Eh, why do you think diesels are bad then, they are by far the most efficient use of energy in transport we have available right now,
Not anywhere near as efficient as electric propulsion by any metric.
I wonder if @fossy actually needs a van for their trips to North Wales? Or do they just want one? I'm not judging - I just want to make sure we're being honest with ourselves. I do drive diesel to North Wales myself.
It will be a people carrier van (remove seats when needed). Two bikes, SUP, camping gear etc. Going to see how we manage it this year with a car. Also we could camp in a van for just a night rather than do a full set up. Purely recreational - will live on driveway all week (I cycle commute). Or an estate may do it.
Not anywhere near as efficient as electric propulsion by any metric.
isn't energy density a metric ?
Not in terms of transport efficiency, I'd say. Perhaps volumetric energy storage efficiency 🙂
Two bikes, SUP, camping gear etc. Going to see how we manage it this year with a car.
That's what I do with an estate. It's not electric though.. however I'd replace it with an EV right now if I had the cash, despite also using it as a tow car. They're that much better.
If you're buying vehicles then buy good, old, pre-add blue and all that bollocks stuff. Anything new, ICE or EV, lease the thing.
@molgrips crystallisation seems to be a core part of lots of the problem with ad blue. It gums up injectors and sensors and when it's a tank issue it is normally because the pump (which is often sealed In the tank and not serviceable) has packed up... and lots of time because it's gummy.
@fossy seems the advice is the opposite... to regularly top up a little with fresh ad blue (not from a 10 l bottle sitting on your shed shelf). The issue is that it takes so long to use 10l for a regular driver. I have never topped mine up on my own - it's always been done by the garage when they are fixing problems !
all that bollocks stuff.
It's not bollocks. It saves lives, seriously. My Dad would have died by now if he lived in a 1980s inner city.
The issue is that it takes so long to use 10l for a regular driver. I have never topped mine up on my own
Probably one of those cases where the savings of buying 10l instead of 4 or 5l *really* isn't worth it.
I just chuck 5l in a couple of times a year.