Interesting read on electric cars

[RebsWA]

Ours is being charged by solar on the roof, of the house.

In this weather?

[BrisVegasGolfer]

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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nice one mate.  The Tank is a pretty impressive thing.  I like that it has a proper mechanical 4wd system, unlike the setup in the BYD Shark. 

We were also looking for one car that would do everything for us, ie. commuting around Brisbane, longer trips to family in Hervey Bay and also tow our camper.  The Tank would do all that.

We decided to stick with 2 vehicles for now...  A cheaper, smaller EV for the day to day and a diesel 4x4 for longer trips and towing.  Will reassess in 4 years when the EV comes off lease to see what's available then. 

Jaecoo J5 EV
Isuzu MU-X 3.0 diesel

[Fizzie]

We decided to stick with 2 vehicles for now...  A cheaper, smaller EV for the day to day and a diesel 4x4 for longer trips and towing.

Have wondered about doing exactly that, but Leafz isn't interested & also doesn't want anything Chinese, so that limits the options quite a bit!

[WilSurf]

In this weather?

Yep

[xcvator]

Have wondered about doing exactly that, but Leafz isn't interested & also doesn't want anything Chinese, so that limits the options quite a bit!

Showing my age a bit here, but I can remember when that was being said about Japanese cars 

[Fizzie]

I can remember when that was being said about Japanese cars

Quite definitely, but in her case, she's quite convinced that smart everythings are listening all the time & sending it all straight back to Beijing!

& anything Chinese is built with a kill switch in it, so that Emperor Xi can just give the order & they'll all be switched off! Actually, that ones not totally implausible

[xcvator]

Quite definitely, but in her case, she's quite convinced that smart everythings are listening all the time & sending it all straight back to Beijing!

& anything Chinese is built with a kill switch in it, so that Emperor Xi can just give the order & they'll all be switched off! Actually, that ones not totally implausible

She is probably correct, the Nazi has complete control over any of the vehicles his company builds.

[WilSurf]

Have wondered about doing exactly that, but Leafz isn't interested & also doesn't want anything Chinese, so that limits the options quite a bit!

So no mobile phone either then, or tablet, laptop etc.
All have Chinese components.