New EV SUVs
We still seem to be desiring the SUV over other shapes and styles of car. This is for reasons that I can understand; things like safety, space and ride comfort tend to be found in spades when you travel inside a decent-size SUV. Because we are likely to go through a period of history where the EV may well rule the road, are there any SUV-type EVs available now? EVs aren’t selling like hot cakes just yet, but there some EV SUVs bigger than a pint-sized Honda E that you might be interested in. It turns out that, actually, there are some pretty decent EV SUVs available to the buyer loaded with cash. As yet, they aren’t the cheapest vehicles on the planet, particularly if they are of the premium luxury brands, but it’s nice to know that if you did have the money, and wanted a spacious and desirable luxury model, they are already being sold out on the market.
Tesla has the jump on its competition, and they already have a decent wodge of EV clients under their wings. Because it was pretty much the first EV manufacturer to design and build a decent EV, it was Tesla who soaked up the early adopters of Tesla’s EV technology, and it was these buyers who were very keen to align and embrace the new EV technology early on. What is happening now, is that because other manufacturers are only now getting fully into the swing of EV technology, the keenest buyers have already been wooed and taken by Tesla, so, for instance, if you are an Audi e-tron or Jaguar I-Pace, you have a slightly harder job of getting your buyers because you have to actually entice them away from their luxury ICE vehicles and into one of their EV variants.
A Case for Hydrogen-Powered Cars
What’s to like about hydrogen, and hydrogen-powered cars? We cannot see taste or even smell hydrogen, yet hydrogen makes up over 90% of matter. The stars and the sun are made up of hydrogen gas. Here on earth, hydrogen forms compounds; compounds are a mixture of elements that we find on the Periodic Table (That’s the big poster found in every science lab at school, which has 120 – or so – little squares with letters that make up the organised Periodic Table with all the known elements in our world.). Hydrogen is found in almost every living thing. Hydrogen gas is used to make chemicals such as ammonia and methane. Hydrogen is in the water that we drink (H2O). Some car manufacturers and scientists have been beavering away developing what is known as hydrogen-powered cars.
Before the car was even invented, hydrogen power had been around and in use in various forms since the 1800s. It was used widely for gas streetlamps back in the day. It was a Welshman, Sir William Robert Grove, who invented the first fuel cell back in 1839. When you use hydrogen in a fuel cell, the only thing you produce is electricity and water!
The Things We Do in Our Cars
I was thinking about the different demands that we all put our vehicle through on our daily drives throughout a year. It got me thinking about all the changes that can happen to us inside 12 months – whether the weather seasons change dramatically, families get larger or smaller, job promotions happen, we can change jobs for whatever reason, building renovations happen, moving house occurs, we make new friends, we start a fitness schedule at the gym, we try out a new sport across town, go fishing, go for that caravan trip around Australia and what not… Our lives are fun and full of regular tasks that we both love or put up with, have jobs that we stick with or change, are full of people that come and go and people that we just love to be around and who will always be a part of our life. The cars we drive regularly, are often a reflection of our lifestyle and can tell us a story about who we are and where we are in life.
Two of the Most Beautiful Cabriolet Speedsters
Aston Martin V12 Speedster
Two of the most beautiful cabriolet speedsters of recent times cost a king’s ransom and go like stink. Because most of us will only ever get to read about them, I thought I’d give them a plug here just so we’re all aware that there are still some very extraordinary cars being made. Arguably, and rightly so, these two cars may in your opinion not be quite as exceptional as a McLaren Elva, Chevrolet Corvette Convertible, a BMW Z4 convertible or even a Ferrari SF90 Spider, however if I had a Bentley Mulliner Bacalar or an Aston Martin V12 Speedster parked in my garage I would be especially pleased.
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