Re: [EVDL] Mom w/ child in lap drove Electric go-kart through NYC Times Sq. traffic> arrested kicking

The reporter was able to deliver a credible story until he stated "she bent a police car's frame by kicking its windows and doors." Uhhh - you can't do structural damage to a cuiser by simply kicking a dent in a body panel and bending a frame requires quite some more force than a kick by a foot, el

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Prof. Clare Grey defending her LiO2 (fluffycarbon) battery paper

To get a 400 mile range in an EV, which typically gets at least 4 miles per kWh, you need 100kWh pack. If you empty this pack completely then you would typically charge it overnight at home, or a kind of Supercharger if you needed to continue your trip instantly, Tesla is already charging 90kWh pac

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Prof. Clare Grey defending her LiO2 (fluffy carbon) battery paper

Did you see the comments on the parallel module idea? Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including

Re: [EVDL] E-moto elec bike

Apparently the manufacturer of battery (and charger) is Phylion the pack (and charger) are 29.4V The pack has two formats, the one you have and a shorter, wider (different stacking of the cells) with model nr XH259-10 The Phylion charger for both models has the standard "microphone" 3-pin XLR conne

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Prof. Clare Grey defending her LiO2 (fluffycarbon) battery paper

Exactly, For many years the city of Paris has had a very successful public *EV* car sharing program with curbside chargers and reserved parking. If you think that an urban city or multi-tenant situations will stop EVs then all you need to do is look abroad. Some on this list seem to think that it i

[EVDL] Looking for ~320V pack (used?) also EV truck for sale

Hi gang, I was given an S10 EV (US Electricar) with bad pack. I am trying to resuscitate it to see how much of the capacity is still present (as the 100Ah AGM pack was never used after installation!) but sitting for over 10 years with no charging in the last few years has taken its toll and it is n

[EVDL] Movpak EV & Backpack - great idea to reach young public

Cool idea to combine EV and backpack, including the additional features such as USB and wireless charging features and the EV having regen braking. On month to go on their project and they are already more than 200% funded for their flex goal! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/movpak-electric-vehi

Re: [EVDL] Charger connector options

My suggestion will be to use a standard 4 pole locking NEMA inlet and supply the 100V pack and 12V to the vehicle, but since you won't want to have exposed pins carrying the full pack voltage, you will want to add a contactor onboard to close when the plug receives the 12V. You can use the BMS sign

[EVDL] Where to buy Leaf modules? Other sources of Lithium cells?

I have a truck that needs a good pack and I am considering putting Leaf modules in or other Lithium cells. I do not want to spend a fortune on the pack, so a used Leaf (2013+) would be preferred. The space in the existing battery box allows actually 2 full Leaf packs comfortably, so the range of th

Re: [EVDL] Where to buy Leaf modules? Other sources of Lithiumcells?

PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Where to buy Leaf modules? Other sources of Lithiumcells? On 23 May 2016 at 11:15, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > I would like to use the Leaf BMS ... It still works even when it's not connected to an authentic Leaf computer? Tha

Re: [EVDL] French man electrocuted while trying to steal petrolfrom an EV> a burning smell was noticed

Everyone jumping on the French article about the electrocuted Frenchman trying to steal petrol from an EV: please read the "A propos" from that site, it contains the following phrases about this website: === Articles published on this website are all written in a parodic purpos

Re: [EVDL] Conversion planning

Space-saver "donut" spare tires often come with the minimum legal thread depth, that is why it is recommended to never drive more than about 100 miles on them - less is better. Not a good choice for a service tire. Anything you buy at a boneyard may already be too old to give you good service life,

[EVDL] 2011 Leaf pack disassembly

Today I bought a 2011 Leaf battery pack and completely dis-assembled it, to take it home in my Prius, the shell was too wide to fit in the car. Also I was by myself and had no help lifting, each module is over 8 lbs and there are 48 in a pack so about 400 lbs in cells alone, besides the compression

