EV Digest 5962
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Subject: Re: Zilla controls backordered? - range or speed
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2) Re: interpoles
by Jeff Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
3) EVLN(Sold his EV after an offer he couldnt refuse)
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4) EVLN(E-quadracycle: cheap light EV)
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5) AW: AW: series wound motor
by "Hofer Tobias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
6) EVLN(Electric SUV, 200 mi/charge, 95 mph)
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7) EVLN(Ceramic EV power source)
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8) EVLN(Norway, Europe & China get Miljo Innovasjon EVs)
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Michael,
I have 60 miles range with a load of 26 Trojan T-125's.
Shadow Mountain High School had 20 T-145's (120 Volts and a 500 Amp Curtis)
in their Porsche, which beat my high school EV Ford Escort on range and
performance. lighter car, better aerodynamics.
Zilla is the best, but I have a Raptor 600 Amp controller that seems
(emphasize, this is my opinion) to do as much as the batteries and motor
can handle. If I wanted more power, I would need to upgrade both the
controller and the batteries (again my opinion).
the evidence I have, is that the voltage drops .5 to 1 volt per 6 V battery
for max accleration. Any more doesn't seem healthy.
Still, I'm satisfied with performance (I've learned patience), becaue I
know I have great range.
I wonder if 1000 Amps is all that useful with flooded batteries? (an open
question I would like to know the answer to)
Ben
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Mike,
The field coils produce a magnetic field through the pole piece, around a
portion of the yoke (or frame), through opposite polarity pole piece and
throught the armature to complete the magnetic circuit. This is the main field
or simply "field". The armature has coils with current and produces its own
magnetic field which is pointed inbetween the main field poles, referred to be
in quadrature with the main field. This armature field tends to weaken the
main field on one pole side and stengthen it on the other side. This distorts
the main field unequally and moves or shifts the zero crossover point from
north to south poles on the main field distrubution. This is referred to as
armature distortion of the main field or armature reaction.
It is desireable to switch direction of the current in the armature coils
when there is no voltage induced on them from the main field, or percisely when
the field crosses from north to south and south to north. Armature distortion
is one reason why brushes spark as they commutate. It is possible to
compensate for this armature reaction by shifting the brushes and reduce
sparking. The direction of the shift depends on the direction of rotation and
whether it is a motor or generator. What is good for a CW motor is bad for
CCW. What is good for a CW motor is bad for a CW generator. Since the motor
becomes a generator during regeneration, a motor with shifted brushes will
likely spark during regeneration.
Interpoles are another method to counteract armature reaction and are quite
common in larger motors. I have an 11 inch, 96 volt motor with interpoles.
Unlike the brush shift method, interpoles work in either rotation direction and
for motor and generator action alike. Obviously, interpoles (and com coils
wound on them) are more expensive than shifting brushes and consume some power,
but not much. The upside to interpoles is they do not weaken the main field as
does shifting brushes in motors and of course work well for reversible motors
and motors used in regeneration applications.
I hope this helps.
Jeff
Mike Sandman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i am interested in regen--mostly about learning, not doing. it seems
that interpoles are germane to understanding regen, yes?. where can i
find a better description of interpoles then this:
Interpoles
Interpoles are similar to the main field poles and located on the yoke
between the main field poles. They have windings in series with the
armature winding. Interpoles have the function of reducing the armature
reaction effect in the commutating zone. They eliminate the need to
shift the brush assembly.
i got this from
http://www.reliance.com/mtr/mtrthrmn.htm
specifically the phrase "reducing the armature reaction effect" just
does not mean anything to me...must have missed something. also, i
would like to know *why* they "eliminate the need to shift the brush
assembly."
any pointers would be appreciated. i'll keep reading...cool stuff!
regards,
mike
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Putting a charge in transportation
By TRISTAN BAURICK Staff Writer Sep 27 2006
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Electric car owner Chris Stanley drives a Sparrow and catches a
lot of looks on the street. A short charge will give a 20-mile
range, enough to run errands or commute to Seattle.
Electric cars get a foothold in the automobile market.
When choosing a parking spot, Chris Stanley often wedges his
little one-seater next to the sleekest and most luxurious in the
lot.
Its an eye catcher, the island resident said. I like to walk
away and then watch how many stop and look at it. They wont even
look at the Audi or the Lexus but theyll take pictures of
mine.
Once the photos are snapped and the head scratching begins,
Stanley sometimes moseys back to rattle off a few facts about his
electric-powered Sparrow Personal Transit Module.
