Most people i speak to are afraid of being stranded on the side of the road with a flat battery. Despite the obvious means to avoid this it's still a very prominent and irrational fear.
There are people out there who specialize in windscreen repair, I'd contact one of those people. A quick google search in your area may be fruitful. The repairer will advise if it can be repaired or not.
I pay $100aud excess for windscreen replacement on my car insurance, i have had a couple...
I work for a company which is developing ammonia-diesel engines for locomotives.
Toyota are producing EV's according to the automotive news. The BZ4X will soon be available in Australia.
https://www.carsguide.com.au/ev/toyota-bz4x-91384
Mine runs at 3.3kw to 3.4kw ... depending on voltage (voltage increases during the day with grid tied solar), but the battery receives about 86% of that (14% efficiency loss)
If you put in your own cable and breaker you can run anything up to 80% the capacity of the circuit, hypothetically...
I have a 3.4kw plug in one from ebay. It run a separate circuit for it in my house with a 25a breaker so it doesn't interfere with the other household appliances.
Had originally planned to get a proper 7kw one, but it's really not needed.
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