Re: [EVDL] 2011 Leaf pack disassembly

oop over all day Jay On 05/29/2016 03:18 AM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > Today I bought a 2011 Leaf battery pack and completely dis-assembled it, > to take it home in my Prius, > the shell was too wide to fit in the car. > Also I was by myself and had no help lifting, each modul

Re: [EVDL] 2011 Leaf pack disassembly

Seth, The pack was carted out to me just before 11 AM and I took off at 3 PM with the cells in the back of the Prius (again bolted together in the original end plates to avoid having cells shift around in my car and short-circus as Bob Rice would say) I was prepared with a lot of tools, so I did no

Re: [EVDL] Old packs as powerwalls @L3 EVSE sites to help smoothout the grid, +more

I don't think battery's self-discharge is any significant factor, if that is what you are talking about. Typical self-discharge of Li packs is less than 0.1% per day so for a storage that should be able to bridge a couple days as in grid storage, this issue is irrelevant. Otherwise, people would no

Re: [EVDL] Old packs as powerwalls @L3 EVSE sites to help smoothout the grid, +more

The last link is suspected as cross-site scripting attempt, so my security settings do not allow to open it (I can circumvent that but prefer to take security breach warnings serious to avoid infections) Can you post a direct link to the information/graph instead of someplace that redirects/scripts

[EVDL] 1989 Ford Ranger EV conversion for sale

I have too many vehicles so I need to let go of one of them. The details at on the EV Album: http://evalbum.com/4259 asking $2500 I have a replacement pack of Lithium (CALB SE180) cells if you like a project, the original 20 Lead-Acid golf cart batteries have given me 17,000 miles of service and gr

Re: [EVDL] Ground Faults

One solution is to make sure you have a good ground connection and not use GFCI. The US standard is ridiculously sensitive at 5 mA while in Europe the residential GFCI trigger at 30 mA. I have a lot of standard lab power supplies that I cannot plug into the GFCI outlet or it will trigger instant

Re: [EVDL] Current limiting

Hi Gary, Why don't you try to connect the two first and see if there is a problem that you want to solve, instead of first building a solution and then finding out that it is not needed at all? Even at opposite SoC, the difference in voltage between two 12V banks is typically less than 1V. If activ

[EVDL] EV buyers guide App Kickstarter

EV promotion via an EV buyers guide App https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/electric-car-insider/electric-car-i nsider-interactive-app-for-mobile-an Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130

Re: [EVDL] 12v tales

Also, one particular thing that I like a lot about Meanwell is that they actually specify their power supplies to work from DC. Usually 130 - 370 VDC. And it is a Taiwanese company, so they tend to supply higher quality than China. The SP-750 has a built-in PFC front end, not important for DC appli

Re: [EVDL] Off-grid solar house and electric car charging

Roger Stockton quoted: "For a cyclically alternating electric current, RMS is equal to the value of the direct current that would produce the same power dissipation in a resistive load." - Roger, You used the wrong definition. The Wikipedia quote

Re: [EVDL] Off-grid solar house and electric car charging

I am aware of industry looking at High Voltage DC transmission lines in two distinct areas: Underseas transportation to islands or between continents and for long distance coupling of distribution nets. The reasons for DC are rather simple and that is that when the transmission line length becomes

Re: [EVDL] Off-grid solar house and electric car charging

I have installed both micro-inverter Solar systems and central inverter series-string Solar systems, both as a volunteer for SunWork in Palo Alto. The series-string system uses the wires already attached to the solar panels to create a single string (up to 10-12 panels) or two independent (not con

Re: [EVDL] Off-grid solar house and electric car charging

Ah, my bad, you are correct - I got confused with power factor concerns but indeed for pure sine AC the RMS will make AC power identical to DC power in both load and wires. Thanks for clarifying and setting me straight! Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626

Re: [EVDL] Off-grid solar house and electric car charging

Paul,, Isn't irrelevant (double negative) means it is relevant? Not sure that I get what you are saying in the next sentence, that there are building codes that must be followed. While standard practices are quite standard, such as wiring a bunch of outlets on a 15/20A circuit all in a string with

Re: [EVDL] Ebike motors

Willie, did the old motor connect with 2 wires (red+ and black-) or 3 wires (phases)? And the new motor? Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130private: cvandewater.info h