According to Stanley, 25 cents worth of juice pulled from a wall
socket gives his three-wheeled ride a range of about 20 miles.
Built by California-based Corbin Motors four years ago, the
zero-emissions prototype can hit 55 miles per hour and requires
much less maintenance than a typical gas-powered car.
It never needs a tune up, Stanley said. You just have to
maintain the breaks and the tires and get a new battery every few
years. Really, all you have to do is plug it in.
When its near the end of its charge which rarely happens while
running errands on the island or during his commute to Seattle
Stanley simply wheels the Sparrow to the nearest electrical
outlet.
What that means is I dont have to make it to a service station,
he said. All I have to do is make it to a friends house.
Interest in electric cars is growing on Bainbridge. Stanley
regularly waves at four other Sparrow owners who either live on
or commute to the island.
Stanleys friend, islander Kim Bottles, recently owned an
electric car, but sold it after receiving an offer he couldnt
refuse.
They offered me too much money, said Bottles, who was tracked
down a few months ago by an enthusiast who was willing to pay
substantially more than the nearly $10,000 purchase price
Bottles paid for the car.
Im still very intrigued by electric cars, he said. Im
interested in energy independence and it was something that was
unique and unusual. I really like things outside the realm of the
normal.
Bottles purchased his 1995 Solectria Force, which resembles a Geo
Metro, through Ebay, which is fast-becoming the preferred method
of tracking down hard-to-find electric cars.
I bought it eight months ago sight-unseen, he said. I had it
shipped from Missouri because I always wanted to see what these
things are about.
But a glance at the offerings today illustrates how a combination
of high demand and growing scarcity are driving up prices.
Bottles said he recently saw a Toyota Rav4 electric vehicle,
which is no longer produced, sell for nearly $70,000 on the
online auction site eBay.
Pam Burton, who purchased a Solectria last spring, expects the
big auto makers will offer electric models as demand grows.
You think about how the auto makers are whining about going
bankrupt, she said. Well, why not (offer) what people are
willing to drive? Consumers have to demand these cars. Look at
the (gas-electric) hybrids. Four years ago, they were saying they
were too ugly and that nobody would drive them.
Now there are waiting lists of people trying to buy them.
Electric cars appeared ready to break into the mainstream during
the late 1990s when General Motors began manufacturing the EV1,
the companys first battery electric vehicle.
The vehicle was produced, in part, to satisfy Californias
zero-emissions vehicle mandate, which specified that by 1998, 10
percent of all new cars sold were to have no emissions.
Despite spending over $1 billion mostly through government
subsidies developing and marketing the EV1, GM cancelled and
recalled nearly 2,000 EV1s.
The company cited a lack of demand for the cars, but Stanley and
other electric car enthusiasts suspect another reason.
The only way to reach Californias zero emissions (standard) is
through electric cars, he said. But auto makers persuaded
California to change the law. So (GM) never sold them. They
pulled them and shredded them.
Some of us feel that was harmful, a crime against humanity.
Electric tastes
But numerous electric cars are produced for the mass markets in
Norway, France, Denmark, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Auto makers such as Peugeot and Citroen have long produced
electric cars, while an Indian auto maker recently released a
petite commuter called the REVA.
The Ford Motor Company had also produced an electric model to
meet Californias former emissions rules. But, rather than scrap
their fleet of Th!nk vehicles, Ford shipped many of them
overseas.
Instead of getting rid of them, Ford banished the Th!nk to
Norway, where they flourish, said electric car driver Jeremy
Smithson.
Despite some setbacks, Bottles sees a new spark on the horizon.
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http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0921/local/stories/quadracycle.htm
September 21, 2006 (Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta)
Russ Rappa of Ashland has built a four-wheel-drive electric
quadracycle to replace the car for getting around town.
Meet the ELECTRIC QUADRACYCLE
Ashland inventor says he came up with the device to help save the
Earth By john darling for the Mail Tribune
ASHLAND Even though he's a disabled veteran living on minimal
income, that's not why Russ Rappa of Ashland built himself a
cheap, light electric vehicle.
He did it as a present to the planet, he says.
"It doesn't make any sense to have 100 horsepower to go get two
bags of groceries," he says.
Flags flying (to make it visible to other motorists), Rappa's
36-volt, rechargeable quadracycle slides silently down the
streets of Ashland, drawing many a stare and comment from a
knowing thumbs-up, signifying agreement on its eco-friendly
nature, to "just what the heck IS that and what makes it go?" he
says.
Studying the vehicle's exposed workings, many onlookers confess
they can't figure how the power gets to the wheels. It's simple,
Rappa says.
