[EVDL] Self-driving taxibots can eliminate 90% of private cars on the streets

2015-05-04 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
http://readwrite.com/2015/05/02/self-driving-cars-transform-cities Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: cwa...@proxim.comPrivate: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP: +31877841130 Tel: +1 408 383 7626Tel:

[EVDL] EVLN: Kia Soul EV - an eco-friendly vehicle for the environment

2015-05-04 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.bothell-reporter.com/lifestyle/299120741.html Kia Soul EV - an electric vehicle from the environment by DEANNA ISAACS Apr 24, 2015 [image http://media.pnwlocalnews.com/images/59127bothellKia-Soul-RSide.jpg The Kia Soul EV is an eco-friendly, cost effective, and stylish entry level

[EVDL] EVLN: PlugShare (data-mining) Charts Show U.S. EV Charging

2015-05-04 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.plugincars.com/plugshare-reveals-status-ev-charging-charts-130685.html PlugShare Reveals Status of EV Charging, Via Charts By Brad Berman · April 27, 2015 [images http://www.plugincars.com/sites/default/files/installations-by-state-q1-2015-620.gif Station Installations by State,

Re: [EVDL] Self-driving taxibots can eliminate 90% of private cars on the streets

2015-05-04 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
Yes, I think there's lots of potential for self driving cars, hopefully in the form of EVs. I think the author is wrong that it eliminates the need for public transit, though. Maybe I don't understand something but just because a car drives itself doesn't mean it can hold as many people as a

[EVDL] Tesla will sell the home battery, the Tesla Powerall, for $3, 500,

2015-05-04 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
on www.forbes.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | |   | Seems Tony StarI mean Elon Musk has done it again.  Lawrence Rhodes -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150504/3b7f0413/attachment.htm

Re: [EVDL] Tesla will sell the home battery, the Tesla Powerall, for $3, 500,

2015-05-04 Thread Michael Ross via EV
/20150504/3b7f0413/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- To invent, you

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On May 4, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Mark Abramowitz ma...@enviropolicy.com wrote: They won't be pro-rating the warranty? There's no mention of any proration on their Web site. It'd be a pretty bad PR move to omit a detail like that on the publicity page only to slip it in on the fine print, so I

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
On May 4, 2015, at 5:25 PM, len moskowitz via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: They both came in at $4/watt installed, with SunPower offering a higher capacity system for our limited roof size. That was the main difference between them. Did they both offer similar warranties?

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread len moskowitz via EV
Cor wrote: that is why - next week, someone will come to inspect my home  to establish whether he wants to make a bid on delivering me a system and I have already received a bid from SolarCity. I've had SolarCity and SunPower quote grid-tie PV systems for our home. Provided you have

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Michael Ross via EV
michael.e.r...@gmail.com michael.e.r...@gmail.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150504/3c4a085b/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
On May 4, 2015, at 4:48 PM, Ben Goren via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: I don't think that's a valid assumption in this case. Tesla is including a ten-year warranty, meaning they're going to have to typically be nearly as good after 9 years and 364 days as they are new (presumably within some

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On May 4, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: I mean 8 Amps at around 400V is not an EV power level, it is actually rather underwhelming - I wonder why Tesla with a profile of high-power application is releasing such a low power spec. A nominal 5.8A @ 400V is

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Ben, After 10 years of daily full-cycling, I am presuming that the value of the pack and the 10-year old electronics is approaching zero, so you have invested $10k upfront and after 10 years you have accumulated almost $10k of savings If that were my 401k, I would simply put my money into

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Ben, Whether it makes sense depends on the total picture: - how much money can you save by shifting load to low cost hours versus - how much does the solution cost you? To start with the latter - we know how much the battery costs and its warranty. We do not know what kind of inverter can be used

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On May 4, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Again, the most optimal case would be that you can shift the full 10kWh each day, which would yield $2.60 per day or $950 per year. In 10 years that would give you $9,500 which is about the money you invested in a

Re: [EVDL] virtual power plant

2015-05-04 Thread Roland via EV
was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150504/94c53dfd/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use