There goes clean renewable transport

[syed putra]

Montreal ends electric scooter experiment, citing 'disorder'
THU, FEB 20, 2020 - 6:40 AM

Montreal on Wednesday called a halt to its electric scooter scheme, saying that riders broke rules and almost always parked illegally.
PHOTO: REUTERS
[MONTREAL] Montreal on Wednesday called a halt to its electric scooter scheme, saying that riders broke rules and almost always parked illegally.
The Canadian city launched a pilot project in June with 680 scooters and electric bikes, but authorities judged that the test period had been a "failure."
Eric Alan Caldwell, head of city transport, lambasted "an 80 per cent delinquency rate" in complying with traffic and safety regulations.
"Only 20 per cent of scooters were parked" in dedicated spaces, the city said in a press release, adding that the scooters created "disorder" and problems for pedestrians.

"Montreal does not want to become a scooter police force," Mr Caldwell said. "The operators have failed to meet their responsibility for compliance with the regulations.
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"In 2020 there will be no more scooters on the streets."
Although no serious accidents occurred, a total of 110 parking offences were recorded and 333 tickets were issued for breaking regulations - mainly for not wearing a helmet.
Mr Caldwell added that the permits for electric bikes would be renewed, but under tighter regulations.
Shared scooters have become part of life in cities around the world, but they have often been criticised for littering sidewalks and posing a danger to pedestrians.
In November, Singapore banned electric scooters on sidewalks, followed by Germany and France.

 

[laksaboy]

Petrol is very clean. Unless you're one of those environmental libtards losing sleep over 'carbon emissions' and plastic straws.

You're a carbon lifeform, made in God's image and likeness. Every breath you take, every fart you make... is a carbon emission.

 

[syed putra]

Petrol is very clean. Unless you're one of those environmental libtards losing sleep over 'carbon emissions' and plastic straws.

You're a carbon lifeform, made in God's image and likeness. Every breath you take, every fart you make... is a carbon emission.

Internal combustion engines emits heat. That is the problem. Our envuronment gets hot because of the heat emmitted from millions of cars, aircons, carbon fueled power stations, ....and its heating up the planet.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Electric cars in Singapore: The future is now

The future of driving is here with electric cars like the Hyundai Kona Electric. PHOTO: KOMOCO MOTORS
Published
Feb 19, 2020, 4:00 am SGT
Cars like the Hyundai Kona Electric give drivers the chance to make a clean break with old-fashioned fossil fuels
Remember the last time you used a kerosene lamp? Maybe not, but you could ask your grandparents about them. They might fondly remember the warm glow of the flickering light, but leave out the part about needed constant top ups. There’s no going back from the bright, clean electric lighting of today.
Likewise, if the car was only invented today, it would almost certainly run on electricity. Think about it for a second. Electricity itself is clean, silent, responsive, reliable and cost-effective, so it makes sense that electric vehicles (EVs) are, too.
Cars like the Hyundai Kona Electric not only exemplify this superior tech, but also demonstrate how responsible carmakers are helping to make EVs a reality for any motorist today. In fact, Hyundai’s decision to produce the Kona Electric shows that EVs are now for mainstream drivers, and not luxury car buyers.
State-of-the-art
The Kona Electric’s futuristic styling reflects the state-of-the-art engineering that went into it. A smooth panel in place of a traditional front grille hints at the compact motor behind it, letting bystanders know that there’s no combustion engine under the bonnet.
Motors need batteries, and the Kona Electric’s are neatly packaged under the car’s floor so it takes up little room. An added plus is that they lower the car’s centre of gravity, which makes it highly stable through corners.
In fact, driving the Kona Electric reveals just how engaging and exciting the EV era is. Step on the accelerator and it responds instantly — there’s no engine to rev up and no transmission to change gears, so there’s no waiting. EVs are all about power on-demand!
Despite the engaging performance, the Kona Electric is quieter than most combustion-engine luxury cars. That’s because electrons are silent and exploding fuel is not.
In fact, experiencing the Kona Electric’s performance must be what it was like for our ancestors, when they went from noisy, dirty steam or diesel locomotives to electric trains for the first time.
Yet, efficiency comes in many forms, and the Kona Electric’s superior packaging means it is surprisingly spacious for a compact sport utility vehicle (SUV). There is plenty of room for the needs of a family living in the city, with a generous boot size of 332 litres — expandable to 1,143 litres by folding the rear seats, more than enough for an active lifestyle.
Outside, the Kona Electric’s dimensions make it ultra-manoeuvrable and supremely easy to park — so much the better for exploiting its zippy performance and agile handling.
Clean, cost-effective and convenient
Given how fun it is to drive, it’s almost easy to forget how environmentally friendly the Kona Electric is.
It is also as clean as any car can get: There is no tailpipe, so there are no tailpipe emissions to choke the immediate surroundings. City life would be so much more pleasant if every car around you is as clean and quiet as this EV.
Even if you factor in the energy needed to generate the power for a Kona Electric, it emits less than 56g of carbon dioxide per km. A comparable car that runs on petrol would belch out two to three times as much in its emission.
The Kona Electric also shows that efficiency and cost-effectiveness usually go hand-in-hand. A full charge for its battery costs as little as under S$10, while refuelling a comparable 1.6-litre car would easily cost around S$80.
That’s not all; an electric powertrain has far fewer moving parts and is much cheaper to service and maintain — no filters to change, no spark plugs to renew, no gaskets to replace, and no belts to worry about. In fact, the overall maintenance cost is less than S$200 a year for the Kona Electric.
Keeping an EV topped-up is set to become just as hassle-free as maintaining it, even in Singapore.

