There are a couple more battery breakthroughs going on at present, VW backed Gotion solid state battery pack
“The Jinshi Battery, developed over eight years, was first unveiled in May 2024. It uses a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and features several material innovations, including micronised electrolytes, ultra-thin coated single-crystal cathodes, and three-dimensional mesoporous silicon anodes. According to Gotion, the cell reaches an energy density of 350 Wh/kg, about 40% higher than mainstream ternary lithium batteries. It passes rigorous safety tests, including a 200°C thermal chamber, nail penetration, and crush tests.”
“The Jinshi Battery’s performance supports more than 3,000 charge cycles and a projected one-million-kilometre lifespan. The pack system achieves an energy density of 280 Wh/kg, enabling an estimated 1,000 km driving range per charge”
A Chinese solid state battery is well underway with a 100kg traction pack weight with a 1000kms range, and British firm YASA have electric motors already in production with Mercedes that weigh 13kgs with 738bhp.
Fella who writes motoring article in daily mail had an interesting article last week.
He’s a fan of electric cars had one for years.
He went away for weekend to some function/event.
His car needed charge up.
He went local BP pulse one was not working one accepted his card but nothing happened another was out of order..
So low on range he went to another station up the road wasnt BP pulse.
Spent half an hour messing around apparently you have to down load an ap then create passwords then link account to your bank for payment etc.
He gave up as was to complicated.
So was forced onto motorway services and charged up at 90p kWh and cost him £85 to charge up.
And he reckons for that price could got twice as far in a petrol equivalent
And he said he’s a fan of electric but the network is rubbish and can’t cope and becoming expensive
Dead brands walking? It’s like a funeral procession of European car brands walking into the abyss.
Stellantis factory shutdowns in France, Italy, Germany, Spain & Poland. Due to tariffs, Emission fines & slow demand, again read TOO EXPENSIVE & lagging way behind Chinese BEVs.
“Stellantis faces potential fines of up to €2.5 billion (approximately $2.95 billion) from the European Union if it fails to meet strict carbon emissions targets between 2025 and 2027. The company has warned that it may need to close factories if it cannot significantly increase its sales of electric vehicles to comply with these regulations.”
VW are staring at a €11billion cash flow black hole just to keep the lights on past 2026 despite factory closures/shutdowns & tens of thousands of job losses as tariffs bite.
Nissan UK turned a £31.9 million profit to a £67.2million loss last year & is now scrambling to team up with BYD to pool their CO2 emissions for this year.
Too many mouths to feed in the VAG & Stellantis groups, they can’t sell ICE cars in the numbers they need any more to make a profit & in their biggest car market China, sales have fallen off a cliff. Porsche sales down 99% this year.
Plus the upcoming chip shortage caused by the vassal Dutch, It’s like cutting off your nose to spite your face, the Dutch cure is proving worse than the disease.
Half the time EV’s on charging points aren’t hooked up to the cash extractor!
Anyway, don’t see why EV’s need special parking bays unless it’s because they are such bad drivers they need the extra wide bays Just get longer cables, job done.
The statement follows a report in the Daily Telegraph, that the Budget would include a new pay-per-mile charge for electric vehicles.
According to the Telegraph EV drivers could be charged 3p per mile, on top of other road taxes, amounting to an extra £12 on a journey from London to Edinburgh. Drivers of hybrid cars would also be charged, but at a lower rate.
Yes certainly puts me off a ev , theyl make them as expensive to run as diesels in the not to distant future .
Yeah, lots going on at present with everything going up. A lot of the EU/UK regulations about emissions are being watered down & pushed back as I type, Even the main electric truck manufacturers like Mercedes, Volvo, Renault are wanting to push back the 2040 date. It was all well & good when Europe/UK had cheap Russian gas, that’s all changed now & Europe/UK haven’t a cat in hell’s chance of competing with anybody with these high energy prices. I was emailing with a yank who has lived in China for 15 years & asked him how much does he pay for electricity there, he says it’s peanuts here, 7cents/kWh, how are Europe going to compete with those cheap energy prices.
I don’t hold much hope of them keeping the tax on petrol/diesel as it is either with that black hole in missing taxes.
The new regulations on building & transport emissions has been pushed back from 2026 to 2028. It means if you’re heating a building with gas you would be paying higher bills as the energy company supplying it would have to pay for carbon credits on the ETS (emission trading system)
I watched a video yesterday of the alternative to a gas boiler, as they can’t be installed in new houses any more. It’s an electric boiler with LFP batteries in it that would charge on cheap overnight electricity rates, It would be mega expensive to run otherwise.
You’re right, almost every local authority in the UK is as good as bankrupt, the treasury will get whatever they can in taxes from everywhere they can.
World record for UK-based Yasa after it creates a 13.1kg motor that can produce 738bhp | Autocar
free energy
Just get longer cables, job done.
I wonder if AI designed this, It’s got that look about it?