My AA cover doesn't stretch to homestart sadly but the car's manual advises against jump starting as it can fry the electrics. I think the local parts place has a mobile diagnostic setup so I'll see if they can pop over and program the battery. One of the trainees will no doubt be happy to do it in his lunchbreak for a bit of cash. If it wasn't a few days before Xmas with a pandemic in full swing it would be a lot more simple but here we are.Â
How long before a problem like this would mean replacing the entire car? I'm old enough to remember when most things were repairable, then it was "I could repair it for you, but it would be cheaper to buy a new one" and we are now reaching the stage where nothing is repairable. And the technology changes so fast that items become obsolete in five years.
I've just had to replace a 12 year old dishwasher because a small plastic part came loose in the circulation pump. It would be easy to repair if I could get at it but the pump is glued into one piece so the whole unit has to be replaced, but they don't make replacement pumps anymore
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Batteries for cars with Stop/Start are eyewateringly expensive. Upwards of £200 is nothing unusual. Having to reprogramme the computer to operate with a new battery is ridiculous.
Batteries for electric cars are more than eye wateringly expensive, where is the extra electricity,charging points going to come from., especially if you live in a high rise flat.The materials to manufacture them produce a huge ammount of emissions. What are they going to do with all the diesel and petrol cars. The electric cars are also well out of my price bracket.(proud owner of a 13 year old estate)
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I agree with you Nanny Beach. It's not just a problem for those in flats, high rise or otherwise. Think of the streets of terraced houses where the frontage isn't even wide enough for one modern car. Unless charge points are going to be installed outside every such house in the country, and in every car parking space for flats, it's going to be unworkable.
I read somewhere recently that an electric car has to be driven about 50k miles before the extra emissions from manufacture are compensated for. There will be even more mileage required to compensate for construction of the renewable power infrastructure e.g. wind turbines, solar panels.....
I'm not saying action doesn't need to be taken, just that as is usual, politicians have plucked a date out of the air without the faintest idea how to achieve it.
We have quite a few victorian terraces locally with double yellow lines outside, so that wouldn't work either. Hubby was in the motor trade (vehicle tech) since he was 15, a few months back they had problems with an electric car, (Vauxhall were takn over by Pergeot 18 months ago) new Manager says to "have a look at it", all the techs have been told, you DO NOT touch an electric car without the training, it can kill you, I must admit I hadn't thought of that, no-one had done the course, and none of the supposed experts at the main Head Office could solve it. Here we have one of the lower emmisionsÂ
Electric cars - I always thought the way to go was induction charging whilst driving - more infrastructure changes agreed, but solves most of the range issues. Like any new technology though, there is always a rush to market - and the first thing to market isn't always the best solution.
Edited to add: Plus I think in the short to medium term, electric vehicles and autonomous driving will start to change the car ownership model anyway. My car sits on the drive (even before covid) for 90% of the time. I don't see that as the way forward. Uber's 'taxi' model I think will become the norm, with driverless vehicles. A bit like the auto vacuums that return to base to charge, you'll book a size of vehicle, it will take you where you want and it will then go onto the next call or to a cleaning/charging centre.
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