Re: [EVDL] LRR Tires: Research tips?

2020-06-18 Thread Lee Hart via EV
From: Mr. Sharkey >> Remember that the top of a tire is moving forward >> at *twice* the speed of the car >I was discussing this a short while back with a friend. If the top of >the tire is moving at 2x, the axle is moving at 1x, then the bottom >of the tire would have to be standing still. But

Re: [EVDL] LRR Tires: Research tips?

2020-06-18 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
> Remember that the top of a tire is moving forward > at *twice* the speed of the car I was discussing this a short while back with a friend. If the top of the tire is moving at 2x, the axle is moving at 1x, then the bottom of the tire would have to be standing still. But we all know that it i

[EVDL] Design News: Is this Last Mile for the Million-Mile Battery? Or the First?

2020-06-18 Thread moskowitz via EV
T and semiconductor industries. John has co-authored books related to system engineering and electronics for IEEE, Wiley, and Elsevier. --- Len Moskowitz -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200618/

Re: [EVDL] [External] Re: George's farm truck/van EV project

2020-06-18 Thread Peter VanDerWal via EV
Seems like a Cybertruck meets all of your requirements (assuming Tesla delivers on it as advertised) Although it's not a van, I'll bet someone comes up with something like a camper shell for it. > Easiest to reiterate my case. I want a high clearance vehicle for forest > service roads. Also n

Re: [EVDL] Pinellas County

2020-06-18 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
om: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > > > -- > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:58:25 + (UTC) > From: Lawrence Rhodes > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Subject: [EVDL] Cheapest car on Alibaba. $900 >

Re: [EVDL] George's farm truck/van EV project

2020-06-18 Thread Haudy Kazemi via EV
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[EVDL] Private email addresses

2020-06-18 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
Please don't publish people's offlist, private email addresses without explicit permission. That's really rude. If the email address is public information, I strongly encourage you to link to the web page where the address is published, instead of quoting it here. For one thing, that pag

Re: [EVDL] George's farm truck/van EV project

2020-06-18 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 18 Jun 2020 at 11:45, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > Perhaps the problem is that the auto companies don't sell to end-users > -- they sell to *dealers*. So the dealers dictate the features; what > they want to sell; what gives them the highest profit margin. I think that's a large part of it. It'

Re: [EVDL] Pinellas County

2020-06-18 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EV Digest, Vol 92, Issue 24

2020-06-18 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
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Re: [EVDL] [External] Re: George's farm truck/van EV project

2020-06-18 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Gary Krysztopik via EV wrote: One of the problems is that people expect one vehicle to be able to do everything (except be fuel efficient). That's why we have so many huge SUV's - 4x4 in case it's needed, tow capacity just in case, 7 passengers just in case, and we've created monsters that have

Re: [EVDL] George's farm truck/van EV project

2020-06-18 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Willie via EV wrote: BINGO! Vehicle buyers are generally VERY poorly served by the dealer sales model. A couple of decades ago, I thought I wanted a short cab long bed Dodge/Cummins 3/4T pickup. Dealers referred to such as "work trucks". Dealers had a lot of big cabs but no "work trucks" with

Re: [EVDL] George's farm truck/van EV project

2020-06-18 Thread Willie via EV
On 6/18/20 11:45 AM, Lee Hart via EV wrote: haul stuff. Monster luxury pickups don't make sense. Perhaps the problem is that the auto companies don't sell to end-users -- they sell to *dealers*. So the dealers dictate the features; what they want to sell; what gives them the highest profit

Re: [EVDL] George's farm truck/van EV project

2020-06-18 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Peri Hartman via EV wrote: Rather than have movable panels, wouldn't it be easier to just have a deeper center channel. Or, for crying out loud, a real 4'x8' bed? We've had small pickups and minivans that can do this for 50+ years! Plywood can be inserted vertically. Yes; but drywall can'

Re: [EVDL] LRR Tires: Research tips?

2020-06-18 Thread Lee Hart via EV
EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: Oversize wheels are a styling gimmick. Once the wheels are big enough to clear the brakes, making them larger has no practical value that I can see. They only add unsprung mass and inertia. They decrease the vehicle's efficiency, and possibly its handling and co

[EVDL] Cheapest car on Alibaba. $900

2020-06-18 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
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[EVDL] e-Buses vs he-Buses for PSTA Pinellas_County-FL bus routes

2020-06-18 Thread evln via EV
[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Hybrid-buses-instead-of-electric-for-PSTA-in-Pinellas-County-Evidence-for-commissioners-tp4697767.html ... Evidence for commissioners' decisions ... ] As was posted, several points have not been provided. As Susan's email addres