Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
Lemme guess. FWD?I shall name thee BoatyMcBoatface. Because you have the performance and steering finesse of the Titanic...
Lemme guess. FWD?I shall name thee BoatyMcBoatface. Because you have the performance and steering finesse of the Titanic...
Or more to the point - Camry...Lemme guess. FWD?
This one is super floaty - very soft shock settings. And totally dead steering. After an hour in it I’ve learnt it a bit and can place it ok on the road, but damn it’s lifeless.Scary thing is those new ones are a lot better dynamically than the ones a couple of generations before. They were full "understeer is safe" handling design. Proper scary on the road.
The early gen hybrid ones had appalling steering, 0 feel from dead center to about 10 degrees off and very little auto recentering. They were the staple choice in our car fleet and after driving one for 2 hours along a fairly boring and straight stretch of highway I was exhausted. Had to concentrate hard af just to keep the thing between the white lines.And totally dead steering.
Yeah, i just did a couple of hours highway/freeway work in it. It’s not awesome.The early gen hybrid ones had appalling steering, 0 feel from dead center to about 10 degrees off and very little auto recentering. They were the staple choice in our car fleet and after driving one for 2 hours along a fairly boring and straight stretch of highway I was exhausted. Had to concentrate hard af just to keep the thing between the white lines.
Learning all sorts of interesting things.What the fuck are you up to anyway? Stroking corporate cock?
It’s a bit more complicated than that... short version is it depends.Which method emits less CO2 - electricity production into charging batteries or manufacturing & transporting hydrogen?
And wouldn't a hydrogen vehicle have more maintenance than an EV?
These are the questions that need to be answered.
Why did you ignore my question about maintenance?It’s a bit more complicated than that... short version is it depends.
Longer version is it doesn’t matter if renewable electricity (for direct use in batteries or for making hydrogen) is being made in enough quantity.
Oh right sorry. Maintenance - yeah it’s higher (but lower than an ICE) and the 160K km service life Hyundai are quoting isn’t great.Why did you ignore my question about maintenance?
And remember my previous statements about energy reductions as the first port of call for solving CC? Energy used to produce hydrogen is stupidly large.
We don’t have the luxury to move to green electricity in volume to cater for hydrogen alongside transitioning our existing FF energy needs to green electricity.
Hydrogen is a scam.
I've been musing over the electric car and it's recharging requirements for ages and I can't recall if I've mentioned it here.The thing is that with a hydrogen car you need a fast fill every time because you’re having to go to a filling station like an ICE. For a BEV car, who cares how long it takes to charge when 95% of the charging is overnight at home. The need for a fast charge is rare and 200kms of range in 10 min is fine.
The whole “it refills fast” argument ignores the way electric cars are actually used in the real world.