Re: [EVDL] Inexpensive retiree-friendly EV?

2015-05-10 Thread Paul Dove via EV
I love mine as well. I let a friend drive who was trying to find a Leaf, two weeks later he drove up in an i-MiEV. Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Danpatgal via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Our iMiev has served us really well, and is much easier to get in and out of

Re: [EVDL] Inexpensive retiree-friendly EV?

2015-05-10 Thread Ben Goren via EV
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[EVDL] EVLN: Cheap, but lovable communist E.German Trabant going electric

2015-05-10 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/drive/article/cheap-sputtering-but-lovable-german-electric-trabant Cheap, sputtering but lovable German electric Trabant May 6, 2015 — Bloomberg [image http://www.themalaymailonline.com/images/sized/ez/trabant3009_620_384_100.jpg Trabant cars parked in front

[EVDL] EVLN: dbtc.edu.ph students built Servant-One e-jeepney from “junk”

2015-05-10 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://technology.inquirer.net/42078/don-bosco-students-build-e-jeepney-from-junk-name-it-servant-one Don Bosco students build e-jeepney, name it ‘Servant One’ Aries Joseph Hegina May 5th, 2015 [images http://technology.inquirer.net/files/2015/05/01.jpg “Servant One” is said to be the first

[EVDL] QUB Electric DeLorean on the road by 2016

2015-05-10 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/back-to-dunmurray-delorean-belfast-reunion-celebrates-1980s-miracle-1.2198841 ... electrical-engineering students from Queen’s University Belfast are working on an electric version of a DeLorean. May 4, 2015 Amanda Ferguson [dated] [video

[EVDL] EVLN: unsw.edu.au students' 1st.au road-legal PV-sports-EV

2015-05-10 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/team-of-students-from-unsw-close-to-creating-australias-first-road-legal-solar-sports-car/story-fnjwq0cn-1227337870233 Team of students from UNSW close to creating Australia’s first road legal solar sports car MATTHEW DUNN, news.com.au May 05, 2015

Re: [EVDL] Inexpensive retiree-friendly EV?

2015-05-10 Thread Danpatgal via EV
Our iMiev has served us really well, and is much easier to get in and out of than a Leaf, which is probably a consideration for older people. Some people can't get past the looks, but once you get in and drive it, you appreciate the spartan (easy) interface, visibility (as compared to the Leaf),