27-05-2021, 09:52 PM
So many errors in the first sentence of that first comment alone. "Electric conversion of classic cars is great. Let's be honest, what we love most about them is the look."
Someone who calls any old car a classic (a pet peeve is people not understanding the proper definitions), the "let's be honest" is a classic "this is my opinion and it's the only correct one" way to phrase something and only loving them for their look? The only people I know who buy cars based on looks alone have more money than sense. This chap probably couldn't tell a pre-war from a hot rod if one ran over him!
I worked for a company doing electric cars back in 1995 in the UK. Back then California were trying to have 2% of all vehicles sold there Electric within 2 years. That all fell though of course. But since then I keep an eye on EV stuff. Every 6 months or some you see a story about some amazing new advance in EV technology which is all stuff we had or had thought of way back then. The usual one is EVs being able to push power back into the grid at times of peak demand. That regularly comes up as a new idea. What I have never seen is how the billing would work for that because the amount you get selling power back to the grid is less than the amount you pay for it.
Building some kind of EV would be a fun project but with how hard and annoying it is to get a scratch built car on the road here now I think I will stick to my old petrol cars while I can!
Simon
Someone who calls any old car a classic (a pet peeve is people not understanding the proper definitions), the "let's be honest" is a classic "this is my opinion and it's the only correct one" way to phrase something and only loving them for their look? The only people I know who buy cars based on looks alone have more money than sense. This chap probably couldn't tell a pre-war from a hot rod if one ran over him!
I worked for a company doing electric cars back in 1995 in the UK. Back then California were trying to have 2% of all vehicles sold there Electric within 2 years. That all fell though of course. But since then I keep an eye on EV stuff. Every 6 months or some you see a story about some amazing new advance in EV technology which is all stuff we had or had thought of way back then. The usual one is EVs being able to push power back into the grid at times of peak demand. That regularly comes up as a new idea. What I have never seen is how the billing would work for that because the amount you get selling power back to the grid is less than the amount you pay for it.
Building some kind of EV would be a fun project but with how hard and annoying it is to get a scratch built car on the road here now I think I will stick to my old petrol cars while I can!
Simon