[EVDL] Fisker rises

2014-09-19 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
FYI. Exclusive: China's Wanxiang to relaunch Fisker Karma car with 2012 design - sources BY Reuters — 4:51 PM ET 09/18/2014 By Norihiko Shirouzu and Ben Klayman BEIJING/DETROIT (Reuters) - Chinese auto parts producer Wanxiang Group, which bought stylish electric car pioneer Fisker Automotive f

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways?

2014-09-19 Thread George Tyler via EV
our one wild and precious life? > Mary Oliver, "The summer day." > > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > Thomas A. Edison > <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> > > A public-opinion poll is no substitute fo

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways?

2014-09-19 Thread Michael Ross via EV
ion to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain > happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? > *Dalai Lama * > > Tell me what it is you plan to do > With your one wild and precious life? > Mary Oliver, "The summer day." > > To invent, you need a good

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways?

2014-09-19 Thread via EV
ote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Ce

Re: [EVDL] Tragedy of the commons (was Electrifying large vehicles...)

2014-09-19 Thread Lee Hart via EV
The tragedy of the commons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons How many ecologically minded small car drivers does there have to be to make up for the excesses of the large ones? There is a field of study called Fuzzy Logic (silly name; serious topic). Normal boolean logic assu

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: The Most EV-Friendly U.S. Universities

2014-09-19 Thread brucedp5 via EV
Here is newswire piece mentioning Fresno State University is using what UCD has done with ebikes as an example to implement: - http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2014/09/18/grants-to-be-used-for-barstow-bike-lanes/ Grants to be used for Barstow bike lanes By Nadia Pearl | September 18, 2014 ... “We ha

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways?

2014-09-19 Thread Peter Gabrielsson via EV
g> wrote: > On 19 Sep 2014 at 5:30, via EV wrote: > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140919/b9981ecd/attachment.htm > > > > Please post in plain text, or use a mail system / client that

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways?

2014-09-19 Thread Michael Ross via EV
125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@g

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways?

2014-09-19 Thread Lee Hart via EV
via EV wrote: So my basic question is if the cell is already Al to Steel internally, might it be better to go Al to Steel to Al (that last Al being my intercell connectors) than to do Al to Steel to Cu (which would be copper intercell connectors)? What little I know about metallurgy tells me th

Re: [EVDL] Electrifying Large Vehicles> converting buyers to a higher mpge design

2014-09-19 Thread Martin WINLOW via EV
Thank you, Peri, for that interesting insight. I'm sure Mr Musk is thinking along these lines already. MW On 14 Sep 2014, at 16:11, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > Well, Martin, I see it a little differently - and no offense :) I don't know > how aware the typical buyer of an SUV or truck is a

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways?

2014-09-19 Thread George Tyler via EV
Best interconnects are the ones supplied by headway for the purpose. More dissimilar metal connections will make more problems. As it is, the dissimilar junction is welded and is inside the sealed case, probably the best that can be achieved, if you did not have that you would have aluminium th

[EVDL] EVLN: Sparky, the Leaf e-UTE is a hoot! (video)

2014-09-19 Thread brucedp5 via EV
Nissan engineers' slick e-truck team-building project http://www.autoblog.com/2014/09/18/nissan-leaf-pickup-frontier-sparky-video/ Meet Sparky, Nissan's Leaf-based, Frontier-bedded EV parts hauler (w/video) By Brandon Turkus Sep 18th 2014 [images http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/c16be2

[EVDL] EVLN: £75k York.uk 1st converted double-decker sightseeing ebus (video)

2014-09-19 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/retrofitted-electric-double-decker-premiered/ Retrofitted electric double-decker premiered by David Cole 11th September 2014 [images http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Green-branding-emphasises-the-converted-double-decker%E2%80%99s-new-c