Electric cars

[Stratovarius]

33 minutes ago, ER-3682 said:

I wonder Transport Minister Mr S Iswaran & Ms Amy Khor have changed to EV or not.?

What Ms? Ish doctor okay? Dun insult our elites.

Ev is like our public transport. Say got dragon got tiger but they themselves don't use. Lol.

[DOBIEMKZ]

Take note.

[Kennethoka]

1 hour ago, DOBIEMKZ said:

Take note.

Good to note that charging point also got down time for maintenance. 😱 so inconvenient.

[Solar]

On 2/22/2023 at 6:49 PM, Tohto said:

Our infrastructure will never able to support the growing of EV, sooner or later those EV driver will need to fighting for charging station.

Part of the car lite plan.. make it too expensive, too troublesome, too inconvenient to the point that some will actually give up driving..

[inlinesix]

On 2/25/2023 at 2:50 PM, Solar said:

Part of the car lite plan.. make it too expensive, too troublesome, too inconvenient to the point that some will actually give up driving..

There are ppl who are bad at Change.

 

[Solar]

On 2/25/2023 at 2:54 PM, inlinesix said:

There are ppl who are bad at Change.

 

I admit.. I'm one of them 🤣

[steveting99]

Aptera is planning to sell 5,000 vehicles of their Launch Edition that will do 640kms (400 miles) on a single charge with the onboard 42kWhr battery pack. With the built in solar panels, Aptera can add a maximum of 60kms (40 miles) of range and save the trouble of needing to re-charge on a regular basis.  

For those who still have range anxiety fever, Aptera's future models will include larger batter packs that can go up to 1,600kms (1,000 miles) on a single charge. This is going to beat all ICE vehicles with a Coefficient of Drag (Cd) of just 0.13. That means long distance travelling/road trips are now very doable. For example, one can drive from Singapore to KL and back on a single charge - even being stuck on the causeway for countless hours on end with the AC on full blast wont be an issue. After the road trip to KL, one can still drive around Singapore for at least a week before looking for a charging point at a convenient location/time.

Best / worst part of the Apetera is that's only got three wheels. So it's not a car (with four wheels) and thus can be labelled as a motorcycle. Last time I checked, the CoE for Category D is much lower than Category A or B. Downside to Atera's three wheel motorcycle is that it's got only two seats - so it wont be suitable for those with a large family.        

Singapore government's car lite future is now available. 

[Stratovarius]

Mercedes AA class looks good.

 

 

 

[Brass]

On 2/15/2023 at 3:50 PM, Heartlander said:

There are quite a number of reviews on this Mifa 9. I share another 2 that caught my eyes. Think the new model Alphard/Vellfire should look something like this when it is released this year or next:

 

Well caveat emptor:

YQC (2nd video) said that Maxus had grossly overstated the MiFa 9 consumption figures.

Instead of range being 560km, one could only get 400km, and that's on a very good day. Actual range is more like 300km.

Also, the car doesn't start well when they had it as their media car, stating that the car doesn't start 1/5 times they start the car.

He lamented that it was relatively spartan as well, and it's more for chaffeur duties than personal use.

 

 

 

[Heartlander]

On 3/4/2023 at 12:10 AM, Brass said:

Well caveat emptor:

YQC (2nd video) said that Maxus had grossly overstated the MiFa 9 consumption figures.

Instead of range being 560km, one could only get 400km, and that's on a very good day. Actual range is more like 300km.

Also, the car doesn't start well when they had it as their media car, stating that the car doesn't start 1/5 times they start the car.

He lamented that it was relatively spartan as well, and it's more for chaffeur duties than personal use.

 

I do not know how come got range of 560km as the relatively big capacity battery of 90KWh definitely cannot do such a range with such heavy car weight. Think the Aussie website quoted 440km which is more realistic.

https://www.ldvautomotive.com.au/vehicles/ldv-mifa-9/#range-and-charging

And the starting issue was not mentioned in any other videos. We do not know the background of the review in HK as to the car condition which I reckon most likely is teething issue that has been ironed out subsequently. Anyway by the time the car hit our shore, if ever, most likely not such issue already lah.

Actually a most direct competitor for this ride would be the ID.Buzz which is equally spartan with similar range iirc. But would be definitely much cheaper.

[Tianmo]

I have 2.5 years, and i am starting to monitor the movement of EVs. 

