Electric Cars

[Stevey Y]

Hi Gents just thought I would throw this out there, we seem to get more people joining who now own fully electric cars, without being offensive in any way I can't see any benefit to them if they have a problem, I might be wrong but is there anyone on this site that fully understands their complexities given that Audi franchises that have all the latest tech have problems fixing the later conventional cars, its a worrying future.

Steve.

[Anton8]

Hi Steve

I haven't got a clue what goes on when I switch the Audi on. I bought my E-Tron GT initially for pleasing shape and performance. In my mind there is not much to go wrong with the car, accepting the braking and steering systems there are only two moving parts. The motors. I accept that the electronic systems must be very complex but most of the ICE cars these days are similarly complex. I do wonder sometimes what it is going to be like in the years to come with 70k - 100k miles on the clock. 

Tony

[Steve Q]

With the development of synthetic fuels electric cars are nill and void in my opinion. Especially as Germany has delayed 2030 ban on petrol/diesel cars because of this.

They do more damage to the environment to manufacturer than an petrol/diesel car and their shelf life is a lot less. 

And a lot of the owners who think they're being green forget tyres, plastics and electricity all comes from fossil fuels. 

Not to mention the fire risk, this is my biggest concern. If I bought one and it sat on the drive then caught fire it could take 4 houses with it. 

[Stevey Y]

11 hours ago, Steve Q said:

With the development of synthetic fuels electric cars are nill and void in my opinion. Especially as Germany has delayed 2030 ban on petrol/diesel cars because of this.

They do more damage to the environment to manufacturer than an petrol/diesel car and their shelf life is a lot less. 

And a lot of the owners who think they're being green forget tyres, plastics and electricity all comes from fossil fuels. 

Not to mention the fire risk, this is my biggest concern. If I bought one and it sat on the drive then caught fire it could take 4 houses with it. 

Hi Steve I forgot about the spontaneous combustion factor, prime example was the van load of electric scooters that went up this year in London, it only took four hours to put the fire out and caused chaos.

Steve.

[Steve Q]

1 hour ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi Steve I forgot about the spontaneous combustion factor, prime example was the van load of electric scooters that went up this year in London, it only took four hours to put the fire out and caused chaos.

Steve.

Major concern in my opinion. Plus another factor is whilst a petrol/diesel car has fuel the driver is relatively free. Whereas the government can just turn off the car chargers remotely due to smart meters. Same for home energy use eventually