Re: [EVDL] Ebike motors

dl.org] On Behalf Of Willie2 via EV Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 7:24 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Ebike motors On 06/09/2016 09:11 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > Willie, > did the old motor connect with 2 wires (red+ and black-) > or 3 wires (phases)

Re: [EVDL] Off-grid solar house and electric car charging

The *mounting* of the panels is still not wireless... Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including

[EVDL] NHTSA looking int Tesla suspension

Apparently one person had a (serious) problem with his suspension and made quite a big deal about it, NHTSA got involved and then media jumped on it, so it sounds as if there is a problem with all Model S - the truth seems to be that one Model S had a serious problem and NHTSA is looking into it. h

Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid charging...(trickle overcharging?)

For many years, I have used a "take-out" UPS battery to keep my internet, WiFi and VoIP powered through regular power outages, always floating it to 13.5V except for the times that the power went. It has served me about 7 years now, starting as a take-out so it was already abused before, since this

Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid charging...(trickle overcharging?)

Subject: Re: [EVDL] Lead Acid charging...(trickle overcharging?) Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > For many years, I have used a "take-out" UPS battery > to keep my internet, WiFi and VoIP powered through regular power > outages, always floating it to 13.5V... I can second Cor&#

Re: [EVDL] NHTSA looking int Tesla suspension

unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Cor van de Water via EV Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 9:14 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: [EVDL

Re: [EVDL] Off-grid solar house and (series//parallel)

That was also my immediate thought (being an engineer) so all I can think is that the solar roofing is directional, like shingles, so you can't flip it around. They could have made two variants though, one with + at top and one at bottom, so you just would have to alternate them and can plug them d

Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

Willie, Both Santa Cruz and San Francisco are close to sea level, the road that Lawrence took is up the mountain and down the other side. Summit Road (as the name suggests) is the highest point in the route, it goes down on both sides although on the Silicon Valley side you still have a good distan

Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

What is your power consumption in the forest? When I was camping, all we used were a few 12V lights of a few watts, so the 50W solar panel and charge controller that I had brought were actually overkill to keep the small 12V gel cells charged up. What are you planning to run that you need to haul a

Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

The "wireless charger" solutions that I have seen use a modified J1772 plug that permanently sits behind the closed Leaf door without blocking the fast charging port, then route internally through the motor bay and under the car to the wireless receiving unit and logic. Cor van de Water Chief Sci

Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

I don't know how this one works - if the interface works well then just changing the Pilot duty cycle will allow the charger to tell the car how much it is allowed to pull and when the solar panel delivers less, the charger should simply shut down to avoid keeping the car "on" and actually depletin

Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

Hi Lawrence, You said "home" so I figure that you were coming from and going back to SF. Taking 17 and 280 that is about 74 miles; going 101 is 70 miles but more traffic. I see you are taking advantage of the increased battery capacity in your newer Leaf, the 2011 would probably not have made thi

Re: [EVDL] Prius Engine rebuilt?

David, End 2012 I bought a 2002 Prius which did not run. I was hoping for a simple repair (charge Hybrid battery and go again) but it turned out that the previous owner apparently "forgot" oil changes for a long time and after charging both batteries, it still would not turn over most of the time,

Re: [EVDL] ISO Custom Lithium Pack info

Mike, What voltage is your current pack? Just last week I sold my Ford Ranger that had a 120V pack. I was planning to put a Lithium pack in, but had too many projects even though I had a Lithium pack sitting here for when the golfcart batteries would be end of life, which was near. But someone want

Re: [EVDL] Lithium Battery Testing

Mike, there are two approaches if your BMS has no capability to tell you which cell is low, one is the scientific approach of using a dummy load and measuring time and voltage to minimum cutoff, this will give you numbers on the current capacity of your pack. Just in case I ever wanted to do this m

[EVDL] $35k for 2013 Tesla model S with "minor dents and dings"

It has salvage status since it obviously was in a major rear-end and also the front has damage, see the Craigslist ad https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/5620059008.html NOTE: not my car, just a local seller with apparently a sense of humor... I am doing a Leaf battery pack swap today, so I am bus

