Lightening McQueen Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 https://www.calmac.co.uk/faqs/on-the-ferry/electric-vehicle-information 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Name Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) this was discussed on a local EV facebook group recently and the answer given was that Mezeron will ship damaged EV's off the Island for £1000. Edited September 20, 2023 by User Name edited 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Max Power said: It's believed that the TT Zero machine which caught fire at the TT a few years ago has had to be buried somewhere, with all the leeching dangers which that entails. If true, somebody needs to make sure that this is flagged up to Daffers and her band of eco-zealots. Still, it's another opportunity for somebody on the IoM, local electric vehicle disposal services will be required because we can't ship them away. Maybe we could throw them down a disused mineshaft at Snuff the Wind now those pesky, polluting kids on their bikes have been chased off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 48 minutes ago, WTF said: this is how you do it , and if you see smoke you drop it into the sea. Yes, I'm sure all the marine life will be ecstatic to receive yet more deadly, toxic castoffs from the humans. 😑 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, User Name said: this was discussed on a local EV facebook group recently and the answer given was that Mezeron will ship damaged EV's off the Island for £1000. I rest my case! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Max Power said: Not really, the requirement to ship cars away to specialist breakers/recyclers or repairers is an island one. Other small islands will suffer the same issues. Well Jersey have recently announced large subsidies to buy EVs and obviously have a lot more EVs than here so doesn’t sound like a big problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 59 minutes ago, User Name said: this was discussed on a local EV facebook group recently and the answer given was that Mezeron will ship damaged EV's off the Island for £1000. Was it actually the solution? Or just 'someone on Facebook said'? Another option could be those barges that Capt Carter uses for dredging, that have got a trap door in the bottom? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Banker said: Well Jersey have recently announced large subsidies to buy EVs and obviously have a lot more EVs than here so doesn’t sound like a big problem Speed limit in Jersey is 40mph, so it would be a bit of a challenge to crash one hard enough to damage the battery I would have thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 40mph, for god sake why did you mention that, here come the speed kills loons out of the wood work. That would be a great idea for the island, worked over the covid period. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 There must be quite a few vehicles on the island - let's say 40,000. Let's also say that at some time or other everyone will have an electric car. Everyone gets home for tea at the same time and plugs their car into the charger. 40000 * 20(amps) * 240(volts) = 192 MegaWatts additional load. Can the cables under the streets take the strain? [A little while ago Youtube sent me a video (unfortunately I can no longer find it) - someone in England installed an EV charger. Then the council came around and tested the wiring from his garage to the road, and found it was not up to the task, so his driveway had to be dug up to install higher capacity cables. His house did not look particularly old, either.] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightening McQueen Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 31 minutes ago, Two-lane said: There must be quite a few vehicles on the island - let's say 40,000. Let's also say that at some time or other everyone will have an electric car. Everyone gets home for tea at the same time and plugs their car into the charger. 40000 * 20(amps) * 240(volts) = 192 MegaWatts additional load. Can the cables under the streets take the strain? [A little while ago Youtube sent me a video (unfortunately I can no longer find it) - someone in England installed an EV charger. Then the council came around and tested the wiring from his garage to the road, and found it was not up to the task, so his driveway had to be dug up to install higher capacity cables. His house did not look particularly old, either.] When we’ve all got smart meters they can turn off the chargers to divert the power elsewhere 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 38 minutes ago, Two-lane said: There must be quite a few vehicles on the island - let's say 40,000. Let's also say that at some time or other everyone will have an electric car. Everyone gets home for tea at the same time and plugs their car into the charger. 40000 * 20(amps) * 240(volts) = 192 MegaWatts additional load. Can the cables under the streets take the strain? [A little while ago Youtube sent me a video (unfortunately I can no longer find it) - someone in England installed an EV charger. Then the council came around and tested the wiring from his garage to the road, and found it was not up to the task, so his driveway had to be dug up to install higher capacity cables. His house did not look particularly old, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 47 minutes ago, Two-lane said: There must be quite a few vehicles on the island - let's say 40,000. Let's also say that at some time or other everyone will have an electric car. Everyone gets home for tea at the same time and plugs their car into the charger. 40000 * 20(amps) * 240(volts) = 192 MegaWatts additional load. Can the cables under the streets take the strain? [A little while ago Youtube sent me a video (unfortunately I can no longer find it) - someone in England installed an EV charger. Then the council came around and tested the wiring from his garage to the road, and found it was not up to the task, so his driveway had to be dug up to install higher capacity cables. His house did not look particularly old, either.] There is never going to be that kind of load in reality. You only need to charge a car once maybe twice a week and with a home charger that will generally be overnight. Public chargers would.be mostly used during the day so that will spread the load as well. We will need a crapload more rapid chargers though. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few pop up at the Bowl with easy access to the power infrastructure and probably at Parade Street if and when they put the masses of solar panels there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 5 hours ago, The Phantom said: Looking forward to the response from Daffers and the Green Zealots. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!!! Actually, it's not a problem, until one catches fire on the boat ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kopek said: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!!! Actually, it's not a problem, until one catches fire on the boat ???? Yeah I know that. It's unlikely an undamaged battery would ever go up. But the problem is the insurance companies not covering you because the ferry won't take your car if it's damaged and needs repair. Edited September 20, 2023 by The Phantom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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