On May 26, 2015, at 11:37 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
> Here's one: transparent inductive charging.
If we're dreaming, it's a wonderful dream. I don't think it's a very realistic
dream, but it's certainly wonderful.
As a bonus...going from inductive charging while parking to inductiv
On May 18, 2015, at 12:18 PM, paul dove via EV wrote:
> When I built mine I did a spread sheet.
Any chance you have a copy handy and would be willing to share?
Because of the nature of the project, I'm not overly worried about battery
range, but it's always better to refine expectations when p
On May 18, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Lee Hart wrote:
> Ben Goren via EV wrote:
>>> The URL posted for the car indicates that the hub motor(s) are sprung.
>> Huh? How on Earth is _that_ supposed to work?
>
> One way is to have a long shaft on the motor. It acts like a swing
On May 18, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Roland wrote:
> The best way we did this when we were road rally racing, is to ink the tire
> and than lower it on a white plastic cover board.
I understand that most track racing uses pyrometers or infrared cameras or the
like to see which parts of the tire are h
On May 18, 2015, at 10:57 AM, Michael Kadie via EV wrote:
> The correlation between weight and efficiency is true below 45 mph in general.
That makes sense, and it's good news for my PHEV conversions...all-electric
mode is going to be mostly around town and mostly at or below 45 MPH. Which
mea
On May 18, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Roland via EV wrote:
> If you use a open spoke wheel that allows air to go thru the wheel, it is
> recommended to install a aluminum deflection plate about 0.125 inch thick
> that goes between the wheel and the axil flange, to prevent the air to go
> thru the wheel
On May 18, 2015, at 10:02 AM, paul dove via EV wrote:
> The rule of thumb is weight / 10.
Oooh -- that's a very useful suggestion.
How much does aerodynamics change that? In particular, I'm thinking of a 1964
1/2 Mustang with, I think, roughly a 0.5 cd. Final weight, though, should be
roughly
e long-range
> EV4the masses
>
> Maybe they have short axles and aren't truly hub motors?
>
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> Sent: 18-May-15
On May 18, 2015, at 8:14 AM, Willie2 via EV wrote:
> The URL posted for the car indicates that the hub motor(s) are sprung.
Huh? How on Earth is _that_ supposed to work?
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Huh? Why the pessimism?
EVWest sells complete VW conversion kits, including a 22 kWh battery pack, for
$19K. That leaves 4K for the sled -- more than enough.
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On May 17, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Alan Arrison via EV wrote:
> Good luck with that...
>
> On 5/17/2015 3:00 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
>
On May 10, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Danpatgal via EV wrote:
> Low mile 2012 iMiev's are listed anywhere from $7.5 to $10k.
I planted the bug after I drove them back from the airport last night. We'll
see what, if anything it develops into...but I'm pretty sure it's now on their
short list...and I don
On May 14, 2015, at 10:47 AM, Ben Goren via EV wrote:
> dump pack
Thinking this through a bit more...I'm not sure that it would make sense for a
rapid-charging station to operate without a substantial dump pack of its own.
Without one, you're left needing a grid connection able
On May 14, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
> I'd guess that one nightmare scenario for the utilities is for everyone in
> the ritzy neighborhood to arrive home with their Teslas, and plug them all
> into their superchargers at the same time!
Indeed, that may well be a significant par
On May 14, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> My guess: I think the demand for roadside charging will be fairly high as
> (another guess) 30%-50% of the residences will not have access to domestic
> charging - because they are in a multistory dwelling with few (or no) off
> street
On May 14, 2015, at 6:35 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
> On 13 May 2015 at 10:58, Ben Goren via EV wrote:
>
>> 15 kWh / 15 minutes is 60 kilowatts...not quite the level of
>> insanity of a megawatt, but still in a range far beyond what you'd ever see
>>
On May 13, 2015, at 5:57 PM, Jamie K via EV wrote:
> It's the outliers that you have to accommodate.
Yes, but not necessarily with rapid charging.
When 200-mile ranges become the norm, as is promised soon -- say, a 40 kWh
(usable) battery in a (conservative) 200 Wh / mile car -- the situation
On May 13, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Jamie K via EV wrote:
> I'm coming from a perspective of practical experience with an electric car as
> our main vehicle.
