Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

**Mirek** · 3rd May 2018, 14:26

Originally Posted by EstWRC

I don’t understand the people who drink non-alcoholic beer.

Hehe, actually I do... at work for the lunch. We do not have anything alcoholic at work and it's still better than drinking Coca Cola.

**dimviii** · 3rd May 2018, 14:26

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/a...-fastest-rally

**NickRally** · 4th May 2018, 19:10

Originally Posted by dimviii

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/a...-fastest-rally

Excellent, thanks dimviii.

**Zeakiwi** · 5th May 2018, 12:41

Franky there are ev's (100 percent) that have been some fairly remote places by being covered with pv panels to power them. Just have to wait till the cloud cover disperses sometimes.

EvS in the future are likely to be different from the Tesla. leaf, ioniq etc that are around today.
e.g Quant nanoflow cell - redox battery car swiss etc

quant nanocell ev - clamed 300km/h topspeed
https://youtu.be/gHgYYLTV43o

Redox flow battery
https://youtu.be/AagO07cHRG8
The current technology can have problems with the membrane plugging up and 'growths' which can disrupt and ruin the membrane etc.

Could work in an electric rally car - swap depleted electrolytes a and b for new charged electrolytes at service point. (probably could be made faster than battery swaps and recharges etc)

China and parts of the US nuke industry are working on next generation reactors - with hopefully safer nuke chemistry/ physics. China is building lots of new nuke power stations presently.
This meeting this week is likely to be part of setting the asian nuke power agenda in the coming years. Even the Philippines is looking to see how they can use the Bataan power plant.
ais nuke business platform shanghai 9-10th May 2018
http://www.nuclearbusiness-platform....ia/site_visit/

**Franky** · 5th May 2018, 13:22

Originally Posted by Zeakiwi

Franky there are ev's (100 percent) that have been some fairly remote places by being covered with pv panels to power them. Just have to wait till the cloud cover disperses sometimes.

I know that there are even races for solar powered vehicles. But I mean long term travelling that's not "We need to wait one more day", incase the gathered charge is not enough.

I'm not against vehicles fuelled by alternative energies but at the moment EVs are still at infancy when you look at it on a global scale.

Also another question would be the second hand market of EVs - how long will they be good for. When driving through Central Asia I saw quite many cars with Lithuanian stickers and obviously those cars were originally in Germany. So old cars bought in Germany were on their third cycle (Germany -> Lithuania -> Kyrgyzstan in this case)

**Zeakiwi** · 8th May 2018, 01:27

Kyrgyzstan sounds quite advanced compared to Myanmar where they have ox and carts at night on the roads.
The NZ chap who does some Rally and overland tours, in 2017 did the following route - obviously it had to be a diesel one.
Diesel
Bangkok to Magadan (Thailand - Myanmar- Thailand - Laos - China- Mongolia - Russian Far East)
https://nzsuv.co.nz/article/ultimate-overlander

China - ldv are doing suvs in petrol, diesel , ( and electric and hybrid in the plans) the 'stan' countries are likely to get Chinese used vehicles in the years ahead.

Toyota in Brazil are just starting on the hybrid flex fuel - fossil and biofuels and electrics - developing countries likely to have some vehicles like this.
https://newsroom.toyota.co.jp/en/cor.../21633112.html (Hybrid flex fuel Brazil)

For more advanced places the battery pack swap is likely for those going far or in a hurry or forget to charge etc.
https://youtu.be/G9WXExbF0GI (Battery swap - skoda in 30 seconds but might need better under-guard shielding in real world use.

Early adoptees of evs usually risk takers and problem solvers by netwrking to discuss problems and collectively report and solve the issues.
https://flipthefleet.org/discussion/ (Nissan leaf loss of recharge range in 30 Kw/h etc.

Used Toyota Mirai are not going to be a lot of use in places with no hydrogen supply network.

**Mirek** · 9th May 2018, 13:33

Škoda Motorsport released an article about Richard Burns Rally moding: https://www.skoda-motorsport.com/en/...-rally-gaming/

Nothing new for most of you but it's a nice recognition of the fan work from a works team.

**BigWorm** · 9th May 2018, 15:14

Originally Posted by Mirek

Škoda Motorsport released an article about Richard Burns Rally moding: https://www.skoda-motorsport.com/en/...-rally-gaming/

Nothing new for most of you but it's a nice recognition of the fan work from a works team.

The community of RBR is fantastic, so much effort and dedication has been put in the game from modders. Nice to see Skoda praising them, they deserve it.