Keeping your Hyundai Kona Electric charged is becoming easier than ever. PHOTO: KOMOCO MOTORS
The EV charging network in Singapore is on the way to becoming comprehensively widespread, with many major players setting up public charging points.
Electrical grid operator SP Group will have 1,000 charging points around the island by the end of this year. In fact, it already has more than 200 up and running, more than 50 of which are fast chargers that can top up an EV in around 30 minutes.
Even traditional energy companies recognise that EVs are a practical reality. Shell is adding 50kW fast chargers to its station network in Singapore, with 10 already in operation.
Soon, it could become more uncommon to find a place without an EV charger in Singapore, than to encounter a place with one.
The term “plug-and-play” is fast becoming a reality for EVs in Singapore.
Going the distance
Even as charging points spread rapidly around the island, the EV driver doesn’t need one every day. The Kona Electric’s ability to cover up to 482km on a single charge means the average driver here wouldn’t even need to charge it once a week, with figures from the Land Transport Authority showing that the typical car covers less than 290km in that time.
An EV is more like a mobile phone than a fossil-fuel car; you simply charge whenever it’s convenient. As with your phone, it soon becomes a habit to charge regularly once you get over the ritual of refuelling intermittently.
When it comes to cars, future generations will probably wonder how we ever put up with the inconvenience of refuelling.
No wonder the vast majority of people who switch to EVs say they would never go back: In other countries where the technology has taken off, surveys show that nine-out-of-10 EV drivers say they would never go back to fossil fuel.
The good news is, that attractive world of clean, efficient and cost-effective motoring is now available to all motorists. With models like the Kona Electric and Ioniq Electric, Hyundai has unlocked the electric era and brought it into the mainstream today. EVs like the Kona Electric might feel like futuristic cars, but they are already in the here and now.
Visit www.hyundai.com/sg/model/kona-electric for more information.

 

[frenchbriefs]

Petrol is very clean. Unless you're one of those environmental libtards losing sleep over 'carbon emissions' and plastic straws.

You're a carbon lifeform, made in God's image and likeness. Every breath you take, every fart you make... is a carbon emission.

It's not about whether it's clean or not but cars are not very fuel efficient,and when accounting for their numbers in millions the pollution carbon emissions/footprint is overwhelming.....

When u drive a car ur not merely transportimg the weight of a human alone which weighs a mere 170 pounds or 75kg on average....u are consuming enough energy in order to move the mass of a car which is like 2000 to 3000 pounds on average......u have to move 800kg to 1400kg of metal,plastic and rubber just to transport one human being....

Compared to an escooters or ebikes where the frame,motor and batteries weigh less than 20kg total.....a escooter can transport a human being up to 25km on a 315wh battery pack,and speeds of up 30kmh or 55kmh or 80kmh depending on the power of ur motor.how much is 315wh?1kwh of electricity cost 17cents in Singapore....ur air con consumes 1.3 to 1.8kw an hour of electricity.1kwh of electricity can easily transport u 70 to 100km on ur escooter or ebike....the energy consumption and carbon emissions to transport human beings by escooter or ebike is next to nothing.

Even buses are far more efficient,even though a bus weighs a couple of tons,assuming crush loads 55 passengers below and 35 on top,the weight of a bus is averaged over 90 passengers.....while most cars are driven solo carrying an average of 1.7 people.

Not to mention the amount of space roads and parking lots take up in a city where land is

 

[glockman]

Montreal ends electric scooter experiment, citing 'disorder'
THU, FEB 20, 2020 - 6:40 AM

Montreal on Wednesday called a halt to its electric scooter scheme, saying that riders broke rules and almost always parked illegally.
PHOTO: REUTERS
[MONTREAL] Montreal on Wednesday called a halt to its electric scooter scheme, saying that riders broke rules and almost always parked illegally.
The Canadian city launched a pilot project in June with 680 scooters and electric bikes, but authorities judged that the test period had been a "failure."
Eric Alan Caldwell, head of city transport, lambasted "an 80 per cent delinquency rate" in complying with traffic and safety regulations.
"Only 20 per cent of scooters were parked" in dedicated spaces, the city said in a press release, adding that the scooters created "disorder" and problems for pedestrians.