The big factor you left out is daily driving mileage. If you're putting 80
miles a day on the car, yes, L1 is probably borderline at best for y
On May 13, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Jamie K via EV wrote:
> But real range needs are based on maximums.
I'd agree with that. And I hope I'm not coming across as suggesting that
in-home L1 charging is the only way that an EV would ever be charged.
My point is that most people don't need more than L1
On May 13, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Jamie K via EV wrote:
> Ben, on the subject of L1 chargers being good enough for nearly everybody and
> L2 being overkill, I would ask "based on what data"?
Sorry...I had in mind overnight home charging, with the assumption that the 20
kWh you get from 12 hours @
Interesting potential source of future EV energy:
http://phys.org/news/2015-05-solaroad-path-electricity-yield.html
I'm a bit skeptical, though...by its very nature, anything put on the road is
going to have to be a lot more durable and therefore expensive than what you'd
put on a rooftop. Sti
On May 13, 2015, at 10:37 AM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> I thought that torque was calculated/measured at the wheels
It can be measured anywhere, but is typically specified at the output shaft of
the motor (whether electric or ICE) unless otherwise noted, for the simple
reason that geari
On May 13, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote:
> So I think the engineers need to put their thinking caps on, reduce the
> weight of every vehicle, make the CD of all new vehicles .16 or so and stop
> making these energy hogs.
That's definitely where a good deal of engineering effo
On May 13, 2015, at 12:12 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
> Later in the weekend, the team turned up the wick and the car sprinted
> through the quarter mile in 12.56 seconds at 101.43 mph.
Quite respectable in and of itself, and most impressive in a car that started
life as the antithesis of fast!
On May 12, 2015, at 12:33 PM, ken via EV wrote:
> How are they for $ vs. power density.
Middle of the road, and a lot more than a LEAF battery from Hybrid Auto Center.
They're also rather below average in terms of $ / max discharge rate, and on
the heavy side.
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Very interesting...there's a 2012 w/ 15k miles listed not far from here for
just under $9k; Leafs look like they tend to be at least half again as much.
Something like that belongs on a short list.
Thanks!
b&
On May 10, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Danpatgal via EV wrote:
> Our iMiev has served us real
On May 8, 2015, at 4:11 PM, len moskowitz via EV wrote:
> StoreDot promises electric car that charges in 5 minutes
There's some industrial-grade technobabble in that article. Be wonderful if
there's some substance to the claims, of course, but I'm not holding my breath.
The racing crowd will c
On May 7, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> Whether we argue that it makes sense financially, people are jumping in the
> frey.
That is fantastic news for _everybody!_ If even the Gigafactory can't keep up,
that tells you something huge about demand...and means that there will be
On May 6, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote:
> Are there any additional policies you have in mind to help level the playing
> field?
It's not something I've given much thought to...and, honestly? Anything I'd
suggest would be politically unrealistic given how entrenched the fossi
On May 6, 2015, at 2:51 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> I don't follow your reasoning. There are reasons not to like a lease but the
> fixed income aspect is not usually one of them. In fact, often it's the
> opposite: people on fixed incomes like leases because they are predictable
> and t
7;m leasing a Smart ED for
> $124/mo with $250 down. A Smart's not the best freeway car but it's great
> around town. I've seen deals on Leafs for under $250/month.
>
> --Rick
>
> On 05/06/2015 04:50 PM, Ben Goren via EV wrote:
>> So, my parents are okay. B
So, my parents are okay. But, apparently, their '89 Lincoln Town car might not
be...somebody pulled out of a driveway in front of them faster than could be
avoided...resulting in smoke coming from the engine compartment and suspected
possible frame damage.
So...if the insurance company winds up
On May 6, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote:
> Presumably more choices will mean more cars. One size never fits all.
And there's another factor. Our market is capitalistic, yes, but far from an
actual free market. This is a good thing; monopolies are an inevitable result
of a free
permission.". In suburbia you
> may want to find more of the 25mph roads, but it really gets you across
> intersections, up to speed from a dead stop, and up hills in a way no HPV
> only bike can do. On 25mph residential streets you will almost never hold up
> car traffic.