[EVDL] EV buying guide kickstarter

Nothing I have any part in but thought people here might be interested. 4 days till end of the Kickstart campaign. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/electric-car-insider/electric-car-i nsider-interactive-app-for-mobile-an Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383

Re: [EVDL] EV buying guide kickstarter

copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Cor van de Water via EV Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 3:59 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: [EVDL] EV buying guide kickstarter Nothing I have any part

Re: [EVDL] ev beeper

Cow bell. There is never enough cow bell. Even very easy to operate remotely when you mount the bell on a spring with a pull-cord. Another simple possibility is an Aoooga, I mean the trumpet with bellows. Bike bell was already mentioned. Some cars have more than one horn Surprisingly the Classic

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 20160714

So Proterra's charger is 8 times faster than CHAdeMO which delivers max 500V at 100A so 50kW, which suggests Proterra's charger can deliver 400kW. Tesla's Supercharger are clocked at over 120kW so being 3-4 times faster, Proterra's charger must be more than 360kW, possibly more than 480kW. Approac

Re: [EVDL] EV's for Armagedon

Robert, The Nissan Leaf has an up-to 400V battery pack (nominal 96 x 3.7V = 355V but in practice it is always above 370V unless you are down to the last 30%) The pack is well-contained in a metal shell that is bolted under the car with 10 bolts (17mm head) plus a few 10mm bolts and more 10mm bolts

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

Jim, Chris, I suggest you don't visit Silicon Valley any time soon as Google's autonomous vehicles are cruising around, especially downtown Mountain View, all the time. You will regularly see them on the road, in fact some fellow EV enthusiasts know when something is happening at Google from lookin

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

Paul, The reason they only go 25 MPH is simply that Google wanted a car fast and so had to choose to classify them as NEV. Any other 4-wheeled vehicle would have needed crash testing which is not only expensive and difficult but also a lengthy process. It makes no sense if you are just creating a

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

ndingsunlight I believe that many will attempt this and it will end in failure. It's one this t insure individuals it's a wholenew thing to insure software. after all if the cars driving then the cars at fault... who pays? From: Cor van de Water via EV To: Electric Vehicl

Re: [EVDL] 24 cell BMS

I am surprised at people wanting an extremely large balancing current as that should never be needed unless your cells are either defective (too high self-discharge in some cells) or you are drawing current at inappropriate places (tapping the pack). As an example, the Leaf BMS has 10 mA (0.01 Amp)

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: 48kWh Cocoon Leaf EV built for ECOSeries racing

Hmmm, typical piece written by a motor-head who has no experience with EVs. Oh well. I have started driving my 2011 Leaf since last week and love it. True, it has quirky looking headlights but as daily driver it is perfect (contrary to what the writer suggests) and hundreds of thousands of others v

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

I did not know you need to be a tech junkie to understand and confirm the on-screen warning message "You must keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times and take over the driving as needed" when you engage "autopilot". Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 38

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

: > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Cor van de Water via EV > wrote: > >> I did not know you need to be a tech junkie >> to understand and confirm the on-screen warning message >> "You must keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times >> a

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

Ed, I wanted to thank you once again for letting me drive your leaf several years ago to get a feel for the car (this was around the same time that a colleague bought a Tesla Model S and since he knew I had an EV truck, he let me drive that a short trip as well. Nothing compares to a Tesla for s

[EVDL] Totaled Leaf for sale on Craigslist

Not my car, one of my friends heard of my "new" Leaf and forwarded me a link to a local totaled Leaf that is for sale. I have no interest (I have enough Leaf batteries and my car is working) so I am posting it here if anyone else is interested in negotiating a deal. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby

Re: [EVDL] PG&E's EV Charging Plan Still Angers Industry Players ...

I visited Electric Motor Werks in San Ramon yesterday https://emotorwerks.com/ and apparently I was the first Beta-tester of their CHAdeMO 50kW charger that they have been testing in-house on their own vehicles for over 100 charging sessions recently and will soon release. I do not know their pric

Re: [EVDL] PG&E's EV Charging Plan Still Angers Industry Players ...

