Roosters and Hyundai Announce Conclusion of Partnership

[Spirit of 66]

Totally Awesome. Imagine advertising a car that catches on fire more often that Trobbo at a BBQ.

Now I'll be totally convinced of the SAFETY & reliability of this car brand if Sandon Smith can drive one of these babies out of a driveway without running over someone's foot.

Best still, If Ezra Mamkey can safely drive one of these vehicles without incident whilst unlicensed and after sniffing Brandon Smiths favourite powder then I'm all in...get me one of these $165 jerseys which I'll probably wear twice with pride..

For those who don't get their "information" from Sky News, here are some facts:


How often do EV batteries catch fire?

EV battery fires are far less common than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle fires.

According to EV FireSafe, which is funded by the Australian Department of Defence to research EV battery fires, it has (as of June 2024) positively identified 511 high voltage battery fires worldwide, out of an estimated 40 million BEVs on the road according to the IEA’s Global EV Outlook 2024 – just 0.0013 per cent of the global BEV fleet.

How many EV fires have there been in Australia?

There have been just six EV battery fires in Australia out of more than 180,000 EVs on the road, according to EV FireSafe.

In its submission to a federal government enquiry on electric and hybrid vehicle battery fire risk, it noted that none of these were spontaneous, related to charging, or caused explosions.

Three incidents where EV batteries caught fire were caused by an external fire (unrelated to the vehicle), one was related to an arson incident, one by a road collision and one by road debris.

Fire and Rescue NSW said in a report issued in March 2024 that just three of the 456 lithium-ion battery fires it attended in 2022-2023 involved electric vehicles.

One involved an MG from which the battery had been removed and not disposed of correctly, one involved a Tesla Model 3 hitting road debris on a highway and one involved a battery from an Audi RS e-Tron that had been removed in a workshop. The report also listed four hybrid battery fire incidents but did not outline the causes.

The three top culprits were instead e-mobility devices like e-bikes and e-scooters (90), battery chargers (46), and energy storage batteries (37).

A study conducted by Western Sydney University in July 2023 titled Fire Incidents, Trends, and Risk Mitigation Framework of Electrical Vehicle Cars in Australia discovered that if EV uptake in Australia follows the projected trend of reaching 1.7 million by 2030, there will likely be 9 to 10 EV fire incidents in Australia in that year.

[Rooster_6]

Australian Governments at the federal, state and territory level will eventually ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles - it's a case of not if but when

ACT will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2035 - if not earlier. Of course people will still be able to drive their existing petrol and diesel vehicles after 2035 and or sell them

A number of vehicle manufacturers will cease production of petrol and diesel vehicles for the European markets before 2035 - i.e Alfa Romeo (2027), Volvo (2030), plus Volkswagen and Audi (2033)

Maybe they will bring in a buy back scheme like the gun one for petrol and diesel vehicles to hasten the transition to EV's?

The issue going forward with EV''s is having sufficient numbers of EV trained technicians/mechanics and into the future

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-...dard/103541206

I think the tears around EV’s are funny but governments banning petrol/diesel vehicles would be a massive government overreach and just isn’t needed as the cheaper running costs of EV’s and depleting levels or easily accessible oil will eventually see them take majority of the market anyway. Not the governments place to decide what type of cars people should or shouldn’t be able to buy and drive.

[King Salvo]

I think the tears around EV’s are funny but governments banning petrol/diesel vehicles would be a massive government overreach and just isn’t needed as the cheaper running costs of EV’s and depleting levels or easily accessible oil will eventually see them take majority of the market anyway. Not the governments place to decide what type of cars people should or shouldn’t be able to buy and drive.

When world governments sign up to various conventions and, in this case, omission reductions (Kyoto/Paris Agreements), they will legislate for it to occur whether people like it or not. For example, the European Union has banned the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles from 2035, and at least 17 US states have as well.

Vehicle manufacturing companies of course will have to follow suit to stay in business and won't continue manufacturing petrol/diesel vehicles for such small markets as Australia.

Another cash for clunkers scheme may have to be introduced for vehicles. 8 years and older - vehicles do have a life span as far as accounting goes - depreciation (prime cost or diminishing value) - around 8 years max

[QWERTY]

MG are made in India

Don’t SAIC own them? I’m pretty sure SAIC is Chinese.