Motors have been installed in each wheel hub, with tiny, hardly
visible cables running from each of four small batteries. The
motors' armature is stationary and it's the wheels that turn.
"It feels pretty much like a bicycle to ride and, to the law,
it's considered a bicycle. As long as it can't go over 25 miles
per hour, I don't have to have a license, insurance or even a
driver's license," says Rappa. "And there's no gas, no oil."
Over the past three years, Rappa has served as the engineer and
contractor on the quadracycle, finding craftsmen in the Ashland
area to fashion the tubular metal frame, electrical system and
necessary equipment head and tail lights, speedometer, fenders
and candy-apple red paint for visibility.
"It's a grand idea and a really good transportation device," says
Patrick Box of Talent, who does work on cars being converted to
electric. "It gets you from one place to another cheaply and is a
lot better than a wheelchair."
Rappa charges the batteries three to six hours a night, with no
noticeable effect on his utility bill. When he needs repairs, he
goes to a bike shop, which charges a fraction of the cost in an
auto shop.
His investment totals more than $5,000, but most of that was
"making a lot of mistakes and learning from them," he says. Now
he figures he could put the vehicle into production for maybe
$2,500 a copy.
"It's very possible it could get into production. I'd have to
find the investors," he says. "It can be done."
Is the demand there?
"I certainly hope so," says Box. "The need is huge for something
that doesn't pollute the air and most people don't drive 20 or
30 miles a day to work and the store."
The quadracycle is open to the air, so Rappa doesn't drive it on
rainy, cold days. Enclosing it would be the next step up, but one
that would add cost and weight, making it slower, he says.
It's also not very visible, so he won't drive on the busy and
narrow Eagle Mill Road near his home. Instead, he takes it on the
Bear Creek Greenway.
When he goes to movies at the Varsity Theatre, he parks it on the
sidewalk, like a bike.
The quadracycle helps with a disability (which impairs Rappa's
walking) but that's not the big reason he's put thousands of
hours and dollars into it, he says.
"I did it for the environment, for the planet," he says. "What
we're doing to this Earth, for short-term gain, is insane. But
people are waking up to the state of the environment. The
pollution problem and the money we spend on gas this frees me
from that. If everyone had one of these, there'd be twice the
parking, a lot fewer accidents and we wouldn't have any need for
gas or oil."
John Darling is a freelance writer living in Ashland. E-mail him
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Smaller electric car manufacturers havent stopped producing
quality cars, he said, citing the work of the Spokane-based
makers of the sporty Tango and improved versions of the Sparrow,
which is now produced by Ohio-based Myers Motors.
Bottles has his eye on the Tesla Roadster. Resembling a Dodge
Viper, the Tesla can leap from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds, gets 250
miles per charge, runs on the equivalent of about 1 cent per mile
and costs upwards of $100,000.
Its sexy as heck, he said. Now if they can get it down to a
rational price Id be interested.
For those who like the idea of producing no vehicle emissions,
but still have to eat and pay bills, Stanley and his neighbors
may have a solution.
He and 10 of his fellow Bainbridge Cohousing residents formed a
limited liability corporation around a 1982 Mercury Lynx electric
car.
The group has an online sign-up sheet and take turns using the
$7,000 car to run errands, pickup groceries, go to church and
take children to baseball games.
One of the worst things you can do is use an internal combustion
engine for short trips in the two mile range, he said. Its bad
for the engine and the amount of pollution is just really bad
news. But short trips are ideal for electric.
With a faded lemon yellow paint job and a body that resembles an
old Ford Escort hatchback, the Lynx doesnt turn heads like
Stanleys other electric model. But at 50 cents for a 17-mile
charge, Stanley said he doesnt mind.
Its not a perfect vehicle its a utility car, he said. It
gets the job done.
The Green Car Company, www.greencarco.com
The Seattle Electric Vehicle Association, www.seattleeva.org
Tristan Baurick
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Hello Ralph
I bought this capacitor from maxwell, but the package is from montena. It
was a special
Offer only for aprox. 320$ 145F/42V. So i think it is not a capacitor you
can
Buy further.
tobias
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Auftrag von Ralph
Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006 21:08
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: AW: series wound motor
Hello Hofer,
I've been looking at their website
(http://www.maxwell.com/ultracapacitors/products/modules/bpak0020-15v.asp)
but I don't see the part you describe. What is its part number?
-Ralph
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:23:17 +0100
"Hofer Tobias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Ralph
>
> I bough the ultracap-cell directly from maxwell switzerland. It is a
> Boost-cap cell 145F/42V 600A with active cell balancing.
