On the 12th of May 2020, China issued three mandatory standards for the safety of electric vehicles and their batteries. ... In addition to these points, thermal runaway of one cell should cause no fire or explosion in the cabin for at least 5 minutes, allowing for occupants to escape the vehicle.
You get what you pay for..... Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2020, at 11:45 PM, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: >> Not so fast there. The EV economy of scale we've been talking about for 25+ >> years is finally happening, at least in Europe and Asia. > > Thanks for the additional info, David. I liked this reference: > > Prices of EVs in general are much lower in China than in the US > or Europe, and they exhibit a downward trend while in the West > they show an upward trend: a report by JATO Dynamics shows that > an all-electric car priced at $1 in 2011 would now cost $0.52 > in China, but $1.42 in Europe and $1.55 in the US. > > It reflects the effect that economies in scale and incentives are having in > China. They are now manufacturing more EVs than the rest of the world > combined. > >> how about a Renault City K-ZE? >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_City_K-ZE > > This page says > > Optional equipment includes an infotainment system with an > 8-inch touchscreen, a backup camera and manual air conditioning. > > Is "manual air conditioning" what used to be called hand-cranked windows? :-) > >> On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], >> "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will >> the right answers come out?" I am not able rightly to apprehend the >> kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. >> -- Charles Babbage > > I loved the quote. Thanks for my laugh of the day. :-) > > Lee Hart > > -- > If happiness is on your mind, here's a daily list to find: > - something to do > - something to look forward to > - someone to love > - someone to take good care of > - and misbehave, just a little > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200711/464f7d12/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