[QWERTY]

$60k for a car that can do 0-100km/h in 3.8s with decent accessories is a pretty good deal.

They’re poorly made and drive like shite. I’d probably never own a Chinese car purely on political leanings, but I’m sure that like Korean cars and Japanese cars they will improve considerably in the next few years. You only have to look at Hyundai’s recent output to see how far they have come.

[Rocky Rhodes]

BYD = Burn Your DEALERSHIP!

[Bates]

Toyota or Tesla are more apt to our brand.

BYD feels like having Black and Gold caged eggs as our sponsor.

[King Salvo]

Interesting article on Lithium-ion batteries which also power mobile phone . laptops . tablets , e-scooters , e-bikes and power tools

https://www.choice.com.au/electronic...nd-safety-tips

[Tennessee Tornado]

FFS, who cares about the quality of the BYD product. It’s a big brand and it’s going to be the biggest sponsorship in NRL history.

That can only be a good thing hey?

[Inflictor]

They’re poorly made and drive like shite. I’d probably never own a Chinese car purely on political leanings, but I’m sure that like Korean cars and Japanese cars they will improve considerably in the next few years. You only have to look at Hyundai’s recent output to see how far they have come.

I have driven a few different models MG's and I find them amazing to drive. EV, hybrid and petrol. Very smooth and have heaps more zip than my CX5. Interior is also very impressive. Admittedly they have all been under 12 months old so no idea how they will be in 5-10 years but no issues at all at 12 months. Many will say they will break down but it is just the sheep in them. All those bagging them have probably never driven one. The only issue I have is who they sponsor.

My CX5 is 10 years old and still goes as new so I won't be swapping any time soon but I would definitely consider buying an MG if/when I need a new car.

[King Salvo]

FFS, who cares about the quality of the BYD product. It’s a big brand and it’s going to be the biggest sponsorship in NRL history.

That can only be a good thing hey?

Probably political reasons as China is on the other side of the political spectrum. Taiwan for instance - on X the Islamic folk praise China but somehow forget China locks up millions of their Muslims in re-education camps as to them Islam is a mental disease that needs to be cured - Human rights and Democratic Values is not a priority in China either.

[Tennessee Tornado]

Probably political reasons as China is on the other side of the political spectrum. Taiwan for instance - on X the Islamic folk praise China but somehow forget China locks up millions of their Muslims in re-education camps as to them Islam is a mental disease that needs to be cured - Human rights and Democratic Values is not a priority in China either.

Is BYD the Chinese government or a Chinese company? Or is there no difference?

After some of the crap that gets posted on this site, I’m surprised we’ve suddenly developed a ‘social conscious’

[QWERTY]

I have driven a few different models MG's and I find them amazing to drive. EV, hybrid and petrol. Very smooth and have heaps more zip than my CX5. Interior is also very impressive. Admittedly they have all been under 12 months old so no idea how they will be in 5-10 years but no issues at all at 12 months. Many will say they will break down but it is just the sheep in them. All those bagging them have probably never driven one. The only issue I have is who they sponsor.

My CX5 is 10 years old and still goes as new so I won't be swapping any time soon but I would definitely consider buying an MG if/when I need a new car.

I have driven the MG3 and one of their SUV’s. Really disliked them, especially the hatchback. They weren’t right out of the gate new but I’m just judging what I drove.

Mazda’s are great cars. Really underrated and incredibly reliable

[QWERTY]

I just checked. The one I mentioned had top ANCAP rating.

Are the German cars great quality and resale? My brother's $70k BMW needed a $20k engine rebuild just out of warranty and was sold for under $30k at five-year old. My cousin's AMG C63 destroyed its engine valves just out of warranty. Imagine the repair bill on that one. I know multiple people who have destroyed DSG gearboxes on VW or Audi.

IMO the risk of needing to replace cheap parts on a Chinese car being overstated. Much less financial risk than driving a German car out of warranty. Each to their own.

Having said that, all EVs are a financial risk at the moment due to battery concerns and resale value.

Mercedes seems to have dropped in reliability of late. I know that BMW have that BMW B58 engine which has been well received. Even was used by Toyota in their new Supra (collab with BMW), so if Toyota are using it it must be pretty reliable.

[Danish]

No new jersey for you then!

maybe I’ll just shop at best and less