>
> I red some article on the internet (i.e dean thompson, etmar
> embenhoech) they describe the possiblity To regen with a serie wound
> motor with a book-boost topology.
>
> Regards tobias
>
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> Auftrag von Ralph
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006 20:22
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: series wound motor
>
>
> So are you saying that you can get ultracaps for your project? If so,
> what is your source?
>
> You will need an alternator to develop regenerative energy- so far as
> I've heard, this is not possible with conventional series-wound DC
> motors.
>
> -Ralph
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 20:42:37 +0100
> "Hofer Tobias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello everybody
> >
> > I'm new on your list and i have already a question.
> > I'm working on a electric car with a series wound motor and maxwell
> > ultracapacitor as the primary energy storage element.
> > To have a max. advantage with the ultracapacitor i need to regenerate
> energy
> > during
> > deceleration.
> > I red som article on the internet. but at the moment it is not clear
> > for
> me
> > how this will
> > work with a series wound motor.
> >
> > if somebody has more experience or ideas pleas let me know.
> >
> > best regards
> >
> > hofer tobias
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by John Gartner Tuesday, 26 September 2006
Electric SUV Is Highway Ready
Topic: Electric Vehicles
An electric SUV that can travel up to 200 miles on a charge and
can top out at 95 miles per hour is set to go on sale next
spring. The unnamed vehicle is on display this week at an
electric vehicle event in Sacramento.
The vehicle uses technology from UQM Technologies, Altair
Nanotechnologies, Boshart Engineering and Phoenix Motorcars and
has more than 400 lbs. of torque, and goes from 0 to 60 in less
than 10 seconds, according to the designers.
The market is primed for a fully functioning EV, and that the
companies have been able to create a large vehicle with a 200
mile range is almost too good to be believed. The companies
should be able to create a lighter compact that goes nearly twice
as far on a charge.
Although the companies say it will be a commercial vehicle (as
opposed to a fleet vehicle), there was no mention in the press
release of pricing. The specs say this could be a primary use
vehicle, which would be a game changer in the auto industry.
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http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/09/26/023137.html
UQM Technologies Propulsion System Powers Electric SUV at Zero
Emission Vehicle Symposium
FREDERICK, Colo., Sept. 26 -- UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (AMEX:UQM) ,
a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today
that its propulsion system is powering an electric SUV at the
California Air Resources Board Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV)
Technology Symposium, being held September 25-27, 2006 in
Sacramento, California. The full-size electric SUV is being road
demonstrated by Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. , along with their
partners Boshart Engineering and Phoenix Motorcars.
This vehicle incorporates a 100 kW UQM(R) electric drive system
which includes UQM's latest proprietary software algorithms that
result in high torque (over 400 ft-lbs), wide constant power
speed range (up to 5000 RPM top speed), and an optimized system
efficiency of over 94%.
Attendees of the Symposium are invited to ride in this
innovative, full-size SUV. The demonstration electric SUV is an
early model of the commercially available vehicle, targeted for
volume delivery in Spring 2007. This vehicle is planned to be
capable of road speeds up to 95 mph, a driving range that is
configurable up to 200 miles, a battery recharge time potential
of less than 10 minutes, and an acceleration of 0 to 60 mph in
less than 10 seconds.
UQM's Director of Engineering, Jon Lutz, is representing the
Company at the symposium that is bringing together industry and
government stakeholders to discuss electric and plug-in hybrid
vehicles. The Symposium is being be held at the Cal/EPA
Headquarters Building, Byron Sher Auditorium, 1001 I Street,
Sacramento, CA.
For more information on the event, please visit: [
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/symposium/sympdetail.htm ].
UQM Technologies, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of power
dense, high efficiency electric motors, generators and power
electronic controllers for the automotive, aerospace, medical,
military and industrial markets. A major emphasis of the Company
is developing products for the alternative energy technologies
sector including propulsion systems for electric, hybrid electric
and fuel cell electric vehicles, under-the-hood power accessories
and other vehicle auxiliaries and distributed power generation
applications. The Company's headquarters, engineering and product
development center, and motor manufacturing operation are located
in Frederick, Colorado. For more information on the Company,
please visit its worldwide website at www.uqm.com.
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Altairnano, Phoenix and Boshart Successfully Launch Electric SUV
at ZEV Symposium Demonstration Rides Are Described As Remarkable
RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. with
their electric vehicle partners, Boshart Engineering and Phoenix
Motorcars, successfully launched a full size, all-electric SUV at
the California Air Resources Board Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV)
Technology Symposium, in Sacramento, California this week. The
freeway ready, all-electric SUV was powered entirely by
Altairnano NanoSafe batteries.
