Re: [EVDL] Low efficiency on your EV? Check the toe-in!

2017-05-01 Thread Michael Ross via EV
My EV trike (tadpole config) is pretty sensitive to toe in. It is indeed squirrely-er when it is most efficient. You want toe in so that when one wheel hits a bump the other wheel tends to center the vehicle not send it wide. You can really feel it of it is neutral or toe out. I think you always

[EVDL] Hanergy.com solar vehicles may not happen ...

2017-05-01 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
3kw could push a 3000 pound vehicle maybe 15 to 25 mph depending on many factors. It would charge a 30 kw battery in 10 hours. The vehicle would have to be RV size to fit the cells. Maybe 22 feet long. Lawrence Rhodes Sent from my MetroPCS 4G LTE Android device

Re: [EVDL] Low efficiency on your EV? Check the toe-in!

2017-05-01 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Cor van de Water via EV wrote: I have done the toe-adjustment on my "Classic" (2002) Prius many years ago (2004) And indeed noticed that although the mileage was slightly better, it also became more "squirrely" to drive at speed. I wonder if it would be worthwhile to provide "automatic" toe-in

Re: [EVDL] Opel Ampera-e Online Range Calculator Unveiled

2017-05-01 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
I think citing range for low-speed cold weather is a bit misleading. My assumption is, at low speed, very few people would be concerned about needing more than 167 km per charge. The question is how much range reduction is there at freeway speeds, say 130km/hr ? According to the range

[EVDL] Hanergy.com solar vehicles may not happen ...

2017-05-01 Thread brucedp5 via EV
[ref https://www.mail-archive.com/ev@lists.evdl.org/msg19902.html Hanerg develops solar vehicles ] Some added characters got tacked on to the end of Lawrence's URL link. Here is the cleaned up one http://www.hanergy.com/en/content/details_38_3609.html Some research removes the wishful

[EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 2017May01

2017-05-01 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Ampera-e-Bolt-Range-Calculator-shows-Cold-Weather-Range-Differences-td4686580.html EVLN: Ampera-e (Bolt) Range Calculator shows Cold-Weather Range Differences All vehicles, electric or otherwise, have their driving range

Re: [EVDL] Hanerg develops solar vehicles

2017-05-01 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
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[EVDL] Hanerg develops solar vehicles

2017-05-01 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
It's been 10 months. Not much activity. Lawrence Rhodes http://www.hanergy.com/en/content/details_37_3602.html ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at