Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid question (old batteries)

2016-07-26 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 26 Jul 2016 at 14:25, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > older batteries may top out at a charging voltage less than a new one, > and so if the charger is not very smart, it never reaches the cutoff > voltage it expects. Regrettably, this is how almost all mass market "automatic" chargers behave

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless (autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread paul dove via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid question (old batteries)

2016-07-26 Thread Chris Meier via EV
If n-1 batteries is above the controller minimum voltage, just take the bad one out and drive on the rest, to go the mile -- -Chris On July 26, 2016 1:25:26 PM CDT, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: >Now that is the answer I needed. That is, older batteries may top out >at >a charging voltage l

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless (autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread paul dove via EV
stating that they do not want to be around self-driving cars, >>>> well in downtown Mountain View you can't avoid that... >>>> >>>> Cor van de Water >>>> Chief Scientist >>>> Proxim Wireless >>>> >>>> of

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless (autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread Lawrence Harris via EV
gt;>>> posters stating that they do not want to be around self-driving cars, >>>> well in downtown Mountain View you can't avoid that... >>>> >>>> Cor van de Water >>>> Chief Scientist >>>> Proxim Wireless >>&

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless (autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread Peter C. Thompson via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless (autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread damon henry via EV
L] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as > >adriverless(autonomous) Lyft platform > > > >While technically Google cars can drive around they only travel a max > >speed of 25mph. They are intended as couriers and they aren't for sale > >as far as I know.

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless (autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread paul dove via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid question (old batteries)

2016-07-26 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
Now that is the answer I needed. That is, older batteries may top out at a charging voltage less than a new one, and so if the charger is not very smart, it never reaches the cutoff voltage it expects. Never tapers the current and never indicates Full... even though the battery has accepted all i

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless (autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless (autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid question

2016-07-26 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 25 Jul 2016 at 11:55, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > Im charging my 10 Lead Acids one at a time with a common 10A car > battery type charger. Usually they come from low to high on the > "percent" meter and then when they get to 100%, an LED comes on and the > current tapers to zero. > But I

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as adriverless(autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread paul dove via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid question

2016-07-26 Thread Lee Hart via EV
jeff via EV wrote: I've used 100s, or 1000s of lead acid 12V batteries. Most were bought new in lots of from one to 90. I learned early on to test each one. It is almost a certainty some will be bad. Typical fallout for me was on the order of 5 to 15%. Return that puppy. That's good advice -

Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid question

2016-07-26 Thread jeff via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless(autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
I am not enamored with auton vehicles, but I do foresee likely having one in my future (dmv may not let me drive when I am older and my eye issues worsen). So, for some people the auton feature will be useful (the too young or old to drive, the inebriated, etc.). For others, that are rabidly ag

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless(autonomous) Lyft platform

2016-07-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
As Cor posted, Google's nEV is a R&D platform, see https://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/ Google Self-Driving Car Project To start, we're building prototype vehicles that are designed to take you where you want to go at the push of a button—no driving required. Watch video ... Goog also has an aut

[EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 20160726

2016-07-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
res drain around 30 percent of battery range ... http://evdl.org/evln/ For all EVLN EV-newswire posts {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-EV-newswire-posts-for-20160726-tp4683064.html Sent from the Electric V

[EVDL] EVLN: Our most excellent adventure with the world's most famous Tesla-S EV

2016-07-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Our-most-excellent-adventure-with-the-world-s-most-famous-Tesla-S-Electric-car-td4683061.html ] 'Mistake: we didn't top off before departing' http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-s-drive-2016-7 We took a Tesla Model S on

[EVDL] ?Tires drain 30 percent of an EV battery's range?

2016-07-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-future-of-tires-will-the-government-limit-grip/ The Future of Tires: Will the Government Limit Grip? July 20, 2016 Clifford Atiyeh The 1980s Michelin ads picturing car tires as infant playpens, with babies surrounded by belted radials and black rubber, always en