>
On May 5, 2015, at 7:34 AM, Cruisin via EV wrote:
> Why not buy a Volt 16.5kwh battery and add your own inverter for a backup.
> That's what my customers are doing.
Where does one actually buy a Volt battery? I've looked a couple times without
much success. I suspect it might be well worth con
On May 4, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Mark Abramowitz 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 rather suspect it's not pr
On May 4, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> 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
I don't think that's a valid assumption in this case. Tesla is including a
ten-year warranty, mea
On May 4, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Cor van de Water via EV 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 10kW
> syste
On May 4, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Cor van de Water via EV 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 comparable to a
On May 4, 2015, at 10:20 AM, robert winfield via EV wrote:
> dont forget aggregating, say, 1,000 of these 10kW Powerwalls into a 10
> megawatt virtual power plant VPP, (or any multiplier) for microgrids of
> distributated generation
That's part of the frustration of the idiocy of the utilities
On May 4, 2015, at 10:10 AM, Michael Ross wrote:
> Think decades.
But that's just it.
Power plants are intended to have a lifespan of decades, and to be profitable
over that lifespan.
Even if it takes 20 years to ramp up battery production...well, if you decided
today to build a new nuclear
Here's the link:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2015/05/01/did-tesla-just-kill-nuclear-power/
Key point: Tesla is set to sell utility-scale batteries to utilities for, as
the article puts it, about $0.02 / kWh. Filling those batteries from renewables
costs less than just running a nucl
On May 3, 2015, at 12:27 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
> The Human Assisted Electric Vehicle could reach speeds of up to 40 mph and
> has a range of about 50 miles. The entire vehicle cost about $4,000 to
> produce.
Velomobiles are wonderful, as are electric-assist velomobiles. I'm not so sure
the
On May 1, 2015, at 6:24 PM, jim via EV wrote:
> Regarding possible life of a lead acid battery system, we are on our 3rd lead
> acid battery for our wind and solar home power system.
Might you be willing to spare a few more details? Specifically...things like
how the array is sized, especially
On May 1, 2015, at 11:25 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
> On 1 May 2015 at 16:24, Ben Goren via EV wrote:
>
>> Lithium is probably already at the 80/20 rule for technical performance
>> compared with nickel-iron...and it's a lot cheaper.
>
> This puzzles
http://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/acea-alternative-fuel-vehicle-registrations-28-8-first-quarter/
Nothing in there about how the proportions of the fleet are changing. Good that
EVs are up...but are ICEs up, as well? Are there just more cars on the road
altogether, or is the fleet a
On May 1, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
> You'd also murder a lithium pack in a few years, if you deeply discharged it
> every day.
Not if you've got a smart BMS that prevents you from murdering it and instead
reports that the battery is empty regardless of how much remaining charge
On May 1, 2015, at 1:59 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
> You would not *believe* how badly some of them are made, because the seller
> knows you discover it is junk until too late!
Yet another spectacularly missed opportunity by the utilities. Had they a clue,
they'd be the leading installer and m
On May 1, 2015, at 1:43 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> For people on ToU, the unit can make sense even without solar, by simply
> load-shifting from
> expensive hours to cheap (nighttime) tariff
That is, indeed, how Tesla appears to be marketing this. Essentially, as a way
for homeowners
On May 1, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Lev Lvovsky via EV wrote:
> Even with that though, how is $5k possible?
Tesla is a 500-pound gorilla looking to become an 800-pound gorilla.
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On May 1, 2015, at 9:34 AM, via EV wrote:
> While Lithium batteries make a lot of sense for vehicles where energy density
> to weight is a big deal, I'm not sure of the advantage for stationary
> installations. Cost for Lithium is still a big issue. An ~40kWh pack of
> deep cycle, lead acid
On Apr 28, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote:
> On Apr 28, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Tom Martin via EV wrote:
>>
>> The state in turn sent you a 'Certificate' of title. The auto you bought
>> and paid for is the property of the state.
>
> Huh?
