EV’s in films & other naughty business

[Milkyway]

Fiction: How will EV’s be used in the future film industry?
A high speed car chase, a daring heist... will they just chase them until they run out of juice or just track them to the nearest charge point.

Real life: I mean, four burly men with their swag... they are going to have a limited range, unless there is a lot of car swapping going on.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 26th December 13:42

[The Rotrex Kid]

Milkyway said:

How will EV’s be used in the future film industry?
A high speed car chase, a daring heist... will they just chase them until they run out of juice or just track them to the nearest charge point.

I meant, four burly men with their swag... they they are going to have a limited range, unless there is a lot of car swapping going on.

Do car chases in films normally go on for 200+ miles? And if so, do those driving the getaway vehicles for such distances not stop for fuel?

[swisstoni]

“Don’t worry. They won’t get far.”

[Milkyway]

swisstoni said:

“Don’t worry. They won’t get far.”

“It’s Ok Guv, got em on tracker”
( Just imagine the sewer scene in the Italian Job remake, remake)
Now... for the Gumball rally remake.

Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 1st January 22:27

[D4rez]

Milkyway said:

Fiction: How will EV’s be used in the future film industry?
A high speed car chase, a daring heist... will they just chase them until they run out of juice or just track them to the nearest charge point.

Real life: I mean, four burly men with their swag... they are going to have a limited range, unless there is a lot of car swapping going on.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 26th December 13:42

300-350 miles is a lot of driving, no issues here. Unless you’re hard of thinking

[raspy]

Milkyway said:

Fiction: How will EV’s be used in the future film industry?
A high speed car chase, a daring heist... will they just chase them until they run out of juice or just track them to the nearest charge point.

Real life: I mean, four burly men with their swag... they are going to have a limited range, unless there is a lot of car swapping going on.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 26th December 13:42

Are you talking about the criminals running out of juice first or the police EVs? :-)

[dxg]

Don't forget about the mandatory speed limiters coming next year - allegedly.

[dxg]

Also don't forget the RIFD tags in "anti-tamper" registration plates, readable by roadside sensors. Although this particular proposal from a few years back seems to have died a death, despite seemingly-rampant cloning in certain parts of the country...

[Milkyway]

raspy said:

Milkyway said:

Fiction: How will EV’s be used in the future film industry?
A high speed car chase, a daring heist... will they just chase them until they run out of juice or just track them to the nearest charge point.

Real life: I mean, four burly men with their swag... they are going to have a limited range, unless there is a lot of car swapping going on.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 26th December 13:42

Are you talking about the criminals running out of juice first or the police EVs? :-)

Bit of both... no doubt the ‘force’ will have a few tactical things up their sleeves.

[hyphen]

Milkyway said:

Fiction: How will EV’s be used in the future film industry?
A high speed car chase, a daring heist... will they just chase them until they run out of juice or just track them to the nearest charge point.
....

I was thinking of this funnily enough - was watching the TV series Gomorrah, and ICE powered cars and bikes are very much part of the show.

But its not just the chase scenes, it's the ongoing 'noise' that adds to the atmosphere. When a baddie pulls up/departs in a engined car with a nice rumble or a kid on a moped with it's higher pitch drives along.

The ICE vehicle noise really adds a lot, I know Porsche have made an electric sound on the Taycan and so on, but it's going to be odd when a gritty movie is all silent in the aspect.

The TV show Succession is shot on 35mm film as the creatives refused to use Digital like the execs wanted, and I imagine the same will happen with cars, where older cars will be featured and written into the story line.

Edited by hyphen on Sunday 26th December 15:45

[anonymous-user]

Milkyway said:

Fiction: How will EV’s be used in the future film industry?
A high speed car chase, a daring heist... will they just chase them until they run out of juice or just track them to the nearest charge point.

Real life: I mean, four burly men with their swag... they are going to have a limited range, unless there is a lot of car swapping going on.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 26th December 13:42

Last chase I saw - BMW i3s versus Aston Martin - ended with the Aston running out of fuel
Johnny English

[off_again]

Saw some dodgy trailer for a direct to streaming film that had the protagonist riding a HD live wire EV motorcycle. And they dubbed over with a screaming superbike soundtrack. Weird and stupid. And just goes to show that there is still a lot to go for audiences to accept EVs in film and TV.

[Spidersleg]

Just imagine fast n furious without all those gear changes, engine revving, nitrous shots blowing the welds on the manifolds. Instead of Tokyo drift it'll be London parking.

[Milkyway]

off_again said:

Saw some dodgy trailer for a direct to streaming film that had the protagonist riding a HD live wire EV motorcycle. And they dubbed over with a screaming superbike soundtrack. Weird and stupid. And just goes to show that there is still a lot to go for audiences to accept EVs in film and TV.

There’s a guy on YouTube says virtually the same thing... over dubbing will sound stupid & ruin any car chase scene.
The engine noise is what makes it....
Imagine Bond, Bullitt type films with hardly any sound.

Watch just the first five mins;
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vy9h3SR7ZZY

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 26th December 18:35

[Phunk]

In the next Good Omens all of the vehicles are EV’s or PHEV’s as they shot everything in a giant indoor set of London’s Soho.

[Ardennes92]

D4rez said:

300-350 miles is a lot of driving, no issues here. Unless you’re hard of thinking

Can’t be many ev’s capable of even 100 miles with your foot buried in the carpet

[Milkyway]

Ardennes92 said:

D4rez said:

300-350 miles is a lot of driving, no issues here. Unless you’re hard of thinking

Can’t be many ev’s capable of even 100 miles with your foot buried in the carpet

Interesting.... certainly a lot of variables to consider.
https://blog.evbox.com/far-electric-car-range

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 26th December 19:00

[J__Wood]

Many of us older PHers would never have got into V8s if it weren't for Starsky and Hutch in Starsky's 351 "Windsor" V8-powered bright red Gran Torino.

What's that you say, the engine sounds were dubbed into the show soundtrack since the Torinos were mechanically stock and emissions laws forbade modifying the engines or emissions systems of new cars.

[D4rez]

Milkyway said:

Ardennes92 said:

D4rez said:

300-350 miles is a lot of driving, no issues here. Unless you’re hard of thinking

Can’t be many ev’s capable of even 100 miles with your foot buried in the carpet

Interesting.... certainly a lot of variables to consider.
https://blog.evbox.com/far-electric-car-range

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 26th December 19:00

Some of the German owners have run these at above 200kph for approaching an hour. Take an M5 Competition with a 68L (15 gallon) tank, if you were absolutely tanking it along and seeing 5-10mpg then the maths and answer is comparable. If your "getaway" is more than 30 minutes you've probably failed anyway.

[iDrive]

Interesting that the replies focus on range rather than performance...

At a recent test, a BMW i3 was set alongside a 530i - The i3 wiped the floor with the 5er up to 50mph and was clearly *far* more versatile too (very tight turning circle) - In an urban environment range wouldn't be the question.