[EVDL] EVLN: Hey Buddy, Wanna buy a hot battery-pack cheap? CL-ad (v)

2015-05-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1363389-people-are-stealing-batteries-from-hybrid-cars/ People Are Stealing Batteries From Hybrid Cars By Jonathan Zhou, Epoch Times | May 20, 2015 [image http://img.theepochtimes.com/n3/eet-content/uploads/2015/05/20/472520634-676x450.jpg A child opens a door

[EVDL] EVLN: £80k Tesla-S P85D Driving in the Gumball3000 Rally (v)

2015-05-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/meet-the-only-tesla-model-s-p85d-driving-in-the-gumball-3000-rally-video-95661.html Meet the Only Tesla Model S P85D Driving in the Gumball 3000 Rally - Video by Ionut Ungureanu 20th May 2015 [images

[EVDL] EVLN: What Attracted Them About Their 2015 Kia Soul EV, Leaf'rs say no

2015-05-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
'Three Reasons Why I Prefer Nissan Leaf EV over Kia Soul EV' http://www.torquenews.com/1/kia-soul-fans-explain-what-attracts-them-about-2015-soul-ev Kia Soul Fans Explain What Attracts Them About the 2015 Soul EV By Armen Hareyan 2015-05-20 [image

Re: [EVDL] Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales Better?It's the battery.

2015-05-26 Thread Paul Dove via EV
Just put a 50kwh battery pack in your Jetta. Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2015, at 10:39 PM, len moskowitz via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Cor wrote: Plenty EV'ers have found out that their EV is their main vehicle, that it suits 90+% of their driving needs and they either rent,

Re: [EVDL] Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales Better? It's the battery.

2015-05-26 Thread tomw via EV
That is my experience too Peri, most people haven't thought much about it. They have very little awareness of evs, and the general perception is they cost more, take a long time to refuel, have less places to refuel, and don't go far enough to be useful except for in town. All pretty much true I

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Hey Buddy, Wanna buy a hot battery-pack cheap? CL-ad (v)

2015-05-26 Thread Jay Summet via EV
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/26/2015 09:09 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote: The silver lining is that battery theft could decline as the market share for fully electric vehicles grows, as the batteries for such vehicles will most likely be so heavy that it would be