[EVDL] EVLN: £200k Aston Martin Rapide EV in the works, dual-motors.745MW

2015-04-08 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.worldcarfans.com/115040391636/aston-martin-rapide-ev-in-the-works-could-have-up Aston Martin Rapide EV in the works, could have up to 1000 bhp By Michael Gauthier Auto Express [images http://content.worldcarfans.co/2014/8/6/big/2057838386556069988.jpg 2015 Aston Martin Rapide S

Re: [EVDL] Aluminum battery from Stanford

2015-04-08 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On Apr 8, 2015, at 6:36 AM, tomw via EV ev@lists.evdl.org 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

Re: [EVDL] Science Envy magazine

2015-04-08 Thread tomw via EV
Really? Why does this balancing of a 2 D projection work? The force per unit area, or pressure, on a vehicle due to air drag depends on the projected area of the vehicle with a normal anti-parallel to the air velocity vector. It seems for a vehicle with fairly constant height as a function of

Re: [EVDL] Science Envy magazine

2015-04-08 Thread Bill Dube via EV
If you are curious about the method, it is best to follow the reference links in the article: http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rktcp.html The cardboard cutout Cp estimation method has been used routinely for years simply because it works very well. Ideally, one would put the

Re: [EVDL] Aluminum battery from Stanford

2015-04-08 Thread tomw via EV
Nothing in his lab's list of peer-reviewed publications on this topic: http://dailab.stanford.edu/pubs.htm -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-Aluminum-battery-from-Stanford-tp4674840p4674876.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle

Re: [EVDL] self driving cars

2015-04-08 Thread Peter C. Thompson via EV
Hi Mike, I think you are absolutely correct. There are a LOT of people and companies heavily invested in the V2V communication, specifically for the use cases you describe below. 802.11p (aka DSRC) is an international standard working towards this. Naturally, since this is a standard, it