"Montreal does not want to become a scooter police force," Mr Caldwell said. "The operators have failed to meet their responsibility for compliance with the regulations.
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"In 2020 there will be no more scooters on the streets."
Although no serious accidents occurred, a total of 110 parking offences were recorded and 333 tickets were issued for breaking regulations - mainly for not wearing a helmet.
Mr Caldwell added that the permits for electric bikes would be renewed, but under tighter regulations.
Shared scooters have become part of life in cities around the world, but they have often been criticised for littering sidewalks and posing a danger to pedestrians.
In November, Singapore banned electric scooters on sidewalks, followed by Germany and France.

From the Singapore experience, we know that pmd riders are generally anti-establishment, anti-social and a menace to society. Looks like this problem is global. Macham wuhan virus.

 

[syed putra]

From the Singapore experience, we know that pmd riders are generally anti-establishment, anti-social and a menace to society. Looks like this problem is global. Macham wuhan virus.

The turmoil is caused by mostly car driving bureaucrats who see pmd as a threat to the establishment.

When u drive a car ur not merely transportimg the weight of a human alone which weighs a mere 170 pounds or 75kg on average....u are consuming enough energy in order to move the mass of a car which is like 2000 to 3000 pounds on average......u have to move 800kg to 1400kg of metal,plastic and rubber just to transport one human being....

Having electric cars as mentioned above is akin to moving 20 times normal bodyweght just to transport one person.

 

[glockman]

The turmoil is caused by mostly car driving bureaucrats who see pmd as a threat to the establishment.



Having electric cars as mentioned above is akin to moving 20 times normal bodyweght just to transport one person.

What are you talking about? The article you posted clearly states:

riders broke rules and almost always parked illegally.

the scooters created "disorder" and problems for pedestrians.

 

[syed putra]

Are you joking? Hoe much space does a pmd need for parking? You can even take the pmd to the office and park it there.

 

[frenchbriefs]

What are you talking about? The article you posted clearly states:

riders broke rules and almost always parked illegally.

the scooters created "disorder" and problems for pedestrians.

Those rideshare programs will never work....people will take greater care of property if it belongs to them.

 

[frenchbriefs]

Are you joking? Hoe much space does a pmd need for parking? You can even take the pmd to the office and park it there.

Parking is one of the greatest strengths of pmd,I can ride my pmd to anywhere I want and park it by chaining it to any lampposts or fence.dont even need a parking lot.

 

[Leongsam]

From the Singapore experience, we know that pmd riders are generally anti-establishment, anti-social and a menace to society. Looks like this problem is global. Macham wuhan virus.

Nothing causes more death, destruction, congestion and pollution than the car as it is today.

 

[frenchbriefs]

The turmoil is caused by mostly car driving bureaucrats who see pmd as a threat to the establishment.



Having electric cars as mentioned above is akin to moving 20 times normal bodyweght just to transport one person.

Yet still electric is still far cleaner than fossil fuels,depending on where u get ur electricity from.the sun fall on earth is more than enough to supply 100 times the world's global energy needs if u can harness it.without energy from the sun there's no life on earth.

Which is why I advocate banning all cars in sg in favour of pmds and ebikes.....not only we cut down carbon emissions by 90 percent,island heating,we free up space from parking and massive roads,and Singapore is a small island anyway 25 by 35km,makes no sense why we even need cars.

 

[nightsafari]

Nothing causes more death, destruction, congestion and pollution than the car as it is today.

don't forget health problems, loss of productivity, etc.etc...

 

[nightsafari]

Yet still electric is still far cleaner than fossil fuels,depending on where u get ur electricity from.the sun fall on earth is more than enough to supply 100 times the world's global energy needs if u can harness it.without energy from the sun there's no life on earth.

that's all very nice and good, but having that energy fall on earth and harnessing it are 2 different things. There are intangible costs associated with supplying most of the world with solar energy. Only works super well if a country has deserts. In sinkieland, electricity is all petroleum generated. maybe only 33% efficient? worse than the latest ICE's.

Which is why I advocate banning all cars in sg in favour of pmds and ebikes.....not only we cut down carbon emissions by 90 percent,island heating,we free up space from parking and massive roads,and Singapore is a small island anyway 25 by 35km,makes no sense why we even need cars.

until it rains when everybody kpkb.

 

[syed putra]

It will be intersting to see how solar works out in jiu hu. The rates in the bidding is so low. 1/3 of what is charged in thailand abd vietnam. I hope they took into account that most of the time, jiu hu is cloud covered.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

I support EV.
Coz no need depend on them mozzie ragheads anymore for fossil fuel. Fuck them to kingdom come