Tesla Power Wall is just a fancy enclosure with a small part of a Tesla pack so it could be part of the solution that Lee sketched. It is called power wall but it does nothing until you add a charger and an inverter to actually get energy in and out of the Power Wall. I have stacks of cells in my

Re: [EVDL] Breakers in Reverse?

I believe that Lee responded to a similar question a while back that there are some breakers, where a circuit is connected to the load side of the breaker so if it trips then it is no longer powered but put it in reverse and it remains powered and might overload. I forget what type of circuit wa

Re: [EVDL] Pop-starting a stick shift?

Typically this works (with both new and old cars) if there is still some juice left in the battery, but not enough to allow cranking. Since the spark for the ICE depends not only on the engine turning but also electric power and the alternator will not deliver power if its control circuit does not

Re: [EVDL] Pop-starting a stick shift?

There actually are "USB Battery Banks" that claim their 12V output is enough to jump a car. I expect that they will need you to connect it for several minutes to slowly recharge your 12V battery, since these devices work by boosting the single 3.7V cell inside to whatever output is needed (5V or 12

Re: [EVDL] Pop-starting a stick shift?

I have traced the Service Doc's schematics of several of my cars and many of the power circuits are no longer directly connected to the battery via the Ignition key contact, but instead are relay-controlled (which is enagaged by the ignition key directly or by electronics that is triggered by the "

Re: [EVDL] Pop-starting a stick shift?

message is prohibited. -Original Message- From: Bill Woodcock [mailto:wo...@pch.net] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:39 PM To: Cor van de Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Pop-starting a stick shift? > On Aug 18, 2016, at 6:46 PM, Cor van de Water via

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: Re: France fire model S

Mark said: > Any negative coverage is usually about the stock or > about Musk's consistent over-promises, and usually such a comment > will be followed by a comment that the cars are great. ...Which is pretty much what Fox "news" was saying For good measure they threw in a sensationalist statem

Re: [EVDL] Selecting C rating of battery.

Hi Aniket, It is wise to ask for advise here, since you seem to confuse a few things. If you want to become successful in designing EVs then I suggest you read up on the definition and usage of terms like: voltage, current, resistance, power and energy. Also the behavior of series and parallel

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Chevrolet Bolt EV Early Adopter promises, androgynous-design and no-delays

Peri, Unlikely. While battery technology has been progressing quickly and we have seen the Model S go through a series of incremental upgrades where the kWh rating went up in 5 kWh steps for the same size of battery, it is unlikely that Nisan will be able to shoe-horn more than twice the current ca

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Chevrolet Bolt EV Early Adopter promises, androgynous-design and no-delays

#x27;ll just have to see what happens over the next couple years, though I agree, I don't think battery tech has advanced enough to fit it in the same space. Peri -- Original Message -- From: "Cor van de Water via EV" To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" Sent:

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Chevrolet Bolt EV Early Adopter promises, androgynous-design and no-delays

er-nissan-leafs/ Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > > Peri, > Unlikely. > While battery technology has been progressing quickly and we have seen > the Model S go through a series of incremental upgrades where the kWh > rating went

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Chevrolet Bolt EV Early Adopter promises, androgynous-design and no-delays

This is straightforward but quite a kludge as the CHAdeMO is not a simple contactor and controller, but it is actually a power converter / battery charger. The Leaf actually does not care how much capacity the pack has, the pack has an integrated BMS that is quite stand-alone and there is a HV wire

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Chevrolet Bolt EV Early Adopter promises, androgynous-design and no-delays

ic Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Chevrolet Bolt EV Early Adopter promises, androgynous-design and no-delays https://transportevolved.com/2015/09/11/confirmed-30-kwh-nissan-leaf-bat tery-packs-incompatible-with-older-nissan-leafs/ Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Cor

Re: [EVDL] Article: Doubling power of consumer electronics

They claim to bring their battery to EVs in 2018, so it likely will happen in 2020 or after if their invention is indeed that good, so if you want to wait till 2020 before being able to buy a double capacity battery? Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs in Burbank-CA(?)

