Quote from: WilSurf on June 08, 2026, 11:12:14 AMOurs is being charged by solar on the roof, of the house.

In this weather?

Quote from: Bird on July 20, 2026, 12:20:07 PMThats an original excuse for letting someone off lightly...

I think I've got  can of nugget somewhere, might start carrying it in case of emergency   

Watched an interesting article on EV's and in general imported vehicles from China/Asia.
These manufacturers have built their assembly plants from scratch, fully automatic, some.
Which gives them an advantage over retro fitting an existing plant to produce these vehicles.
Which existing vehicle produces can not complete against,  modifying their assembly plants is cost prohibitive.
Eg, Jeep in America, Audi, and other European manufacturers.
Hmm, China's dominance is growing.


You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

What is the use of the car for your wife?
Long distance, short shopping distances?

Well I was keen for some sort of ev as part of a salary package through fleet services.
Now the wife has range anxiety, so we decided that a plug in hybrid would be the best option.
I really wanted something that would still be able to take the camper or caravan if we really needed to and also have some off road capability.
I looked at the BYD offerings, but found that they lacked actual off-road ability or heavier towing capabilities.
Then I found a Tank300

And here it is, 2wd as standard drive, 4wd high and low range, lockers front, rear and transfer. It's got about 120klm battery range and with the first tank of fuel managed 850klm out of a 70L tank and 1 battery charge.
Currently I'm pretty happy, but have yet to test the towing or off-road capability.



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Hmm,
As ai becomes more apart of every day life.
Sure it's hard to believe what is real or not, however most of us, of our age can pick the hay from chaff.

Now, I'm enjoying the generated ai  music of what I lodten to has a late teenager, and still enjoy.
It just puts another spin on things.
Enjoy your evening Swaggers.

https://youtu.be/2hJECyX57Ug?si=jJmNWmS6ycAsU5LX


You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-20/ai-assisted-cameras-smart-signs-trial-reduce-wildlife-strikes/106933218

Can't see that a 300m trial is going to prove much

Quote from: Bird on July 20, 2026, 12:20:07 PMThats an original excuse for letting someone off lightly...

Bloody low life maggots! 

Foo