The launch included demonstration rides in the vehicle around the
Sacramento streets near the CARB building. Over 50 people rode in
the vehicle during the event and the vehicle performed
flawlessly.
I enjoyed my test drive in the Altairnano powered electric SUV. I
have driven many electric vehicles, including the General Motors
EV1, and the Altairnano powered vehicle delivered excellent
performance in acceleration and rapid battery recharge, said
John Waters, Breakthrough Design Group leader at the Rocky
Mountain Institute, a consulting organization with major clients
in, among others, the transportation and defense sectors.
Also on September 27, at 2:30 p.m., Evan House, Ph.D., Director
of Altairnano's Advanced Materials & Power Systems business unit,
presented Altairnanos NanoSafe rechargeable nano-titanate
battery program to the symposium. The speech was very well
attended and generated considerable interest from the audience
which consisted of a broad mix from motor industry executives to
academics.
More details on the vehicle preparation for the event, a brochure
on the NanoSafe battery technology and Dr. Evan Houses
presentation can be found on the Altairnano website homepage.
ABOUT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE
The Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit
organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of
natural, human and other capital to make the world secure, just,
prosperous and life-sustaining.
ABOUT ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC.
Altairnano is an innovator and supplier of advanced novel,
ceramic nanomaterials. Altairnanos leading edge scientists are
complemented by a seasoned management team with substantial
experience in commercializing innovative, disruptive
technologies. The company has developed nanomaterials for the
alternative energy, life sciences and performance materials
markets based on its proprietary manufacturing process. This
process also provides the foundation for its innovative AHP
pigment process. In alternative energy Altairnano has disruptive
battery technology delivering minute-charge, high power, long
life, ultra-wide operating temperature range and inherently safe
performance in its NanoSafe batteries. For more information
visit www.altairnano.com.
Contacts
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.
Company Information:
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Institutional Investors:
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Gentlemen, stop your engines
EEStor's new automotive power source could eliminate the need for
the combustion engine - and for oil.
By Erick Schonfeld and Jeanette Borzo, Business 2.0
September 20 2006: 2:16 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) -- The Disruptor: EEStor
The Innovation: A ceramic power source for electric cars that
could blow away the combustion engine
CNN and Business 2.0 look at ways to improve technology in terms
of engine and fuel efficiency. (September 20)
Play video
http://www.cnn.com/video/business/2006/09/20/pkg.the.next.disruptors.traffic.wjw/content.html#
The Disrupted: Oil companies and carmakers that don't climb
aboard
[...]
EEStor's device is not technically a battery because no chemicals
are involved. In fact, it contains no hazardous materials
whatsoever. Yet it acts like a battery in that it stores
electricity. If it works as it's supposed to, it will charge up
in five minutes and provide enough energy to drive 500 miles on
about $9 worth of electricity. At today's gas prices, covering
that distance can cost $60 or more; the EEStor device would power
a car for the equivalent of about 45 cents a gallon.
And we mean power a car. "A four-passenger sedan will drive like
a Ferrari," Clifford predicts. In contrast, his first electric
car, the Zenn, which debuted in August and is powered by a more
conventional battery, can't go much faster than a moped and takes
hours to charge.
The cost of the engine itself depends on how much energy it can
store; an EEStor-powered engine with a range roughly equivalent
to that of a gasoline-powered car would cost about $5,200. That's
a slight premium over the cost of the gas engine and the other
parts the device would replace -- the gas tank, exhaust system,
and drivetrain. But getting rid of the need to buy gas should
more than make up for the extra cost of an EEStor-powered car.
EEStor is tight-lipped about its device and how it manages to
pack such a punch. According to a patent issued in April, the
device is made of a ceramic powder coated with aluminum oxide and
glass. A bank of these ceramic batteries could be used at
"electrical energy stations" where people on the road could
charge up.
EEStor is backed by VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and
the company's founders are engineers Richard Weir and Carl
Nelson. CEO Weir, a former IBM-er, won't comment, but his son,
Tom, an EEStor VP, acknowledges, "That is pretty much why we are
here today, to compete with the internal combustion engine." He
also hints that his engine technology is not just for the small
passenger vehicles that Clifford is aiming at, but could easily
replace the 300-horsepower brutes in today's SUVs. That would
make it appealing to automakers like GM (Charts) and Ford
(Charts), who are seeing sales of their gas-guzzling SUVs and
pickup trucks begin to tank because of exorbitant fuel prices.
