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AmblerEV |
May 16 2021, 05:03 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 16-May 21 From: Ambler PA Member No.: 25,550 Region Association: None |
Ambler EV is going to officially unveil our full 914 electric conversion at our grand opening June 5, 207 & 211 South Main Street, Ambler PA. For those of you in the Philadelphia area, stop by and see the future. For those of you outside the Philadelphia area, follow our page on Facebook to see more teasers as the day get closer www.facebook.com/Amblerev. For those of you attempting this yourself, I am happy to talk end specs but questions about components used or design will not be answered (EV West is your source for that). If you are interested in buying a full electric 914 (or converting your 914 roller) so that it can handle level 2 charging, has a range over 200 miles, and will no longer contain any vacuum or 40 year old EFI electronics, stop by or email me at sam@amblerev.com.
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Rand |
May 18 2021, 07:29 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
It's all arguments.
I have no doubt electric will become more of the thing. But no way you'll take it away from the fuel burners. Remember, the "clean" fuel still comes from dirty sources. |
wonkipop |
May 18 2021, 07:42 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,403 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
It's all arguments. I have no doubt electric will become more of the thing. But no way you'll take it away from the fuel burners. Remember, the "clean" fuel still comes from dirty sources. that certainly was the case here with coal power stations. i did the maths on it 10 years ago and the electric car would result in significantly higher C02 emissions. but the generating infrastructure is being very rapidly pensioned off, at a rate that surprises me now. and aus has a reputation as having a very dirty electricity production industry. within 10 years that will probably be a had a reputation in the past tense. there are now so many roof top pv panels installed throughout the country we are generating a surplus of electricity during the daytime that has become problematic. the next phase already underway is the installation of large scale battery farms. these are predicted to provide power at night that has been stored from surplus day time electricity. we have to wait and see. things are moving fast at the big end of things here - much faster than i expected. aus is lucky though, it has a lot of available sunshine to produce power. but we have a widely dispersed population over large scale areas. the travel range of electric cars at present remains a problem. i guess it will be overcome. very recently the state govt. here introduced a road mileage tax to be applied to all electric cars as part of registration. traditionally road tax has been levied via sale of petrol as a very fair form of user pays. the road tax pays for new highways and upkeep. i was surprised by the howls from the electric car lobby. there was a lot of sanctimonious guff about being clean meant you should get a break. a sign that the biggest problem will be keeping all the arguments scientific and rational rather than moral. awful lot of do gooder stuff getting in the way of the facts down here sometimes. |
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