LJ you don,t had to worry about too much of the battery. If the EV is using wifi (wireless charging) . You don,t need a huge storage battery to store so much power to run how many kilometer because you can run off from the power of the charging. The battery you need it,s just a reasonable one enough to the start the inverter to run the motor of the Ecar. That size of the battery wound cost you an arm and leg.

Alright let talk about how wireless charging work... first AC current change to DC current then from DC current change to DATA ELECTRICITY UNITS. As you can see AC current need wire to connect from point A to point B. Just like Water you need a hose or pipe to connect from Point A to point B. Now we change water to ICE than we don,t need the hose or pipe any more that it,s DC current. Now furter change ICE to small ICE ball as DATA ELECTRICITY UNITS now what happen we can throw it over from point A to point B Without need any wire or hose anymore.

That is how wireless charging happen.

Sophie as to day Hybird is the best choice because you buy a Car you don,t want to always remember how many charge left or when to charge the Ecar that is not a car should be.

Has Bill Shorten already done a backflip and is promoting hybrids now?

No need to convince me. I've had one for over a year now and never looked back.

Abe, can you rev up your hybrid like my range rover? If not, no dice!

Sorry mate, it's whisper quiet. Very useful if you're getting back from a night out with the lads and don't want the wife to know what time you got home!

What makes you think that a vehicle that can do so can not be developed or is not even available now?  Electric trucks and vans have been around for decades.  I used to operate forklifts that could lift around 3000 kgs as a dead weight.  As this was over 20years ago, I would imagine that the weights I lifted are considered quite light for current machines.

This technology for the masses is new, it always takes time to develope and role out all of the variations that are or will be required.  In the meantime I am sure appropriate vehicles will be available to fill the needs required.

A lot of the recreational fishermen/women I know who fish creeks and dams are using electric motors by choice, the beauty of the technology is that it is adaptable and like all new technology, just needs to be fully developed.  They of cousre would not lift a skyer out of the water.

The current government seems to have done no planning for the inevitable introductin of electric cars on a large scale, I can only imagine it is because it may draw more attention for the need to reign in their mates in thecoal, oil and gas industries.

Hybrids are good, but they are a crossover vehicle that will lead the way to more advanced vehicles that are all electric.  I can remember all of the arguements that are being used against electric being trotted out against the Hybrids, the predictions did not come to fruition.  A Socialist type government would be unlikley to put a tax on electric cars, it would be more likely a Right Wing government that would come up with an idea like that.

Those tiny electric motors used in impoundments by the lycra clad, wraparound sunglasses set fishing for tiddlers to kiss and let go are only employed to trickle around after the 175hp petrol motor on the back gets them there (and back).  The electric would not get them part way back without a supply of freshly charged 12V batteries and certainly not against any tide or wind.  It would be discharged by a few hours occasional use fishing anyhow. Got a long extension lead?

I am happy for the market to eventually design, make good and deliver a competitive range of E vehicles.

What I oppose is the compulsion by a Labor government deciding what I must put in my driveway.

This is going to be the biggest write-off of perfectly good assets in history.  Many, most, consumers depend on the secondhand market for their next 'new' car.  Not only will their present vehicle be worth nothing, but their choice of a replacement will be limited to the Shorten-approved ECars.

" This technology for the masses is new, it always takes time to develope and role out all of the variations that are or will be required."

What sort of time frame are we talking about?

The total car sales in Australia is about 1,200,000 but only 2,000 are electric. 

I realise that we have had slow take up just as other countries have had. 

The point is if we have a government which forces such a lifestyle change on us before the technology has developed, and against our better judgement, then it will most definately hit us in the pocket. 

Beaut, you are welcome to get one of those.  Whatever happened to them and why?

No-one is opposed to new technology but it is foolish of socialist Labor to force their opinions on the public.  To tell people what they can park in their driveway and use for their purposes (or presumably, restrict your lifestyle to suit Mr Inauthentic's $100k ECars).

And as per usual, Labor has done it entirely without any public consultation.

As far as I know the opposition does not need to consult with anyone when developing policy.  I guess they take the view that if they get it wrong no one will vote for them. looking at previus policy developement by our governments, I would say that a consultative process involving citizens and content experts  is more likley by a Left Wing government than  a Right Wing one.  Consultancy with organisations with vested interests may be a different matter.

I would say that a consultative process involving citizens and content experts  is more likley by a Left Wing government than  a Right Wing one.

WHAT? did Lenin and Stalin consult with the populace?? Did you not read animal farm? 

Too many hard words Reagan, too many, LOL

Reagan also not forget that....

If that happened during a game of football those thugs would get banned!

Will Connolly has donated the $100,000 collected, to help the victims of New Zealand.

Good for him, it wouldnt be right for someone to profit from such a cowardly act.

Has any of the donations for the Egg Idiot been handed over to the Christchurch Foundation yet?  The operative word is 'will' (be handed over).  Why the delay?

Well it appears that nothing has been donated to the "Christchurch Foundation" although Will Connolly updated his web page to advise that he intends to donate most of the money.

Touchy, would you be happy to stand between a flat car battery and the wiFi charger? I mean on a regular basis? Say once per day for say 5 years, which happens to be the lifespan of said battery? 

Is that what happened to Don King??

Adrianus you don,t had to stand between a flat battery and a wifi EV charger because wireless connection means your Ev are always conneted and also battery always charge...Your EV it,s not swtich off even you had park it. You only swtich off the Inverter that run the EV motor to drive the  Ecar.

The advantage it,s you dont need to lineup at the filling station to fill it up. All you need it,s just pay the Data Electricity bill only. Same like you pay your other bill.

Ecar motor are build with revers charging as soon you foot are of the paddle the Ecar motor will revers charging. If you know how to drive in a free way or high way the revers charging are more than you use the battery power to drive the car. That why you don,t even need to charge it the battery already full charge.

It use most of the battery power it,s when you following behind cars stop start too much. So a car can take you to were you want to and pay just that small a mount,

That pair will be seated in the VIP limos, the big petrol powered BMWs and soon after, in the VIP jets off somewhere nice overseas.  No electricity extension lead needed there either.