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Sept. 25, 2006, 9:58AM
Quantum to Form Electric Vehicle Venture
© 2006 The Associated Press
IRVINE, Calif. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide
Inc., a maker of fuel systems and electronic control systems for
alternative fuel vehicles, on Monday said it plans to form a
joint venture with Miljo Innovasjon AS of Norway to build
electric vehicles.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Outlined in a letter of understanding with Miljo Innovasjon,
which already makes electric cars for sale in Norway, are plans
proposing an electric vehicle manufacturing plant and a factory
to build battery packs. The agreement also proposes the selection
of parts suppliers, as well as funding and management of the
joint venture.
The electric cars would be sold in Norway, Europe and China.
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Lotus plans new mid-engine coupé for 2008
29th September 2006
Autocar (27 September) reports [...]
One application of Lotus engineering capacity coming on stream
is its construction to order of the Elise platform-based
Californian battery-electric car commissioned by Tesla Motors. A
former Tesla Motors executive, now operating independently, has
used another British sports car, the Ariel Atom, as the platform
for a rival high-performance battery-electric roadster.
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The Tesla Roadster Electric cars coming from Silicon Valley
By AP, AP SAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) --
[...]
Ian Wright, who left Tesla to start Wrightspeed last year, is
aiming at the same $3 billion market for high-performance sports
cars. The New Zealand-born electrical engineer spent nine months
retooling an Ariel Atom race car to run on a lithium-ion battery
-- a prototype of the car he hopes to eventually sell for about
$120,000.
Wright frequently takes prospective investors -- and reporters --
for a spin in the hills near his Woodside home.
With no doors, roof or windshield, a drive in Wrightspeed's X1
feels like a roller coaster ride and can leave passengers
wind-beaten and queasy. It accelerates from zero to 60 miles per
hour in 3 seconds, making it one of the world's fastest
production cars. Last year, Wright's X1 beat a Porsche and
Ferrari in separate races.
"I wouldn't describe myself as a radical environmentalist," said
Wright, who is still trying to raise his first round of funding.
"I think my customers will buy my cars for performance. The
energy efficiency is nice to have, but it's not the reason they
will buy the car."
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Go Motorboard Advanced Electic Vehicle Featured at Interbike
Tradeshow in Las Vegas Mon Sep 25, 8:00 AM ET
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) September 25, 2006 -- For the average
consumer, the Electric Vehicle (EV) is a big tease. They promise
low cost, enviro-friendly fueling, yet ironically, they are too
expensive for most to buy.
George Clooney drives a $100K EV Tango, and the highly publicized
Segway electric scooter sells for $5,000 a pop. But, when in
comes to owning an electric vehicle, it has been tough luck for
the average consumer -- until now. Enter the Go Motorboard 2000X,
the worlds most advanced, ultra lightweight -- and affordable --
electric vehicle (EV). Go Sporting Goods Inc of Carlsbad,
California has created the only electric scooter on the market
weighing under 20 lbs., priced at $399, and designed for daily,
urban, adult commuter use. The Motorboard will be featured in the
New Products Pavilion at the http://www.interbike.com[Interbike
tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV on September 27-29, 2006.
With sky-high gas prices, global warming, and the politics of
fossil fuels, it seems that electric vehicles would be looking
increasingly seductive these days. However, they have largely
remained the playthings of a few environmentalist Hollywood movie
stars and Silicon Valley millionaires, folks better equipped to
handle the hefty price tags and happy to pick up politically
correct, exotic toys.
The 2000X is powerful, fast, lightweight, portable, and virtually
silent. This unique combination of features makes it ideal for
urban transportation used alone or paired with mass transit
systems. At 19 lbs., it is lightweight and easily foldable to
carry and stow under subway seats, bus seats, under desks, or in
car trunks. Its silent transmission makes it ideal for business
and academic campuses, and has made it the vehicle of choice for
the movie studio set and university students and hospital
doctors. It travels up to 15 miles per hour, has a range of 5-7
miles on a single, 90 minute charge, and rides on two polyether,
no-flat, bullet proof, signature orange wheels. Go Motorboards
has gained a cult following worldwide and has been distributed
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Citroen's C-Metisse hybrid turns heads
Environmentally friendly sports car? Citroen says could happen,
one day
By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch Last Update: 5:49AM ET Sep 29,
2006
PARIS (MarketWatch) -- Emmanuel Lafaury, an engineer at PSA
Peugeot Citroen, is under no illusion that the hybrid sports car
he has spent the better part of nine months making will come to
the market any time soon.
