Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread Jim Waite via EV
; > Thanks, > Gary Krysztopik > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220421/890cead4/attachment.html> ___ Address messa

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread Gary Krysztopik via EV
Thank you. Funny, that Cloud car got rebuilt a couple years ago, raced locally (Oregon) then sold and is still being run. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 21, 2022, at 2:40 PM, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: > > Here are a couple of early EV list messages referencing Electrathon racing > and

Re: [EVDL] Hummer EV

2022-04-21 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
On 21 Apr 2022 at 17:06, Willie via EV wrote: > He does deserve some small amount of the blame.  But, consider the > situation: I didn't mean to denigrate Ovshinsky, or to put too much blame on him. He accomplished a great deal. I can't find it now, so I might be remembering incorrectly, but

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
Here are a couple of early EV list messages referencing Electrathon racing and cars. I hope Bill doesn't object to the memories. :-) = Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:05:43 -0600 From: Bill Dube' Reply-To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List To: Multiple recipients of list EV Subject: Re:

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
On 21 Apr 2022 at 12:04, Gary Krysztopik via EV wrote: > I'm wondering how many have heard of or participated in Electrathon > racing? I haven't participated, but I've read about Electrathon racing for many years. It was often discussed here on the EV list in the 1990s. My earliest

Re: [EVDL] Hummer EV

2022-04-21 Thread Willie via EV
On 4/21/22 14:43, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: On 21 Apr 2022 at 14:15, Willie via EV wrote: I would hope than (->that) most here are familiar with how GM caused NiMH to not be available for EV use until lithium chemistries matured.

[EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread Gary Krysztopik via EV
, NE, and CT where there are regular events scheduled. www.ElectrathonAmerica.org Thanks, Gary Krysztopik -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220421/890cead4/attachment.h

Re: [EVDL] Hummer EV

2022-04-21 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
On 21 Apr 2022 at 14:15, Willie via EV wrote: > I would hope than most here are familiar with how GM caused NiMH to not > be available for EV use until lithium chemistries matured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_automotive_NiMH_bat teries GM's corporate trickery -

Re: [EVDL] Hummer EV

2022-04-21 Thread Willie via EV
On 4/21/22 12:30, nathan christiansn via EV wrote: Hi Everyone, After reading up on the Hummer EV, it seems like it might be the EV-equivalent of the ICE F-150. Engineering Explained did a video on it, and he explained that any ICE vehicle getting better than 22 MPG is less wasteful than the

Re: [EVDL] Hummer EV

2022-04-21 Thread Gary Krysztopik via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Hummer EV

2022-04-21 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
On 21 Apr 2022 at 10:30, nathan christiansn via EV wrote: > Am I the only one who thinks this new vehicle is a massive waste of energy? No. As with ICEVs, a large proportion of new EVs, even in Europe, are heavy, inefficient, high-profit large vehicles. It's disheartening, to say the least.

[EVDL] Hummer EV

2022-04-21 Thread nathan christiansn via EV
are accounted for. Yikes! Am I the only one who thinks this new vehicle is a massive waste of energy? -Nathan -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220421/189a9421/attachment.h

Re: [EVDL] Chevy Bolt battery replacement and 80% local driving policy.

2022-04-21 Thread Peter Eckhoff via EV
Ours took 3 days. We had to get the battery down to less than 10%(?). We arrived at the Chevy Dealership with around 8%. Part of the process is to drain the battery completely and that takes time. We dropped it off Sunday evening and picked it up Thursday morning after a call on Wednesday