but all electric cars are getting cheaper,
of course the looks department takes a bit of a hammering, but here is a thought for other EV manufactures, shipping costs, a Swedish start-up company specializing in small and affordable electric
vehicles, Luvly has found
that in a normal shipping container, four fully assembled cars can be shipped,
but, send them al la IKEA, where they are assembled at the point of sale,
20
cars can be sent in the same container, the flat packs will end up at
micro-factories where they will be quickly put together by specialized staff to
ensure complete safety, the start-up, which derives its name from the acronym LUV
(Light Urban Vehicle), recently unveiled the Luvly 0, a two-seat, urban-only
electric car that weighs under 400 kilograms and measures just 2,70 m in length
and 1,53 in width, with a height of 1,44m. It is powered by two batteries, each
weighing in at just 15 kilograms, and only uses 6 kWh per 100 kilometres (60Wh/km). The batteries offer enough power for a maximum range of 100 km and a
top speed of 90 km/h (55mph), the Luvly 0 will likely be the first vehicle
shipped as a flat pack, but Luvly CEO Håkan Lutz has announced plans for a
sporty buggy trike and a small electric van that would be designed with the
same logistic system in mind, the car starts at 10,000 euros, at today’s rate £8,790.41 or $11,046.08, will the idea catch on with other vehicle manufactures? I have no idea, but what a saving on shipping costs.
4 comments:
Dear Stanley and Diana
Great story! Flat packing autos was not something I have considered! Think of all the other products produced that could benefit from cheap shipping if idea adapted. I guess as energy and logistics become more expensive, we will see more manufacturers migrate to this type of shipping configuration!
At some point maybe they will even flat pack processed food to take up less shelf space. Fun times…
Regards
John and Alley
Dear John and Alley, it is an interesting concept to flat pack many items, but the more I thought about the better the idea sounded for cars, imagine after a few years as one of the components needed replacing, perhaps the transmission or the battery pack, it should be so easy to unbolt the part and replace it with a new unit, the everlasting car has been born! car manufactures take note, could this modular approach be the way to go? best regards, Stan and Diana.
Dear Stanley and Diana
Great idea, the everlasting car. Now in USA, the EV cars are built “around” the battery pack, and must be located in the bottom of car for center of gravity.
Once batteries need replacement, cost is close to equal of a new EV. So the car is junked. Meanwhile in China, design usually set up so batteries are accessible to change out at energy centers given there are few electrical grids in housing areas to support battery charging. USA designs are flawed and now people are waking up to the fact their old EV is worthless when batteries fail. Think how much energy, materials and labor it takes to construct a new EV and new batteries. This should be factored into total costs of EV for the environment. As we know, EVs are not the answer, but a get rich scheme pushed by certain politicians to dumb consumers. We see most EV buyers here are IT people and idealists that do not factor common sense into the purchase decision. Only 4% of cars here are electric as EVs do not appeal to majority, only oddballs. Lots of media noise for such a small percentage.
Agree with you that over time we will see hydrogen based transportation emerge and become the base for USA car energy.
This will happen once most the first generation EVs get junked and the consumers wake up losing huge value.
We fine many in USA follow social media like sheep while being asleep at the wheel. So not surprising that many of these buy EVs, only later to regret the purchase.
“There is a sucker born every day”
Regards
John and Alley
Dear John and Alley, as far as I am concerned the all electric car has taken a wrong turn in the evolution of cars and is facing a dead end, extinction! hopefully sooner rather than later common sense will prevail that hydrogen is the way to go, but it is still a fact that modern diesel engines are just so clean, but who in a position of responsibility will publicly admit that? Also in Thailand so many cars, taxis, buses and trucks run on LPG, no one seems to have taken that fuel into consideration as an alternative, I wonder why not? anyway I will stick to my Jag, according to my speedometer readings that I take after a day out, if there are no traffic jams 68 mph = 68 miles travelled, what could be better? best regards, Stan and Diana.
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