[EVDL] EVLN: 8 States Plan To Increase Zero Emission Vehicles

2014-06-04 Thread brucedp5 via EV
States that want 3.3 million electric cars on the road by 2025 http://earthfix.opb.org/energy/article/oregon-7-other-states-plan-to-increase-zero-emissi/ Oregon And 7 Other States Plan To Increase Zero Emission Vehicles May 29, 2014 | Northwest Public Radio [image

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Is An Electric Car A Better Value?

2014-06-04 Thread Lee Hart via EV
This one set off my BS detector: brucedp5 via EV wrote: For a truer look at what it costs to own an gas-powered vehicle versus a volt guzzler, we'll use The True Cost To Own feature at car education source Edmunds.com. Car: 2014 Nissan Leaf | 2014 Nissan Versa Note True Cost to Own: $35,363 |

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Is An Electric Car A Better Value?

2014-06-04 Thread Willie2 via EV
I agree with almost all you said. On 06/04/2014 12:46 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote: That said, what isn't included here is the replacement of the EV's costly battery, which costs anywhere between $12,000 and $13,000 BZT!!! First, the battery is warranted for 8 years and 100k miles. It

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Is An Electric Car A Better Value?

2014-06-04 Thread Dennis Miles via EV
: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140604/60eda476/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

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Is An Electric Car A Better Value?

2014-06-04 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Willie2 via EV wrote: I bought my Leaf with no great battery concern... After two years, I was extremely disappointed to find that the Leaf battery would no longer carry me where I needed to go. Though my range decreased over 30%, Nissan refused to fix it, saying the battery is fine... If they

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Is An Electric Car A Better Value?

2014-06-04 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/NEDRA) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140604/60eda476/attachment.htm

[EVDL] Batteries as thermoelectric generators

2014-06-04 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Here's an interesting idea (sorry for the long URL): http://powerelectronics.com/blog/thermogalvanic-process-converts-low-temp-waste-heat-electricity?NL=PET-01Issue=PET-01_20140604_PET-01_786YM_RID=leeah...@earthlink.netYM_MID=1469693sfvc4enews=42cl=article_1_b Since the voltage of rechargeable

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Is An Electric Car A Better Value?

2014-06-04 Thread Barry Oppenheim via EV
Car dealers are in a class by themselves when it comes to bad customer service. ...But Toyota has stood behind their product. Tesla also stands out when it comes to customer service. From essentially warranting the traction battery pack against any failure, picking up towing costs if the car

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Is An Electric Car A Better Value?

2014-06-04 Thread Willie2 via EV
On 06/04/2014 02:46 PM, Barry Oppenheim via EV wrote: Car dealers are in a class by themselves when it comes to bad customer service. ...But Toyota has stood behind their product. Tesla also stands out when it comes to customer service. From essentially warranting the traction battery pack