This is not about rolling resistance, the energy harvested is removing a little bit of potential power, due to the road surface moving a little lower when the vehicle drives on it, so for the vehicle it resembles a slight incline to get out of, increasing the amount of energy the vehicle needs t

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs in Burbank-CA(?)

Btw, if traffic is stopped(idling) then power output is zero. It generates only when traffic is moving on and off the sections with piezo elements as it is the movement (change in stress) that creates the power. The most familiar version of piezo that almost everyone has at home is the lighter,

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs in Burbank-CA(?)

which would improve driving efficiency and harness electrical energy. On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: This is not about rolling resistance, the energy harvested is removing a little bit of potential power, due to the road surface moving a little lower whe

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs in Burbank-CA(?)

Jack, I am afraid there are some issues with your reasoning on this subject: I am from The Netherlands and am very well aware of frozen roads being cleared from traffic driving over it. Just tell me - is that clearing from the vehicle wheels pushing the snow/ice around, creating heat or from

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs in Burbank-CA(?)

Jack, You described a perpetuum mobile machine. That should tell you enough. BTW, in the previous post I added "I would love to be proven wrong", so that will tell you how much my mind is made up. I love seeing a reasoning that includes the laws of physics, to avoid trying to reason about

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs in Burbank-CA(?)

Jack, This will be my last on-list reply, I fear we are annoying other readers when we take this much further. If you are convinced that my mind is made up then there is nothing I can do to change that. In your previous response, you clearly stated that you try to harvest free energy, no change i

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs inBurbank-CA(?)

Rush is right in that the gravity is the force that slows down the vehicle but not in the way you were thinking. See, the way that the piezo elements can generate energy is by removing it from a source, in this case the moving vehicle. The piezo elements generate energy because a force works on the

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs inBurbank-CA(?)

Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVs inBurbank-CA(?) Gravity is not a force. Friction is a force. Einsteinium theory of relativity proved this. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2016, at 9:35 PM, Cor van de Water

Re: [EVDL] Piezo-power> 10mi of freeway could charge all the EVsinBurbank-CA(?)

Bruce and others, In your example of water going through a Hydro power plant, the water does lose energy, but you do not care about that usually as just running down in the stream the water loses the same energy so harvesting it is beneficial, because there is no purpose for the speed of water runn

[EVDL] IEEE article and video on Electric sidecar racing on Bonneville

This article caught my attention while I was reading up on something else http://spectrum.ieee.org/video/transportation/alternative-transportation /setting-a-land-speed-record-with-a-sidecar-motorcycle Great to see that IEEE presents the electric drivetrain as the way to set a land speed record...

Re: [EVDL] Disassembling a Nissan pack

Roger, They are fine, provided they are not charged to the max. I have had packs sit around for months as loose cells and I have almost 12,000 miles on them after recompressing in a different configuration in my EV truck. Cor. On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 7:01 PM Roger Daisley via EV wrote: > I am fina

Re: [EVDL] Nissan pack price /place

Ken, I have found packs on Ebay but prices have gone through the roof. One year ago I bought several packs from LKQ, but they no longer have stock all the times I called in the last months. I found one of my last packs at a local dismantler who posted it on Craigslist. Another pack came straight o

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: $20/100mi sparkcharge> L3 recharges @1mi/min (v)

Something does not make sense to me: One backpack sized unit probably holds about 5kWh of usable energy. The quoted price of $20 for 100 miles range would mean that this device, which is indeed very handy and can be life-saving, can add about 20 miles to the range of a Leaf, so you would need to

Re: [EVDL] NICAD Batteries

Yup, *very* messy if you fill a battery first and then charge, unless you enjoy dealing with overflowing electrolyte. On Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 8:58 PM John Lussmyer via EV On Thu Nov 01 20:26:52 PDT 2018 bhensle...@msn.com said: > >They were military surplus. I have not tested the cells/batteries >

