.A lot can happen in 10 years but I think it’s a very steep deadline. They need to work on affordability of the cars too if it’s to be a law.
I was looking at the cost of electric cars last week and they’re just too high at the minute. £25k for a corsa.
It's a ban on selling petrol and diesel cars, So won't affect F1 as they're privately/custom made. The ban doesn't include hybrids and is only on selling new cars, So they'll be a period of at least 10-20 years before the large majority of cars are electric.If petrol and diesel cars are to be scrapped by 2030, does this mean the end of Formula One racing, and rallying etc? Can't see those cars bombing round on electricity! What about buses and coaches, especially those long haul coaches. Will they all be electric powered?
Lampposts will be adapted into charging points. Probably some kind of induction charging technology similar to wireless phone charging built into roads.Add to that the charging points. How will they provide points for streets of terraced houses and blocks of flats, etc.?
Finding it too hard to not be sceptical about it.
A lot of the new cars they are selling come with free charging points.Add to that the charging points. How will they provide points for streets of terraced houses and blocks of flats, etc.?
Finding it too hard to not be sceptical about it.
Yes but bare in mind all those lampposts are connected to each other, Wouldn't take much to dig a hole every 16ft or so and fit charging bollards. I think some of the newer Teslas can charge 100% in 75 minutes now and get to 50% in around 20 mins.You’d need loads of charging points along streets, far more than how many lampposts you see dotted along them. Think the best they have now is 8hrs from empty to full. It can only improve I suppose. As I say though, I think it’s quantity.
Yeah, I don't understand why that doesn't seem to be taking off in the same way.... then again our government is ploughing on with building a new train line when elsewhere they are developing things like hyperloop.Stupid idea.
Get with the hydrogen .
Interesting, because of when I think of this current government, I think fruit loops.Yeah, I don't understand why that doesn't seem to be taking off in the same way.... then again our government is ploughing on with building a new train line when elsewhere they are developing things like hyperloop.
There is already a Formula E. Its as boring as F1 but fully electric.If petrol and diesel cars are to be scrapped by 2030, does this mean the end of Formula One racing, and rallying etc? Can't see those cars bombing round on electricity! What about buses and coaches, especially those long haul coaches. Will they all be electric powered?
Thanks, Nostro.There is already a Formula E. Its as boring as F1 but fully electric.
However, I camt see F1 bosses rolling over or lying down without a fight.
Add to that the cost for the regular, everyday driver. Just the cost of buying an electric vehicle is inflated to a petrol or diesel comparison, so unless the government are going to HEAVILY subsidise it, or I have a lottery win between then and now, I wont be affording one.
Then there's the upkeep. I couldnt just take it to a back street garage, it would have to be local dealer, which we all know is £££s, then the batteries themselves, currently its a new £500 cam belt every 5 years, wait until its a new £5k battery every 5 years instead. The rich will buy new cars and sell before they're due a new battery, the poor will pick up a cheap(ish) car with expensive upkeep bills.
Then there's the trouble and cost of discarding these batteries.
Let's say, 2030 seems more impossible a target than it does improbable.
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Yeah not a fantastic idea unless they came up with a street wide system whereby they dig up roads to install instead of gardens.Another part of the Government's plan is to replace gas boilers in homes with an alternative. I'm sure I heard on radio 5 last night that all new homes are to be built with heat source pump systems. The estimated cost to replace your gas boiler & radiators with a heat source pump system is currently £10-15K.
If petrol and diesel cars are to be scrapped by 2030, does this mean the end of Formula One racing, and rallying etc? Can't see those cars bombing round on electricity! What about buses and coaches, especially those long haul coaches. Will they all be electric powered?
Lampposts will be adapted into charging points. Probably some kind of induction charging technology similar to wireless phone charging built into roads.
My main concern is what the government are going to tax to replace fuel duty/road tax... Expect black boxes in the cars and pay per mile, With peak and off peak times.
I think in the not too distant future many people won't own cars and will hire driverless cars.
A lot of the new cars they are selling come with free charging points.
No tax and the electricity required is about the third of the cost of petrol.
I am very optimistic. Technology moves so quickly these days. Hard to keep up.
Stupid idea.
Get with the hydrogen .
Another part of the Government's plan is to replace gas boilers in homes with an alternative. I'm sure I heard on radio 5 last night that all new homes are to be built with heat source pump systems. The estimated cost to replace your gas boiler & radiators with a heat source pump system is currently £10-15K.
Over in Italy non-petrol and disel cars are very common, the main alternative is LPG, I have it in an Audi and you don't notice the difference - I do around 400KM for €20.
The one I have starts with petrol but then changes to LPG. There are a lot of ‘metano’ cars - methane.I assume they will be banned as well
Over 90% are petrol and diesel
The one I have starts with petrol but then changes to LPG. There are a lot of ‘metano’ cars - methane.
Just excusing the travel all around the world!F1's already moving carbon neutral.
Oh, and some forms of hybrids will still be allowed after 2030.
Expect the next PM to push the deadline out anyway. Although it does penalise the plebs...
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