Re: [EVDL] EVLN: (Spy shots)> USPS's New Electric US Postal/Mail Truck

2017-10-15 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
The USPS has flirted with EVs off and on since the 1970s. They've run pilots and prototypes. I remember an AMC-made Jeep body conversion in the 1970s. In the the early 1980s, the infamous ill-fated Commuter Vehicles postal vans went far wide of the USPS's requirements, essentially putting th

[EVDL] Tesla Update> simulate music, horses, chariots, ice, steam-engine, fire, water sounds

2017-10-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
https://www.inverse.com/article/37383-elon-musk-tesla-car-sounds Elon Musk Suggests 4 Weird Tesla Car Sounds for Software Update October 13, 2017 Mike Brown [videos flash] Elon Musk has some big ideas for how electric cars could sound. Not content with the prospect of one setting for all of

[EVDL] EVLN: Present EVs really aren’t so bad> (How Sh*tty Electric Cars Once Were)

2017-10-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
https://jalopnik.com/lets-take-a-moment-to-remember-how-shitty-electric-cars-1819247519 Let's Take A Moment To Remember How Shitty Electric Cars Once Were Oct 7, 2017 Jason Torchinsky [images https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--bFR-v4uR--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/jhh

[EVDL] EVLN: EVs More Than Three Times More Efficient Than fcvs (v)

2017-10-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
% h2 & fcvs are OT on the evdl. Keep evdl discussions EV related % http://www.thedrive.com/tech/14821/electric-cars-are-more-than-3-times-more-efficient-than-fuel-cell-vehicles-study-says Electric Cars Are More Than 3 Times More Efficient Than Fuel-Cell Vehicles, Study Says October 3, 2017 Step

[EVDL] EVLN: Flying e-Hovercycle, e-motorcycle, auton patrol nEV, e-Robocop @Gitex in UAE

2017-10-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
https://www.thenational.ae/uae/dubai-police-unveils-flying-hoversurf-at-gitex-1.665396 Dubai Police unveils flying 'Hoversurf' at Gitex October 8, 2017 Juman Jarallah [images https://www.thenational.ae/image/policy:1.665392:1507469235/na09-gitex-4.JPG?f=16x9&w=1024&$p$f$w=a55c913 The Hoversur

[EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 20171014

2017-10-15 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Flying-e-Hovercycle-e-motorcycle-auton-patrol-nEV-e-Robocop-Gitex-in-UAE-tp4688239.html EVLN: Flying e-Hovercycle, e-motorcycle, auton patrol nEV, e-Robocop @Gitex in UAE Dubai Police unveils flying 'Hoversurf' at Gitex The Hoversu

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Flying e-Hovercycle, e-motorcycle, auton patrol nEV, e-Robocop @Gitex in UAE

2017-10-15 Thread Rod Hower via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Flying e-Hovercycle, e-motorcycle, auton patrol nEV, e-Robocop @Gitex in UAE

2017-10-15 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 15 Oct 2017 at 14:24, Rod Hower via EV wrote: > Hovercycle? Looks more like a human food processor.  Who comes up with > this stuff? The other question is, who would want to USE it? It looks like an alien UFO from a low budget horror film. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrato

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Flying e-Hovercycle, e-motorcycle, auton patrol nEV, e-Robocop @Gitex in UAE

2017-10-15 Thread Peter C. Thompson via EV
On 10/15/17 9:17 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: On 15 Oct 2017 at 14:24, Rod Hower via EV wrote: Hovercycle? Looks more like a human food processor.  Who comes up with this stuff? The other question is, who would want to USE it? It looks like an alien UFO from a low budget horror film.

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Flying e-Hovercycle, e-motorcycle, auton patrol nEV, e-Robocop @Gitex in UAE

2017-10-15 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 15 Oct 2017 at 10:24, Peter C. Thompson via EV wrote: > I'm much more worried about those open propellers - there is zero > shielding if one breaks or someone gets too near the blades.  Ugh. I suspect that's a feature, not a bug. I hope I'm wrong. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Adminis

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: (Spy shots)> USPS's New Electric US Postal/Mail Truck

2017-10-15 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
Support has to be there from the top, and it has to be generated downward, or once again, the effort won't be successful. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2017, at 12:28 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV > wrote: > > The USPS has flirted with EVs off and on since the 1970s. They've run > pilots