Only one EV charger at home?!

[The Natural Philosopher]

At least gas cars don't generally go up in flames sitting in your drive switched off.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I see that UTAH has had record snowfall this year. 50ft deep in the mountains, extreme avalanche danger.

"Our children just wont know what snow is" etc..

[Rod Speed]

Some do. A mate's Merc did that in his carport and damned near took the entire house with it. No one was home at the time and by a pure fluke someone who was driving past noticed and called the fire brigade just in time.

[Carlos E.R.]

Interesting.

How does it work, you foot the brake pedal, and the car decides whether to apply the actual brakes or generator mode?

What happens when you release the accelerator pedal? Does it just coast along, or does it apply "engine brake" as in a gasoline car?

I'm just curious, I don't have an EV and I wonder how they do these things.

[Carlos E.R.]

Wow.

It needs to know also the weight of the cargo :-)

[Carlos E.R.]

It is a lot of vapour. If the station is in the middle of the city, you need getting a special permit, and if you promise to absorb the vapours you are more likely to get the permit.

Something like 40 litres of explosive vapours per car.

[Carlos E.R.]

They can if shot at, something very common in the USA :-P

[Skid Marks]

How long does it take to put out an EV car fire?

How long does it take to put out a gas car fire?

[Theo]

In general yes. The car will decide whether to use regen or friction brakes. For example mostly regen if the battery can take it, but at low speeds friction might be used for the last few mph down to zero where regen is weak. Also in an emergency stop both might be used.

That's called 'one pedal driving', and on many EVs you can adjust the retardation (regen) in a number of steps from coasting through to quite aggressive braking. Coasting is more like a regular transmission where you have to use the brake pedal, whereas with higher levels you can drive with accelerator alone.

Theo

[Carlos E.R.]

By "regular transmission" you mean "automatic"?

Most cars here have a manual transmission, and on those the (gasoline) car brakes somewhat when the accelerator pedal is released. We use that to maintain the speed when going down long slopes, instead of using the brake. If we need more brake action, we shift to a lower gear.

[Andrew]

But you seem to be using it for daily commuting, which looks like an abuse of the motability scheme !. Isn't it insured for only your wife to use ?. All the servicing and any new tyres etc are done for 'free' by motability (through Kwik Fit I believe).

[Andrew]

Eurotunnel banned non-manufacturer LPG cars from the outset

[Theo]

Both. With a manual transmission you get some degree of engine braking, but you coast if you open the clutch. Without actively changing down gear the amount of engine braking is not massive - if you purely let off the accelerator doing 70mph on a flat road in top gear you don't get very much retardation.

It is possible to change down for more, but the engine isn't happy about it unless you match revs first, so in general it's easier to use the brakes.

Engine braking is not something you'd do around town or on a regular motorway unless you're in a hilly area, so most people don't use it very often.

Theo

[Cindy Hamilton]

In 2021, 0.9% of new vehicles sold in the U.S. had a manual transmission. In 2022, 1.2%. Thus far in 2023, 1.7%.

[Fredxx]

Is there an explanation for the increase?

[rbowman]

There are two states out of fifty that require attendants. The Oregon law was passed in 1951 when attendants were usual. The left wing government running the state believes, possibly with justification, that the citizens are too dumb for the task.

According to that the magic number for county population is 40,000.

[rbowman]

Interesting. I prefer a manual but wound up with AT in the last two cars. When I bought the 2011 I'd placed an order for a manual. My timing was extremely bad since it was March 2011 and the model was manufactured in Japan. On consideration I bought what was on the lot.

I briefly looked at the Toyota 86 when I bought my current ride. It had a manual but also had a trunk suitable for one bag of groceries.

[Sam E]

[snip]

Mythbusters tested that. In order to get the car to explode, they had to put a bomb in it.

[John Larkin]

It was an air pollution/smog issue. The gas pumps here are required to recover the vapor from a fill-up (a gas tank full, typically) and modern cars are required to not allow their tanks to export vapor.

[John Larkin]

or has a lady friend.