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The idea of a standard battery pack has been kicking around for a while. It's one of those problems that may need to be fixed to persuade people into electric cars in the future. The requirement is a long way off, because electric cars are still sold in small numbers to early adopters. There are also other methods to persuade people into electric cars, like banning sales of fossil fuel ones.
It doesn't really matter what the car manufacturers want, they aren't making the batteries. If Samsung, NEC and Panasonic decide to go down that route, it will happen. It will take years, involve compromises, and end up with two or three standards, but it will happen.
Of course, there are other factors to consider. Safety and liability are the big ones. Do I really want my battery pack being removed every 400 miles, what if it isn't refitted properly? What if the machine removing it makes a mistake and drops a 200kg battery on someone.
We may just make lifestyle adjustments, and find a way for most of us to take 40 minutes out every 400 miles of driving. |
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I popped in FastLine recently, was very disappointed. I recall him being on the main Street in Preston, big building with new and used bikes, with a good sprinkling of imported 400's, 250's etc at reasonable-ish prices.
Now he's all about expensive stuff, a handful of very expensive 2t's, and not much else.  how I long to find a reasonably priced 250 Hornet.
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Lol!
So you go into a dealer that's known to specialise in rare grey imports, nothing like mainstream new/nearly new bikes, and your looking for an incredible bargain on a 250?
Anyone would think that the grey import boom was happening now, not 20+ years ago, and that the Japanese were still turning out expensive to make quality 250's like they were fake coins, and couldn't get rid of them fast enough, instead of wanting them back for themselves now. 
If you had any sense and was looking specifically for bargain bikes, you'd be looking at official UK bikes, they have flooded the market with recently and maybe modern big sports bikes as people want to join the super naked and adventure bike clubs, and just want rid of their irrelevant 200bhp uncomfortable mistake. |
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| stevo as b4 wrote: | Lol!
So you go into a dealer that's known to specialise in rare grey imports, nothing like mainstream new/nearly new bikes, and your looking for an incredible bargain on a 250? |
For me, it's nothing to do with looking for rare bargains to buy. I really shouldn't treat dealerships as museums, hoping for interesting and different stuff, but that's all my visit was about. In my defence, as I mentioned previously, this particular one did used to have an interesting collection in the showroom.
I'm no indicator of a trend. I'm just skint. But if I had money, I have to say, there wasn't anything there that would pique my interest - money would not have been exchanged. It doesn't help that he dropped Yamaha, but then, I understand why he did - apparently they started to do what Honda did some years ago in trying to dictate how dealers should run their showrooms. It just creates resentment from those who have been in the business and doing ok for years, thank you.
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Which part of the 250 Hornet don't you understand?
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| Jewlio Rides Again LLB wrote: | Which part of the 250 Hornet don't you understand? |
Who, me? Everything! Like, where's the power band? Where are the clouds of aromatic 2T?
I dunno, they might be fun to ride for all I know.
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That was my point. Ok it's not a rare Dry clutch, fully adjustable suspension, dripping in Magnesium SP type of 250, but do remind me of exactly how many Hornet 250's they sold new in the UK?
You don't go Grey today if it's a bargain bike your after, it's 15-20years too late. You want a bargain then look at UK bikes that were sold in their 1000's and fairly recently.
Want a 250 Hornet, well search far and wide and pay the price when one turns up, otherwise you'll have about the same chance as finding a cheap RG500. |
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It doesn't really matter what the car manufacturers want, they aren't making the batteries. If Samsung, NEC and Panasonic decide to go down that route, it will happen. It will take years, involve compromises, and end up with two or three standards, but it will happen.
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Of course it does, they are paying for it. If one manufacturer won't make it, another will.
You only have to look at things that use batteries now. The only battery operated power tool systems that uses interchangeable batteries I know of are Ozito and Einhell (both chinese rebranded stuff), all the others are proprietary.
Phones all use different batteries.
How many different lead acid batteries are there made which should be pretty easy to standardise..
And as I said before, once they have a standard they are locked into that system. It's no good building an automated changing system only to have battery technology overtake it before the changing stations are even built.
Then you have the 'I've got a brand new car/battery that does the stated 200 miles, I don't want to change it for an old one that only does 150 miles. Especially if it drops below the cut off level when I have it and can't change it at the station.
Too many impossibilities for it to work unless you get rid of private ownership.
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