[T3] battery woes...

[Jim Adney]

On 27 Jul 2017 at 13:11, donrob at yachtsales.com wrote:

> What I saw reported when this first came to light is that the engines 
> produce 40 times more than allowed.

What I read was things like "up to 40 times more." I believe that I've also 
seen numbers as low as 2-3x for the lower limit. I suspect it depends a LOT 
on what kind of driving we're talking about, but the lower limits don't get as 
much press because they're not as impressive. Keep in mind that 40x more 
is still less than 1/2 of what 2008 cars were allowed.

> I just two or three short years both Great Britain and Germany (and I 
> think maybe France as well) are going to ban the sale of internal 
> combustion engines in new vehicles altogether.

I doubt that will happen, at least that quickly, but didn't I recently hear that 
Volvo is planning to move entirely to hybird and electric cars for the 2019 
model year? Maybe they've been listening to Germany, GB, and France.

> When the number of electric vehicles reaches 50% of registered vehicles, 
> I wonder what will happen to the price of fuel?

Very interesting question. At that point the fuel consumption point moves 
from the cars to the power plants, so the overall consumption may not 
change that much while reducing pollution, but the type of fuel consumed
will change from petroleum to more natural gas and coal.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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