Glad that the greatest minds of the industries share the same opinion as me.

Gordon comment about "we now have a whole generation of young people never driven a rear wheel drive car" as an analogy of EV transition stuck me the most.

Sorry maybe will get u stay away from XC90. The issues with Volvo is lack of expertise compared BMW/Merz. Get SC all play dumb mode.

The entry level Tesla is a RWD though.

Probably a moot point in any case, since a large number of people won’t know or care which are the driven wheels so long as it goes.

all this is wear and tear. of all the things you list. it's quite easily fixed la no worries. in fact if you go mazda the parts are not that cheap

https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/668633

The German woes....



The above is just a tip of the icebergs, read on to know how worrisome it is

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: May 26 2023, 10:59 PM

Any recommendation as to companies in Malaysia offering wall chargers ( for EV cars) with solar PV panels?

In my opinion, it’s best to get a 3 phase wiring system for your house if you want to charge your BEV car.

This is because, during charging at night, for sure you gonna use other high powered appliances such as turning on 2-3 ACs at once and not to mention water dispenser, wife ironing work shirts/kids school clothes, etc.

You don’t want to overload your DB, trust me.

1 phase - max 7kW: ~9-15 hours total charging
3 phase- 11kW or 22kW: ~5-7 hours only

Two different companies- get one that does solar for your house then another for the EV charging point. Solar powered EV charging only good in the daytime. At night you still need to use TNB. Unless you got battery power wall

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-byd-dominat...rs-left-behind/

International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) recently published a new report, The Global Automaker Rating 2022, which highlights the leaders, transitioners, and laggards in the electric vehicle market. Based on the firm’s study, Tesla and Chinese competitor BYD are currently at the front of the pack, while Japanese carmakers are lagging far behind....

Level 1 is no long term charging solution, but I was answering to a concern on what way to charge for shot term rental, e.g.

https://www.gocarsubs.com/ourgarage.php?category=Electric

Say you only take a week rental, for one week, you can either hunt for charging stations which defeat the joy of using an EV , or charge level 1 at home without charger installed....

It is still an option per se, not ideal as it will take 17 hours or longer to fully charge but you can minimize that by charging even the remaining range is half full , so long as you don't do it with extension cord but with a single isolated socket and at night where you don't have other appliances doing heavy duty like dryers, electric induction cooking, ironing, etc.

Ideally you should do a combo of level 1 and 2 because you may do level 2 chargers i.e. the type of ‘box’ chargers that you usually see in public spaces, where usually people park their cars for 1-2 hours to ‘top-up’ their vehicle while doing errands (shopping, meeting, exercise).

Again I am talking about shot term rental options.

Volvo C40, BMW iX, BYD Atto 3, and the Ora Good Cat

Catch them at Pavilion bukit jalil. Today's last day @RHB Drive: Premium & EV roadshow.

Entrance to the event is free for the public and is open from 10 am to 10 pm.

https://www.carlist.my/news/rhb-drive-premi...-130541/130541/

I rarely complement Tesla, this is a great run.

Much more stable rear end over previous Nordschleife attempt, which was sliding all over the place = kudos to the driver for constant steering correction (sorry for not knowing the driver's name, not like Kevin Estre and Lars Kern of Porsche). Good apex speed, until about 2:30, seems like the tyres grip is dropping from heat.

It should be able to maintain the pace for longer time if Tesla give it a wing, with matching front lip aero balance, to be less abusive on raw tyres rubber grip.

Model S Plaid with Track Package - basically gripper Goodyear Supercar 3R (same category as Pilot Sport Cup2) tires, and monoblock calipers with carbon ceramic rotors.

289kmh is good

It's about the rear end stability in the corner. See previous attempt, huge contrast.

Yes agreed. Almost like F1 top team movement, less counters reacts on every corner. Be it like F1 backmarkers, keep on counter react the steering at every corner cz the car is less stable

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...-you-live/71740

Do this survey, perhaps it will help you buy time, petrol heads. I am doing it too.

Why do we want to buy time? As an environmental hero that pushing EV to everyone, you should be extremely delighted to see reduction of fuel and electricity subsidies.

True environment protector be like if I have to sacrifice GDP and reduce quality of life to protect the environment I will do it.

Don't be hyprocrit. Have you buy your EV yet?

https://exploringyourmind.com/danger-of-labeling-people/

Labels, labels, labels, labels, and more labels , perhaps when you can stop doing that first?

But I doubt you can , like a famous saying....

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits

Never mind, like I said, I am no hero, I am not here to change the world

When you buy your EV, I'll give you my apology and give you double thumbs up

Until that, 0 convincing power from all the EV link you cookie cut.

Hypocrit

Sigh......I don't need your apology, I also don't need your thumb up, you are nothing to me but a stranger

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: Jun 7 2023, 09:47 AM