EVs and motors
Created 01Jan2024, Last edited 23Jan2024
Honda N-van
Honda small electric N-Van
https://www.arenaev.com/honda_nvan_e_announced_with_210_km_range_and_up_to_350_kg_cargo_capacity-news-2492.php 29 September 2023
Honda small electric N-Van
Honda unveils $10K electric N-Van e with 130-mile range that can power your home
https://electrek.co/2023/09/29/honda-unveils-10k-electric-n-van-e-130-mile-range-v2h/
vehicle-to-home (V2H),
https://electrek.co/
https://newatlas.com/urban-transport/honda-n-van-e-japan/
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/09/electric-honda-n-van-e-debuts-in-japan-with-a-targeted-range-of-130-miles/
https://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/
no n-van e on 11Jan2024
BYD Seagull
BYD Seagull is sub-£8000 electric supermini for China
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/byd-seagull-sub-%C2%A38000-electric-supermini-china
https://fullycharged.show/episodes/byd-seagull-this-ultra-cheap-electric-car-could-change-everything/
03 Oct 2023 video
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/04/byds-seagull-starts-at-just-11300-and-has-sodium-ion-battery/
Video TOC
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/malcolm-fryer-73320733_new-byd-seagull-2023-in-depth-walkaround-activity-7084978456907665409-DuOE
https://www.byd.com/uk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery
BYD will be launching Seagull in March 2024 for around 100k BRL as "Dolphin Mini"
Name is quite intriguing since Seagull & Dolphin are different cars
Dolphin currently selling from 149.8k BRL in Brazil, so Dolphin-Mini might come in just below 100k to increase its appeal
From tphuang @tphuang
Solar charging EV
122 mls 49% 20May2023 17:00 Start charging
Pence per kWh 31.22
https://plans.ovoenergy.com/
Solar charging an electric car...
Solar 0w, House -2688w, Grid -2688w Importing, 2023May21 05:08:17
Solar 1626w, House -2490w, Grid -864w Importing, 2023May21 08:37:47
Solar 2229w, House -1974w, Grid 255w Exporting, 2023May21 10:08:34
Car saying 30 mins to full charge
Solar 2500w, House -362w, Grid 2138w Exporting, 2023May21 11:30:53
Car no longer consuming energy, car battery full 11:00
Charging period 7+11 hrs = 18 hrs
Say charging consumes ~2.6 kW then Energy used is 46.8 kWh
Cost 0.3122 £/kWh x 46.8 kWh = £14.61
276 mls
General
kia niro ecar cazoo leaf Geely Panda Mini
https://www.buyacar.co.uk/cars/economical-cars/electric-cars/2672/cheapest-electric-car-with-longest-range
Hyundai Ioniq 39kWh Premium
Nissan Leaf 62kWh e+ Tekna Auto £18,250 Jun 2021 seen Aug2023 on cazoo
kWh/mIles
39/145
59/210
can you sleep in a nissan leaf
https://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=20508
camping with fan on all night
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=3893&p=195819&hilit=camping+tent#p195819
tent onto Leaf
https://openchargemap.org/site
https://pod-point.com/
as used by Tesco Nailsea
average electricity rate is 28p per kWh
https://usedcars.nissan.co.uk/en/electric/leaf-ownership
You can charge the battery to 100% in less than 8 hours with a professionally installed Nissan 7kW AC charger.
Hyundai 8 yr warranty
Kia 7 yr warranty
27Jul2009 £6995
https://www.officialdata.org/uk/inflation/2009?amount=6995
£6,995 in 2009 is worth £12,004.78 today
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https://ev-database.org/uk/car/1165/Hyundai-IONIQ-Electric
usable capacity is 38.3 kWh. A range of about 155 miles is achievable on a fully charged battery.
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https://www.whatcar.com/mazda/mx-30/hatchback/review/n22066
The battery range is another curiosity. At just 124 miles, it’s similar to that of a small electric car such as the Honda e. Mazda argues that most people don’t need a long battery range, and that because making big lithium-ion batteries creates a lot of CO2, the MX-30’s 35.5kWh battery is less polluting overall than the 77.4kWh battery of the Kia EV6.
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If you have a restricted budget to buy a used electric car, you may want to look for a Nissan Leaf. It’s an efficient and practical family hatchback that’s comfortable to drive, especially in the city. You can probably find one for around £10-12K if you shop around. With its decent range of 168 miles, you can use it for your daily drive around town or even for that family road trip.
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https://www.buyacar.co.uk/cars/economical-cars/electric-cars/2196/nissan-leaf-batteries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioeuDSfi-I
World's Best Car For Under £5k? The Geely Panda Mini Is All The Tiny, Adorable EV You'll Ever Need
quadricycle fiat
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/fiat-topolino-has-returned-fully-electric-quadricycle
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/fiat-topolino-coming-uk-2024
manufacturers have found that batteries last longer than first expected (with the exception of some early Nissan Leaf ones).
battery charging is done on a curve; one that starts slow, gains speed, hits the sweet spot, plateaus and then drops off considerably. It’s all to do with state of charge, known as SoC, in nerdier EV circles.
The SoC is the percentage of your battery’s capacity. EV drivers are encouraged to charge between 10 per cent and 80 per cent, not persistently go from zero to full.
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/do-electric-car-batteries-need-replacing-it-expensive
E-bikes
sleepable bike trailer
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/cyberdrop-ebike-trailer/
supercap e-bike
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/pi-pop-battery-free-ebike/
supercap and battery
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/anod-hybrid-supercap-ebike/
Motors
Mahle combines two innovative concepts to field the "perfect motor"
https://newatlas.com/automotive/mahle-perfect-electric-motor/
04Jul2022 High sustained power, No rare earths used. Innovative integrated oil cooling
Safety
Data from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) shows EVs are 20 times less likely to catch fire than petrol and diesel cars, with 23 EV fires in 2022 from the country’s fleet of 611,000 EVs, or a rate of 0.004 per cent.
Over the same period, some 3,400 fires were reported in Sweden’s 4.4 million petrol and diesel cars, representing 0.08 per cent of the fossil car fleet.
https://thedriven.io/2023/08/14/sorry-ev-haters-big-ship-fire-probably-wasnt-caused-by-electric-cars/