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…. Want to read more? Start your free trial…. Unless an article is accessible to all, it has no point posting it here. Cor. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: paul dove via EV Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 9:42 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: paul dove; brucedp5 Subject: Re: [EVDL

Re: [EVDL] ?Is this an EV or Watt?: ?Is it a Volt, Bolt, Prius?>crashed in Canby-OR

Differential Voltage. Similar to emergency handling of a downed power line: do not take big steps to get away from the line, you may bridge a large enough voltage in the ground with your legs, to send a dangerous current through your body. If a live circuit or a lightning strike power the water i

Re: [EVDL] EV emission limits

Don't forget that engineers find ways to make decent antennas many times smaller than actual wavelength. For example by folding or by creating resonant loops. Often this happens by accident. A small dc-dc converter running below 1MHz but where caps are placed slightly too far from the chip and conn

Re: [EVDL] Tesla battery cells (no BMS) burst into flame...

Listen especially to the end of that video. Not only no BMS, but also no coolant, for which the Tesla pack was designed. I presume it was (over) charging the cells when it went into runaway, turning the cells into something resembling live ammo (per the question from the FD). Saw the burning cell b

Re: [EVDL] Nissan fob compatibility

I know for a fact that a 2013 (4-button) FOB can be programmed on a 2011/12 (3-button), it will only leave a (non serious) DTC in the car’s memory due to the incompatible 4th (charging port) button. I used that on my 2011 that I only received 1 FOB for from the previous owner. Whether you can us

Re: [EVDL] Tesla battery cells (no BMS) burst into flame...

The video does not specify what went wrong to cause the first cell(s) into thermal runaway and catch on fire. The Tesla Li cells may potentially do that if (internally) shorted due to manufacturing defect or failure to maintain them within required voltage range. The cells may have been charged b

Re: [EVDL] Tesla battery cells (no BMS) burst into flame...

I rather have someone who learns the hard way and posts about it, so everyone else who cares can avoid the mistakes he made, than someone who stays away from it all because it sounds too dangerous. BTW, this will not count as a Tesla fire, it is a bunch of cells in an old buggy, nobody who watch

Re: [EVDL] poor 2011 Leaf performance

Capacity bars are not linear. The 12 bar display is actually anything from 85% to 100% capacity. Below that, every bar stands for 6.25% if I am not mistaken (quoting from memory) So 7 bar capacity can be as low as 100 – 15 – 4 x 6.25% = 60% so less than 15kWh. Also, there is a reason it is called

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: CAD35k funky 2seat 17.6kWh EV> 2019 Smart Cabrio(L2@3kW-only) r-epa:101km/63mi

Before 2008 smart was only available in USA as grey import. So, a USA-focused article can easily say that the smart has been around for 10 years (in the USA) even though you saw them 2 decades ago if your field of view extends beyond the US borders…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_(marque)

Re: [EVDL] Nissan fob compatibility

Nissan Sunnyvale. This was for the car that I swapped complete battery pack, so it had to be reprogrammed anyway and they were OK with doing both battery programming and adding a FOB for the minimum service fee ($160) which I needed to pay anyway for the battery swap. Cor. Sent from Mail for Wi

Re: [EVDL] poor 2011 Leaf performance

So, just to make sure I understand, you have 8 capacity bars, which >>>>>you're assuming is >>>>>100% - 15% - 3 * 6.25% = 66% of 24 kWh, or about 16 kWh, correct? >>>>> >>>>>In my case, with between 8 and 9 capacity bars, that would b

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Electrification juices tuner/hot-rodder/customizerculture

Oh help, the sky is falling! Obviously, messing with 1000 hp engines with excessive temperatures, pressures, fast-rotating parts and explosive fuels is perfectly safe, it is the invisible electricity that is the killer…. Seriously – use (or install on your conversion) the service disconnect and y

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Musk walked-back on PV roof option> too small asurface

Teslas use approx. 300-500 Watts of power to run house loads (computers, coolant pumps, fans, DC/DC converters and so on) while charging. The roof of a modern car is only in the order of 10 square feet of flat surface, maybe a little more, but soon you are hitting the windshield, back window or

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