"It's clearly a dream car," he told MarketWatch. "The carbon
fibers would make it way too expensive, and we use competitors'
technology."
But the dream, named the Citroen C-Metisse, was clearly one of
the standouts at the Paris auto show.
The sleek, red four-door machine has four-wheel drive, with its
diesel engine driving the front two wheels. Electric motors are
installed in the back.
Other facts for the gear-heads: its top speed is 155 miles per
hour, it can get to 62 mph in 6.2 seconds, and has a drag
coefficient of 0.3, which is apparently good.
It even has a set of LEDs in the front that light up depending on
direction and speed.
Citroen, in designing the car, was simply trying to illustrate
that a more environmentally friendly sports car can be made,
said Lafaury, who was the project leader.
"Currently, when you buy a sports car, you know it's an
ecological problem," he said.
He wasn't gushing in his view toward the market leader in
hybrids, the Prius from Toyota Motor. "It's in production, so I
have to respect that," Lafaury said. "But a diesel engine has
lower emissions."
The C-Metisse wasn't the only standout car in the environmentally
friendly category.
Smaller makers draw interest
Venturi, a small French manufacturer, is getting ready to unveil
two cars next year.
One, priced at 24,000 euros ($30,500), combines electric, solar
and, bizarrely, wind power. The appropriately called Eclectic has
a translucent roof and no doors, and can travel as far as 70
kilometers in one go.
Jean-Rene Ricord, a marketing executive at the company, admitted
it will have a limited audience. "It's only for cities," he said
in a clear understatement of the vehicle that looks like a power
station on wheels.
Ricord said planned tax breaks in France, and possibly the U.K.,
for buyers of the vehicle may give it a sales boost.
Venturi has a racier car in store, called the Fetish.
The sports car runs on lithium batteries that the maker designed.
The electric car can get from 0 to 60 in less than 5 seconds.
Its price tag is a bit heftier though -- 297,000 euros.
"We already have four buyers -- one Russian, one Saudi, and two
from the U.S.," Ricord says with pride.
Still, they'll need a few more to recover the costs of just
designing the car. "It took between five and six million euros to
make just two cars," he admits.
Steve Goldstein is MarketWatch's London bureau chief.
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Bring on the hybrids
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HIGH HOPES FOR HYBRIDS Greg Hoffmann and Casey Lemke, both with
Oconomowoc Utilities, recently attended the annual meeting for
Wisconsin Public Power Inc. and got the chance to check out an
electric car, a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle.
City of Oconomowoc - Hybrid cars are all the talk among Wisconsin
energy providers, and that has some city officials seeing green.
Greg Hoffmann, energy services representative for the city, said
he doesn't know how soon we will see plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles (PHEVs) tooling around the city, but in his mind it
can't be soon enough.
"They are the wave of the future and, over time, as the cost of
the cars and the technology drops, we will see them everywhere,"
he said.
Hoffmann joined City Administrator Diane Gard, Utility Electrical
Engineer Casey Lemke and officials from other utilities around
the state that are members of Wisconsin Public Power Inc. (WPPI)
who have joined the Plug-In Partners national campaign to
convince automakers that a market exists for specialized
hybrids.
The campaign has gained significant ground in recent months since
Toyota Motor North America recently announced plans to pursue
PHEVs.
On exhibit was the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV), an
all-electric car manufactured by Columbia ParCar of Reedsburg,
and a Toyota Prius converted to a PHEV.
NEVs are compact, one- to four-passenger vehicles powered by
rechargeable batteries and electric motors. The vehicles are
designed to travel short distances on roads with speed limits of
35 miles per hour or less.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Information Center
on Energy Efficiency and Renewable, the NEV is a cost-effective
solution for pollution concerns because it is a zero-emission
vehicle producing no tailpipe or evaporative emissions.
According to the Reedsburg Utility Commission, which uses an NEV
as its principal transportation for meter reading, the cost to
recharge the vehicle is about 51 cents, or two-tenths of a cent
per mile.
By comparison, at $3 per gallon for gas, the fuel cost for the
traditional gasoline-engine pickup truck previously used for
meter reading was 20 cents per mile. The Reedsburg Utility
Commission NEV travels an average of 24 miles per day.
A number of Wisconsin communities, including Reedsburg, have
passed ordinances allowing NEVs on local roads.
PHEVs combine today's gas-electric hybrid technology with larger
batteries that provide an all-electric operating range of 25 to
35 miles or more. The vehicles are then recharged by plugging
into a standard wall socket.
