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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 4937 |
Ford reeling in jobs world wide
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14th Feb 2023 12:53 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3107 |
These 4 videos show how BMW produce the i3 EV car.
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14th Feb 2023 2:13 pm |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4353 |
The press is always pushing articles about EVs only having a few dozen moving parts etc and how they replace an ICE car with umpteen thousand. This is clearly wrong and naive. Apart from the engine and gearbox most of the car will be the same with a diff, half shafts, CV joints, shockers, suspension joints, steering rack, discs, brakes, aircon, blowers, wipers and so on. In fact there are about 40 electric motors already in a car. My guess is that they will be just as troublesome as they get older. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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14th Feb 2023 6:34 pm |
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Dartman the one Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Seville, Spain Posts: 1676 |
As EV's progress CV's drive shafts and diffs will disappear. the motor and wheel will be all in one, despite unsprung weight cost will reign supreme. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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14th Feb 2023 7:14 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
Another small factor is young people not getting a car or for that matter getting a driver's licence in the first place. Has been slowly decreasing.
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15th Feb 2023 5:58 am |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3107 |
Lightwater wrote
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15th Feb 2023 9:27 am |
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tenet Member Since: 23 Jul 2009 Location: cotswolds Posts: 1081 |
There is also a political dimension - Biden's administration is offering $billions in support to American companies to return their manufacturing to the mother country. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.
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15th Feb 2023 9:43 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
We have heaps of Teslas around our area. They are barely any quieter than a modern ICE with turbo & quality exhaust. It's the tyre noise that is the main issue. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device! Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18 |
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20th Feb 2023 8:19 am |
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