>
> The Certificate of Title establishes
On Apr 28, 2015, at 1:56 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
> This is not quite the same as the Leaf battery model cited, I guess, but
> it's a similar principle: make it more difficult for the independent
> mechanic or private owner to service the battery.
It also is making the idea of buy
On Apr 27, 2015, at 8:52 PM, Michael Ross via EV wrote:
> being the devil's advocate...
>
> This is clearly not great for the poor or the DIY'r, but the new car buyer
> may have much better cars to choose from, I expect instead of 200K miles
> being common, 100K was a great thing when I was youn
On Apr 26, 2015, at 6:06 PM, George McNeir via EV wrote:
> In effect, those with knowledge of the Navitas NPS600 motor controller,
> eCycle electric motors, super cap/battery amalgamations, advanced alkaline
> fuel cells, thin/flexible PV modules, internal grid power distribution DC
> networks
On Apr 26, 2015, at 7:30 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> Either something huge is missing from the story or we're seeing incredibly
> poor judgment by police officers.
Alas, I fear the only thing "missing" is a realization that this sort of shit
goes on all the time, and it's only quite rare
Not specific to EVs, except insofar as they're coming of age at the same time
as the automakers are trying to follow in the computer industry's footsteps.
http://www.hotrod.com/news/1504-can-automakers-legally-stop-you-from-working-on-your-car/
Homebrew conversions are going to have a great de
I don't remember if trains fall within the limits of discussion set forth by
the charter or not...but, either way, this is *way* cool news about an electric
vehicle:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/22/japan_train/
I have no idea how practical or economical it might be for Japan or the Sta
Let's hope Tesla's engineers are better at securing their over-the-air updates
than their PR department is at securing their social media accounts
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On Apr 25, 2015, at 4:18 PM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
>
>
> http://mashable.com/2015/04/25/hackers-tesla-twitter-account/
> Hackers briefly
On Apr 24, 2015, at 6:03 AM, Russ Sciville via EV wrote:
> Who would wish to drive around with a hydrogen tank in the back pressurised
> to 10,000 psi?
There's lots of insanity associated with FCVs, but fuel safety isn't part of
it. Hydrogen is much safer than gasoline in that regards. Not tha
On Apr 23, 2015, at 9:10 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
> On 24 Apr 2015 at 1:08, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
>
>> Eventually people will wise up to the taxes, aka subsidies, needed to
>> support a fuel cell auto industry when they start wondering where
>> their tax payments are going. Ed
On Apr 23, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Mike Nickerson via EV wrote:
> It seems like the hydrogen conversion is still likely to create CO2. How
> does the hydrogen cycle reduce air pollution from using methane?
Exactly.
I'm sure the FCV has negligible _tailpipe_ emissions compared with one that
runs on
On Apr 23, 2015, at 5:48 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> [T]his industry has put it into law that you can get
> credits for providing a zero-emission long range vehicle[]
I think it would make the contrast between BEVs and FCVs much starker if the
requirement wasn't tailpipe emissions
On Apr 23, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote:
> You should also watch Toyota’s new video which says the car can run on Elon
> Musk’s “bull$$it ”comments and show how they can take cow manure, and
> process it to hydrogen.. all they have to do is add “steam and heat”.
I made as far
On Apr 21, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Jay Summet via EV wrote:
> I don't think any of the above are deal breakers, especially if the car can
> automatically roll down it's windows while charging under full sun.
Yes, you're right. Those aren't the deal breaker.
The deal breaker is that you need a speci
I do believe this is what a tipping point looks like:
http://cleantechnica.com/2015/04/19/43-of-worlds-electric-cars-bought-in-2014/
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On Apr 14, 2015, at 8:22 AM, Michael Ross via EV wrote:
> It is likely the Tesla cars can pull it just fine, but will probably
> overheat towing, especially on hills. Towing packages for trucks have all
> manner of extra cooling gear, for transmission, oil coolers, oversize
> radiators, and so
No doubt the Tesla is an impressive car, but your first two points aren't all
that impressive...
On Apr 14, 2015, at 6:49 AM, Mike Nickerson via EV wrote:
> - Driving in the dark, the headlights are very impressive. Go around a
> corner and the car lights up around the corner.
