The EV Thread. Fully Electric Vehicles Exclusive Discussion

[saboor73]

btw, speaking of EVs, anyone remember these?

Bhutto era stuff If I recall it right, they were abolished due high theft rate of copper wiring

[786faisal.sharif]

Other than Audi, another luxury SUV EV is available MG ZS-EV with a introductory price of around 6.6 million (far cheaper than Audi & BMW)

[Nabs]

MG doesn't even have a website for Pakistan. So, MG Pakistan doesn't exist, not yet anyway.

[786faisal.sharif]

Bro u r right that MG doesn't have its separate/own web page, but it's not for only MG, there are many companies which still haven't their web page.
By the way, MG Pakistan exists. The licence for importing and Assembly is with Mr Javed Afridi, owner of Haier Pakistan, Changhong Ruba, JW Forland Autos, Peshawar Zalmi PSL Team. Soft Launching of both MG Cars - MG HS (Trophy Edition) 1.5 L Turbo and MG ZS EV (fully electric) was done in Sep and initital imported units CBUs will be given to booking holders this month Nov 2020. Local Assembly production will starts next year around Mar, 2021.

[Nabs]

It costs 1,500 rs to register a .com domain name, and roughly 10,000 rs to develop a very basic website. This isn't the 90s anymore. Website is a must.

These Chinese brands are non-serious about their business in Pakistan, DFSK also doesn't have any website for Pakistan.

It suggests that they are just testing Pakistani market and may not be here long term.

[Xulfiqar]

I know that this size genny doesnt fully fit in the back of a 3

How did this genny get here? And who is protecting it from getting stolen along with side mirrors

[usman19854]

DFSK

haha it does but it is as serious as their business XD

https://regalautomobiles.com/

doesn't even show up in google results

[suhaibayaz]

How did this genny get here?

Must be rented from local market.

And who is protecting it from getting stolen along with side mirrors

Owner must be sitting across the road sipping Chai at pathan hotel and making tiktok videos while keeping an eye on his car...

[Nabs]

This does not look like Pakistan. I saw this photo on Reddit first, someone mentioned UAE location.

[Nabs]

Yea, I tried searching it on Google, then Bing.

[UAHMAD]

Before its launch in India last year, MG started to establish a charging infrastructure with support/partnership of a Finnish company. This network included setting up a number of fast charging stations at different MG showrooms in India.

MG Motor partners with Fortum to launch EV charging stations in India - ET Auto

Hopefully, Mr. Afridi is also following suit to bolster the launch of his EV in Pakistan.

[PKTUN]

btw, speaking of EVs, anyone remember these?

good old days of Pakistan Railways Okara was 30 sec stop of all mail trains.

[hussain182]

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/electrified-518bhp-restomodded-alfa-giulia-gt?fbclid=IwAR01C1xjrq-VnX9x04fe2_kZm5VmALWyEYj3ljUmmvGyDkrXoo-QtRWxdYI

Electrification of classics at full swing. I wonder with the new allowance of import of classic cars and incentives on EV parts if we can ever see something like this in pak.
Our local ustads are quite good at bodywork etc just need to add electrification to the mix.

[usman19854]

BMW has totally lost the design plot lol

[hussain182]

This is When Govt Will Reveal EV policy for Cars

Originally published at: https://www.pakwheels.com/blog/this-is-when-govt-will-reveal-ev-policy-for-cars/ The federal government is all set to reveal the electric vehicle (EV Policy), for cars. During a virtual press meet, Minister for Industries Hammad Azhar said that he will introduce the policy in next 2 to 3 weeks. “We will address some of the issues in the automobile industry in new EV policy,” he added. However, the minister stated that for the overall measures for the industry, w…

Whos willing to bet that they’ll completely kill EVs with this so called ‘EV policy’?

[usman19854]

Instead of making EV imports difficult, the auto industry should give us some hybrids and ask for similar concessions on hybrid electric vehicle CKD'S as on BEV's.

[hussain182]

Makes a lot of sense IF they’re actually interested in investing to manufacture hybrids. But they just seem interested in wiping out any competition and raising prices.

[Xulfiqar]

And what good would that do?

Average EOL of passenger car in Pakistan is 25 years. And almost everything with wheels is supported by scrap.

How would you build a business proposal?

[Nabs]

Went for a walk in the morning, came back with burning eyes, sore throat and skin allergy. And I was wearing a mask. EVs are not the solution of this mess, even if it is, it will take too long and we will be dead long before then. Its time to make radical changes against emissions by factories and vehicles. I am ready to go back to riding horses than breathing this pathetic air.

[khurem]

With the rate air quality around Lahore is deteriorating, especially at this time of the year when this annual smog comes, soon people will find it best to move out to other cities such as Islamabad or even Karachi. Climate change is real and each year the situation will deteriorate even further. At these levels above 400 AQI, the risk of breathing such polluted air are several - especially that of cancer which can hit anybody anytime. In last couple of years, 2 of my close relatives in Lahore have died due to cancer and another one is undergoing treatment there. Maybe the causes of their cancer were different, but each year the situation will be worse as nothing is being done nor likely will be done in near future.