PHEVs can get up to 100 miles per gallon.
There currently are no commercially produced PHEVs on the market;
however, prototypes and after-market modifications of existing
hybrid vehicles, such as the Prius that was displayed at the
meeting, already have proven their practicality.
Attendees had the opportunity to test-drive NEVs and the PHEV and
to ask questions of vendors of both of these energy-saving
transportation technologies, Hoffmann said.
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ALL ELECTRIC Marin driver is charged up over RAV4 EV
Gregory Simon, As told to Michael Taylor Sunday, September 24,
2006
Gregory Simon, 42, is a lacrosse referee who lives outside Mill
Valley.
I've been in alternative energy for quite a while -- when I was
in the seventh grade, I built a model solar home. We bought our
house above Mill Valley in 1999, and two years later we added a
solar electric system of photovoltaic panels to the roof of the
home. My wife was driving a 1996 Mercedes-Benz S420 from Mill
Valley to Nicasio, where she goes horse riding. It was about 25
miles each way.
I just saw the gas mileage ticking away, and we had an abundance
of electricity from the roof system. So we decided to look for
electric-powered cars. It was the spring of 2002 and Toyota had
made their (electric-powered) sport utility vehicle, the RAV4 EV,
available for purchase to Californians at that point. I
test-drove one and was sold on it. We got a silver one -- paid
$35,000 for it -- and drove it home. That year, we owed $12 for
electricity. I love this car so much. I got on the electric
vehicle club newslist.
Then in March 2003, Toyota sent us an e-mail saying they were
stopping production of the RAV4 EV. I decided to get another and
found a used one in Los Angeles -- it had just come off a Toyota
lease -- that had 19,000 miles on it. I paid $40,000 for it. Used
ones are getting more and more expensive. One guy in Los Angeles
got $73,000 for his RAV4 EV. Rich greenies are buying them.
We sold our S420 in 2004 and gave away our 1996 Chevy S10 truck.
I bought a Toyota Prius in January 2005. In fact, I bought two of
them: one for the nanny and one for us. Our Prius sits in the
garage and only has about 5,800 miles on it. It gets driven to
the desert or to Mendocino.
When I go on long trips, I take one of the RAV4 EV cars. For
example, I go to Tahoe to referee a lacrosse match on the last
weekend in July. It's a long trip. I leave home at 5:30 a.m. and
drive to Davis. I plug in at the Davis Amtrak station and wait
six hours for the car to charge up.
What do you do for all that time?
I go to a movie, I have a haircut, I get something to eat, I read
a book -- right now I'm reading "A Long Strange Trip: The Inside
History of the Grateful Dead," by Dennis McNally. Then I head to
Colfax and charge up at the Amtrak station. First showing at the
theater in Colfax is 4 p.m. And the town has some nice
establishments.
I leave Colfax at 9 p.m. and pull into Tahoe City at 10 or 11
p.m. Colfax has a pretty good charger, and it takes maybe five
hours instead of six.
Why not take the Prius and save all that traveling time?
Because I don't need to. I don't drive the Prius when I don't
need to. Frankly, I enjoy seeing California. I get six hours to
see Davis and five or six hours to see Colfax.
I often throw my bike in car, then bicycle around. I also go to
Los Angeles in the EV. I have to take U.S. 101 because there are
not enough RV parks on Interstate 5.
I go 55 mph when I'm doing the long trips because I don't want to
run out of power. When I take 101, I spend the night with my
buddy who lives in Palo Alto. I plug in and charge up the car at
Stanford.
When the car is charged, I leave early in the morning, around
5:30 or 6, and go down to Gilroy and then plug in at Gilroy
Costco. Another six hours. That's a long time in Gilroy. I take a
siesta and read. There's not a lot there.
In Salinas, it's the same thing, but they have a big mall. Then I
go from Salinas to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. The next morning,
I get up and go to Santa Barbara and plug in downtown. When
that's done, I get to Los Angeles about 4 in the afternoon. I
like doing this. It's a marathon. I'm going 55-60 mph when I'm
going.
I'm always looking at my state of charge. Our holy grail in these
cars is charge and range. So I know exactly how much it takes to
go up Divisadero Street from Lombard Street. So I'm
hypersensitive to terrain. If we go downhill, I'm doing
regenerative braking, which recharges the batteries. I also plug
the cars into the charger at my house. As for maintenance,
essentially all you do is rotate the tires and check the brakes.
These cars might last half a million miles. Nobody knows.
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