My parents's
On Apr 14, 2015, at 5:40 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
> In any case, don’t get your hopes up too high on a truly versatile towing
> capacity because electric power isn’t similar to a traditional engine’s
> twist.
Huh?
Range questions aside, an electric vehicle with ~700 HP / ft-lbs should
absolu
On Apr 8, 2015, at 6:36 AM, tomw via EV wrote:
> Nothing in his lab's list of peer-reviewed publications on this topic:
>
> http://dailab.stanford.edu/pubs.htm
My friend was able to get me a copy of the Nature article.
The short version...is that I won't be replicating their work at home. Howe
I really don't think I like the idea of where they're headed:
http://www.experientia.com/blog/bosch-uses-ux-approach-to-help-spark-enthusiasm-for-electric-driving/
One thing I think we can all agree upon here: if the "hunch mode"
http://www.bosch.com/boschglobal/userexperience/the-smart-way-to
On Apr 7, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> Your needs may differ but, for me, unequivocally the charge time is more
> important.
I'm not discounting the importance of charge time. It's just my understanding
that the batteries today aren't the limiting factor in charging. Actually
On Apr 7, 2015, at 4:25 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> Time will tell if we soon will have a 1-minute rechargeable battery
...and a 1-minute *dischargeable* battery. That's probably an even bigger deal
than the charge time.
Right now, charging times seem to be limited on all sorts of
I've no clue. I'm assuming they're making it using some sort of chemical
reaction, presumably one not entirely unlike those ones chemistry teachers love
to demonstrate with the carbon snakes boiling out of the beakers when they mix
two colorless liquids.
...I think I'm going to see if the resea
On Apr 7, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> the electrolyte is not specified other than the phrase "intercalation of
> chloroaluminate anions in the graphite"
I see that in the abstract...is that what you're referring to, or do you have
the full article?
I've asked a friend w
kilogram compared to lithium's 100 to 206 W/kg power density--so you'd need
> more of them to get the same power. That might get better as they improve
> the cells, of course.
>
> Bill
>
> -Original Message-
> From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org]
Indeed...I just checked the abstract and it cites 70 mAh/g. It's an unfair
comparison because of all the extra hardware from the box and what-not, but a
CALB 180 Ah battery weighs 5.6 kg, which works out to 32 mAh/g. That they're in
the same order of magnitude tells me this may well be competiti
On Apr 7, 2015, at 1:05 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote:
> The Michelin radial 95/80 r16 radial is the tire used by solar racing teams.
> Anyone know where to get them?
I'd first directly contact one of the teams that you know used said tire and
ask them where they got theirs.
Next, Micheli
Does anybody know any more about this research?
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/aluminum-ion-battery-033115.html
Aluminum anode; graphite cathode. Unspecified salt for the electrolyte.
It's only about two volts. The rest of the specs are vague...nothing at all
about capacity. They cla
On Apr 6, 2015, at 5:58 PM, Chris Tromley via EV wrote:
> I more or less agree with what you're saying - as long as there is still
> a choice.
To be clear: I am most emphatically _*NOT*_ suggesting that all vehicles, or
even all new vehicles be roboticized.
I'm just suggesting that there're
On Apr 6, 2015, at 5:08 PM, Chris Tromley via EV wrote:
> And there is no AI system sufficiently advanced to make the right
> decision in every case.
Your objections are a classic example of making the perfect the enemy of the
good.
In order to improve traffic safety, self-driving cars don't h
On Apr 6, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Lawrence Winiarski via EV
wrote:
> Maybe these same people would accept some sort of artificial intelligence
> program which would analyse their facebook postingsand social media and
> automatically vote for them in elections.
I'm not sure if you're being sarcasti
On Apr 6, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Electric Blue auto convertions via EV
wrote:
> The day Im forced to get into a self driving car is when I take my shot gun
> and blow it away . the very thought if a SDC makes me vomit
Even a robotic taxi? For example, in a city you've flown to?
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On Apr 6, 2015, at 8:10 AM, tomw via EV wrote:
> Don't know if this is the actual case, but I think it would
> be easy for the management at Tesla to develop group think, forgetting that
> most U.S. citizens don't live in silicon valley and work in high tech, and
> overestimating the appeal and a
Food for thought:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremyanwyl/2015/04/02/evidence-of-forces-behind-the-tesla-factor-at-this-weeks-new-york-auto-show/?ss=tech
I tend to think he's right.