[DOBIEMKZ]

China-made electric car gets driver to kneel on ground for facial recognition, company apologises

https://mothership.sg/2023/03/kneel-for-china-car/?fbclid=IwAR10DNsYPS-r5Gn0PkCxz0nW-11DPqc1x4Mq6vpvIETGXroVo3KaAW5I2zw

Down on the ground.

Kerr Puay Hian |  March 08, 2023, 12:58 PM

An XPeng electric car owner complained on Chinese social media platform Weibo about the strange things his car made him do when it wanted to verify his identity through facial recognition.

The video he uploaded on Mar. 3 has gone viral with over 8 million views.

Car requested owner to do an identity check

The car owner claimed that after a recent update, he logged on to his in-car system's application and was requested to do an identity check through facial recognition.

Image via Weibo

The video shows that he was asked to place his face in front of a camera to fit into the circle designated by the app.

“Please move your face into the circle,” the app asked politely.

Image via Weibo

However, he discovered that the camera the app chose to use was near the car's front bumper, and it was pretty close to the ground.

Bend down or go on all fours

He was then forced to bend down, and tilt his head by the side, just so the app could "see "him.

Image via Weibo

"Never in my life have I expected this," the car owner said.

Another netizen reposted a photo from another post in the video's comments, which shows an XPeng car owner almost on all fours.

Image via Weibo

XPeng Motors apologises for poor user experience

A day after the video was posted, XPeng Motors issued a statement stating that they had taken down the app after receiving feedback about "poor user experience".

It explained that the application had invoked risk controls after a software update, requiring users to do facial recognition.

They have also apologised to the affected customers and will work on improving the system.

This is not the first time XPeng Motors has had trouble with "faces".

In December 2021, XPeng motors were fined RMB100,000 (S$19,440) for illegally collecting 430,000 facial images of store visitors over six months, as reported by Global Times.

Top image via Weibo

 

[Didu]

Motor insurers write off EVs with battery damage

Over the last century, motor insurers have known exactly what to do with a vehicle with a damaged internal combustion engine or broken gearbox, and how to get it back on the road.

Not so with electric vehicles (EVs), according to Reuters. Insurers complain that many carmakers do not make EV battery packs easy to repair or provide them with third-party access to cell data to figure out what is wrong in the first place.

Batteries are also too expensive to replace, so insurers end up junking the whole car, making the EV a disposable item instead of a long-lasting, zero-emission solution.

Reuters found a large number of barely driven Teslas, as well as models from Nissan, Hyundai, the Stellantis group, BMW, Renault and others, in a search of EV salvage sales in Europe and the United States.

Meanwhile, unwanted battery packs are piling up in scrapyards, blasting a hole in what is supposed to be a “circular economy”.

https://www.straitstimes.com/life/motoring/fast-lane-first-soft-top-ferrari-in-54-years-vw-to-rival-chinese-evs

[t0y0ta]

On 3/25/2023 at 10:08 AM, Didu said:

Motor insurers write off EVs with battery damage

Over the last century, motor insurers have known exactly what to do with a vehicle with a damaged internal combustion engine or broken gearbox, and how to get it back on the road.

Not so with electric vehicles (EVs), according to Reuters. Insurers complain that many carmakers do not make EV battery packs easy to repair or provide them with third-party access to cell data to figure out what is wrong in the first place.

Batteries are also too expensive to replace, so insurers end up junking the whole car, making the EV a disposable item instead of a long-lasting, zero-emission solution.

Reuters found a large number of barely driven Teslas, as well as models from Nissan, Hyundai, the Stellantis group, BMW, Renault and others, in a search of EV salvage sales in Europe and the United States.

Meanwhile, unwanted battery packs are piling up in scrapyards, blasting a hole in what is supposed to be a “circular economy”.

https://www.straitstimes.com/life/motoring/fast-lane-first-soft-top-ferrari-in-54-years-vw-to-rival-chinese-evs

Bro wrong link

[inlinesix]

 

[RadX]

Eh with EV go causeway how to implement 3/4 tank rule ah😂😂

[Dannnn]

Simple , battery must be at least 75% SOC , lets see if it really happens

[Tianmo]

Like that seem like it making sense to buy a house in JB liao. Electricity cost  is cheaper in JB than SG, so every day drive in charge overnight, full full, next day drive back SG.