The BYD Shark represent a brand new class of vehicle for Australia, a series-hybrid 4x4 ute, so no wonder there's lot of misconceptions. Hybrids and even series hybrids aren't new, but now we're into the 4x4/ute/tow market and these people want…
On Sunday 27th of October a hill climb amateur motorsport event was held at the Rob Roy track in Christmas Hills, Melbourne. This marked the first time that an event was exclusively run for electric vehicles only, and battery-electric at that.
The…
BYD have released their new Shark 6 ute, their first 4x4, their first ute, and the first PHEV ute on the Australian market. It's not the first PHEV offroader, as certainly Range Rover got there first with the Range Rover Sport PHEV,…
"But you'll need to spend $20,000 on a new EV battery in five years!"
The anti-EV crowd like to roll out the spectre of replacing an EV's battery, which is of course hugely expensive, pointing out that's not a cost ICE vehicle…
A YouTube commenter suggested that portal axles mean a vehicle is taller than the equivalent without. While it's true that vehicles modified with portals are often taller than the original, it doesn't need to be that way because the modified vehicles…
Own a Lotus, and looking for YouTube coverage for Elise, Exige, Evora, Emira and more? Here's a list of channels where the focus is entirely, or partially Lotus. One-off reviews don't count, the channel has to have some sort of ongoing Lotus…
The Unimog U1700L was used in the Australian Army and now many are owned privately. An owner requested some help with driving and winching, so helped him and made a video! Watch to learn all about the Unimog U1700L, it's…
That's a bit like asking if playing chess is fun, or if wine tastes good. It's entirely subjective. But in the case of 'fun to drive' there is a way to remove some of the subjectivity.
One aspect of 'fun' is challenge-reward,…
A YouTube channel member suggested that I make a conversion table, so here it is!
This is the video that inspired the request:
I have produced a lot of content explaining how towing works; what the weights are, what causes sway, offroad driving and much more. There's also a calculator to give you an idea of likely weights for your rig.
But nothing will replace…