Fusilier On Hold???

[LabRat]

Or better still just carry a generator and fuel in the car boot. And a roof top tent to take a nap whilst it charges for the day. There. Solved.

Actually hybrids were the way to go, but no, had to be all or nothing.

 

[LeeroyJ]

As to point #3 above - ICE will only be gone if politically mandated so or if politically taxed out of existence. It would be stupid to get rid of ICE and then rely only on one type of powered transportation and pretty sure we will need fossil fuel for tanks and airplanes for a long long time.

As to point #1 above - So what? Venture Capitalist came come up with huge sums for investing purposes. Heck, let the Chinese forge ahead with EV's and then we can just steal their technology like they have stolen ours.

Yeah ICE vehicles will still be around the same way horse-drawn carriages and steam engine trains are now.

 

[LeeroyJ]

Actually hybrids were the way to go, but no, had to be all or nothing.

For long distance off roading or long distance trucking, either hybrids or "range extenders" or fuel cell electric vehicles are the solution with modern technology.

 

[LabRat]

Yeah ICE vehicles will still be around the same way horse-drawn carriages and steam engine trains are now.

As someone that lives among the Amish, not everything new and shinny is good.

 

[LC0013]

Yeah ICE vehicles will still be around the same way horse-drawn carriages and steam engine trains are

Eventually yes, 50 years or so. Unless 1/2 of all drivers go EV then perhaps 100 years! Heck, might not be any Humanity left in 100 years...

 

[Max]

not everything new and shinny is good.

We are still being coerced into buying throw away white goods but now they have wheels.

Fortunately I can still buy things to last but research is necessary and you have to pay...the old idiom, You get what you pay for will live on forever and hopefully our Speed Queen washing machine will see us out, 35years young and still shaking the old Queensland timber home.

What about the Fusilier? I would be interested because I like the modern thinking that the Ineos culture brings.

 

[RY-Journeyman]

Yeah ICE vehicles will still be around the same way horse-drawn carriages and steam engine trains are now.

More likely in the short term perhaps is hydrogen ICE.

 

[RY-Journeyman]

Or if we need long range power then why not nuclear. It works for our long range space probes and submarines, so why not on the ground.

Ford Nucleon (1957):
The most famous concept, the Nucleon, imagined a car powered by a small, miniature nuclear reactor in the rear, similar to those used in nuclear submarines. The reactor would heat water to create steam, which would then drive a steam engine.

There were a number of other similar ones too back in the day. Maybe steam engines aren’t dead after all !!

Now imagine a nuclear powered grenadier. Endless range. No refueling. What a beast.

 

[AngusMacG]

Searching on Google, I am unable to find anywhere in California (or in the US as a whole) that mandates restrictions on when you can charge your EV. There may be recommendations, but I can't find any mandates. There are utilities that have different rates at certain times of the day to encourage you to charge at specific times, but I can't find any cases where you are not allowed to charge at any time.

Easy Google search shows this as the first hit…Newsweek article

 

[Gaffer]

I like the idea of an electric car. My son has a Tesla and it is impressive in many ways. But I am only going to have one car so it has to do everything. It's got to haul like a pickup, drive hundreds of miles per day, carry toddlers, dress up for evenings out and go off the road when I wish to. So, Grenadier it is.

 

[Dokatd]

I like the idea of an electric car. My son has a Tesla and it is impressive in many ways. But I am only going to have one car so it has to do everything. It's got to haul like a pickup, drive hundreds of miles per day, carry toddlers, dress up for evenings out and go off the road when I wish to. So, Grenadier it is.

Rivian R1T would do the job well too. Probably better in 90+% of your use cases.

 

[Gaffer]

Rivian R1T would do the job well too. Probably better in 90+% of your use cases.

I take your point but, for it to work for me, it has to be 100%. Oh, one more thing, it has to fit in the garage. The Grenadier fits, but just barely.