So here we go, the van is hooked, the car is charged and ready
We need to go 500 klicks, so do it nice and steady
I sort of hope my lithium will hold enough intensity
Coz batteries unlike fossil fuels do have a great propensity
To flatten out, to drain away, to go away and die
But never fear, a charging point will make my motors fly!
The nearest one, well not too far from where I want to go
So Tally Ho! Why, don't you know, electrons there will flow
But crikey, here we are, not far, from where I plug her in
A crowd of fellow lectric tugs are waiting, in a spin
Because it takes, at best you see, an hour to get some juice
And I am seventh back in line, and feeling like a goose
Now just across the road from us, a group of planet killers
Are filling up their evil diesel 3 tonne hauling thrillers
It takes them, why, no time at all, to go upon their way
And here I am, and at this rate, be sitting here all day!
My goodness me, this day is hot, I feel like such a dolt
The fridge inside my caravan is draining my 12 volt!
The magic meter on my dash is flashing up a storm
Informing me that soon enough my beer will now be warm
I think about the old days when, a fellow vanning driver
Would lend to you a can or two fossil fuel reviver
No more of that! You polluting rat! Now batteries are king
You have to wait till we invent a roadside charging thing!
So now I plan my holidays with care and great concern
We go no more than what my charge will go and then return
No longer can we go to where our minds and hearts decreed
Because my tugs needs batteries and a long extension lead.
rgren2 said
09:03 PM Apr 3, 2019
Put your generator on the roof racks, start it up, plug it into your tug and away you go.
Whenarewethere said
10:26 PM Apr 3, 2019
I think you are being far too pessimistic.
Firstly my fridge will run for 3 days off a small battery before I have to pull the solar panel out. So enough cold beer. So that is the most difficult issue solved!
Fuel stations will start selling electricity as well as fossil fuel.
Batteries are getting better & 500kW chargers are on the way, the same capacity if everyone in our block of units turned on their 3 phase hot water to have a shower in the morning.
You will charge the car & the cost will go straight to your account. A lot simpler than credit card fuel pumps, let alone waiting in the queue to pay, & will be able to fill the batteries any time of day.
For remote areas we will need a generator, but I carry 50 litres of fuel on the roof now, but will have to find extra room for a generator as we don't tow.
Aus-Kiwi said
12:02 AM Apr 4, 2019
The load ?? Remember EV cars are light . Not designed to tow any weight . The amps required to tow is way more than a fridge !! In this case piston and electric motors ( Hybrid) working together. Works well on trains .
Warren-Pat_01 said
12:23 AM Apr 4, 2019
G'day Jim,
I trust you're heading to Henry Lawson's Bush Ballads class! What a bobby dazzler!
You realise your 500 clicks range is for a "shopping basket" without the 3t house on the back? Well so far. I liked the look of that flash Yank SUV that did 130kph in 5 seconds or so - but it was flat out or nothing as the motors cannot be slowed.
Whenarewethere said
01:16 PM Apr 4, 2019
Another view. Backwards technology. In the 1980s we had a 1 tonne forklift, it could lift 1.150 tonnes, it was already 10 years old when we got it & would only need to be charged once a week with its wet batteries. Original!
Management said we had to replace the old forklift as it was too old & apparently about saving money! We could never work out why it actually cost money to run other than to charge the battery & a bit of distilled water every few months. Everyone in the warehouse loved the old forklift as it worked so well.
The new 1 tonne Crown forklift could only ever lift 950kg, it could never lift 1 tonne unless you helped it with your hand. It simply stalled. Battery was dead on the second day.
Everyone hated the thing, it was a piece of rubbish at best & slowed productivity.
So here we go, the van is hooked, the car is charged and ready
We need to go 500 klicks, so do it nice and steady
I sort of hope my lithium will hold enough intensity
Coz batteries unlike fossil fuels do have a great propensity
To flatten out, to drain away, to go away and die
But never fear, a charging point will make my motors fly!
The nearest one, well not too far from where I want to go
So Tally Ho! Why, don't you know, electrons there will flow
But crikey, here we are, not far, from where I plug her in
A crowd of fellow lectric tugs are waiting, in a spin
Because it takes, at best you see, an hour to get some juice
And I am seventh back in line, and feeling like a goose
Now just across the road from us, a group of planet killers
Are filling up their evil diesel 3 tonne hauling thrillers
It takes them, why, no time at all, to go upon their way
And here I am, and at this rate, be sitting here all day!
My goodness me, this day is hot, I feel like such a dolt
The fridge inside my caravan is draining my 12 volt!
The magic meter on my dash is flashing up a storm
Informing me that soon enough my beer will now be warm
I think about the old days when, a fellow vanning driver
Would lend to you a can or two fossil fuel reviver
No more of that! You polluting rat! Now batteries are king
You have to wait till we invent a roadside charging thing!
So now I plan my holidays with care and great concern
We go no more than what my charge will go and then return
No longer can we go to where our minds and hearts decreed
Because my tugs needs batteries and a long extension lead.
Put your generator on the roof racks, start it up, plug it into your tug and away you go.
I think you are being far too pessimistic.
Firstly my fridge will run for 3 days off a small battery before I have to pull the solar panel out. So enough cold beer. So that is the most difficult issue solved!
Fuel stations will start selling electricity as well as fossil fuel.
Batteries are getting better & 500kW chargers are on the way, the same capacity if everyone in our block of units turned on their 3 phase hot water to have a shower in the morning.
You will charge the car & the cost will go straight to your account. A lot simpler than credit card fuel pumps, let alone waiting in the queue to pay, & will be able to fill the batteries any time of day.
For remote areas we will need a generator, but I carry 50 litres of fuel on the roof now, but will have to find extra room for a generator as we don't tow.
I trust you're heading to Henry Lawson's Bush Ballads class! What a bobby dazzler!
You realise your 500 clicks range is for a "shopping basket" without the 3t house on the back? Well so far. I liked the look of that flash Yank SUV that did 130kph in 5 seconds or so - but it was flat out or nothing as the motors cannot be slowed.
Another view. Backwards technology. In the 1980s we had a 1 tonne forklift, it could lift 1.150 tonnes, it was already 10 years old when we got it & would only need to be charged once a week with its wet batteries. Original!
Management said we had to replace the old forklift as it was too old & apparently about saving money! We could never work out why it actually cost money to run other than to charge the battery & a bit of distilled water every few months. Everyone in the warehouse loved the old forklift as it worked so well.
The new 1 tonne Crown forklift could only ever lift 950kg, it could never lift 1 tonne unless you helped it with your hand. It simply stalled. Battery was dead on the second day.
Everyone hated the thing, it was a piece of rubbish at best & slowed productivity.