I also think that the first long-haul trucking company to adopt self-driving
rigs will thereby become the domin
On Apr 5, 2015, at 3:40 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
> Renters have a hard time finding electric charging stations in their
> apartment buildings.
In a way, these sorts of growing pains are a good sign. It means that EV
adoption is penetrating to the point that it's not just a few crazy nutjobs
the title of "first megawatt all-electric race
> car" went to the Maniac Mazda over a decade ago...
>
> -Ben
>
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 9:50 PM, Ben Goren via EV wrote:
>
>> Seems reasonably legit. Nothing about it seems unreasonable.
>>
>> http://driv
Seems reasonably legit. Nothing about it seems unreasonable.
http://driveeo.com/blog/racing/eo-pp03-one-megawatt-electric-race-car/
The "pp03" refers to "Pike's Peak #3," and they ran it last year and the year
before:
http://driveeo.com/pikes-peak/pp02/
http://driveeo.com/pikes-peak/pp01/
b&
On Mar 31, 2015, at 2:02 PM, Jan Steinman via EV wrote:
> Micro-hydro remains the most economical, trouble-free way for anyone with a
> stream and 100+ feet of head to obtain electric power. Granted, only a small
> minority meet those specifications, but I would submit that most of those are
>
On Mar 31, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> Ben, if you can install enough batteries, as I believe you have, to go
> completely off the grid, then of course there's no advantage to the power
> company.
I don't have batteries yet and no plans to install them until the finances ti
On Mar 31, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> Thus, if the power companies were to continue to charge the same rate for
> electricity from pumped storage, they are making a better ROI than from
> building out new traditional power plants.
Your analysis passes the "sniff test" for
On Mar 31, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Michael Ross via EV wrote:
> So called small wind energy is a money pit with no
> real payback - you need an exceptional location for a small turbine to be
> worth the effort.
Wind and hydro are just diluted forms of solar. On a planetary scale, they
can't even beg
On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:16 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> I am sure that he won't start until things are clearer for him and he is
> getting
> our input for just that - advice in which direction to go.
Well...in that case, my advice would be an awful lot of budgeting -- energy,
weight, mon
On Mar 30, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
> But overall, the amount of power you can get from the sun in a normal-sized
> is very limited. That pretty much forces you to concentrate on vehicle
> efficiency. Extremely light, with exceptionally good aerodynamics and very
> high efficie
On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:49 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
> I say more power (sorry ;-) to Lawrence and wish him the best. I
> wish I lived nearby, so I could watch and cheer him on.
There's a big part of me that wants to wish him the best with the project...but
there's an even bigger pa
On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:31 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> I am able to reduce my foot print and I chose to do that using
> an EV and buying green electricity...
That's why, when I put a bunch of panels on my roof some years back, I
intentionally oversized it so I could power an EV and still
On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:31 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> Well, it might make sense for the special-case commute where your pack isn't
> large enough to make a round trip but, with solar panels charging during the
> day, you "top off" enough to get home.
...and then, when it's cloudy...you're
On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> There is a case for cars that get used very little (infrequent or very short
> drives) and can be parked in full sun
>
> (like on a parking deck top floor, no trees or other buildings) so you can
> gain charge over time, about 5 hou
On Mar 30, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
> It is simple: measure the surface area of the car and multiply by the
> expected PV efficiency,
> then you know why a Solar Racer needs full sun overhead most of the day *and*
> be an extreme car
> to achieve any speed or range.
..
On Mar 27, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Roland via EV wrote:
> The maximum battery running temperature was 68 degrees F
Just to be clear...you're reporting the weather, right? You're telling us that,
during the time you used the car that you're telling us about, the battery
never heated above 68°F, and
On Mar 27, 2015, at 3:49 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
> Zero-emission monster truck can stomp with the best of the them
I've never gotten the monster truck thing...but is is good for EVs in general.
Anything that get somebody afflicted with testosterone poisoning to end an
article with:
> This
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