Chris,
If Cedric has published about the 2-way throttle or made it
public knowledge before Vectrix' patent priority date, then
their patent is null and void anyway. That is how patents work,
they can only protect things that were not yet published, the
so-called prior art.
Cor van de Water
Chief
society, had an electric
Scirocco, it might have even been his website) who might be able to
provide more details.
Chris
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
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Chris,
If Cedric has published about the 2-way throttle or made it
public knowledge
H2 is (as we all know) a dead end until significant innovations are made
and its energy efficiency remains questionable (read: the fuel is likely
to remain non-competitive) no matter how much the fuel cell gets
innovated.
BTW, FCV is still an electric vehicle. It should be called FCEV. Only
the
I see a Google self-driving car going about its business from time to
time in this area and they *are* capable of dealing with all sorts of
traffic - busy rush-hour freeways, city centers and parking lots with
not just other cars but also peds, pets, bicyclists and a bunch of other
Bill,
I'd like to know where you heard that (incorrect) tidbit
about solar panels having more energy content than they generate.
Last I checked (about 15 years ago) it was information published
by the maker of my solar panels (Kyocera) showing that typical
energy payback time of complete solar
- utilities are converting
coal plants to gas and building more gas. Electric power won't rise as one
would have predicted a few years ago. Technology in drilling drives this.
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Cor van de Water via EV ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
Bill,
I'd like to know where you heard
Michael,
Of course - but the energy balance is just a theoretical concept,
a beancounter's satisfaction if you will of checking that the
two sides of a scale balance out - with exact specified quantities
on each side of the scale, no matter whether that is practical.
It is also a means to get
Carver comes to mind...
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debt cause by a product than its mere manufacture.
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:11 AM, Cor van de Water via EV
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Michael,
Of course - but the energy balance is just a theoretical concept,
a beancounter's satisfaction if you will of checking that the
two sides
Hi Michael,
I don't think anyone here is mad at you - I am certainly not.
Occasionally I can come across a little annoyed if I hear something
that was brought up many times and rebuked (with real science, not
an axe to grind) as many times. Sorry if that happened here.
Please be aware that this
So - NC will experience increasing earthquake activity (other regions
are living this already) and contamination of groundwater sources
(people can no longer use the wells that they have been drinking from
for decades),
in addition to a rise of fuel prices - that Martin hinted at.
Cor van de
as they have little clout. The monetary return for the
people living above the area is not going to be much, and the risks
possibly very high.
It is ugly what is going on here.
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
So - NC will experience
I have never had a problem getting liability insurance
for my EVs and since they are typically older cars, all I want
is liability. I am with Farmers and I like their local agent.
Cor van de Water
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Interestig, but I think I have seen similar inventions before,
though it was not an existing suitcase that was converted - if my memory
serves me well, it was a red or yellow hardshell designed to contain all
the ingredients for a personal mobility EV (mostly indoor targeted IIRC)
BTW, the US
V2G is not about draining the battery entirely to keep the grid from
collapsing, but more about short bursts of high power that help stabilize the
grid, comparable to the power needed to brake/accelerate again.
So, even after a vehicle has helped stabilize the grid, its state of charge
will be
I have an older conversion (approx 1995) with golf cart batteries in my
truck, 120V system and due to the weight and inefficient automatic
transmission, it pulls close to 200A at ~55 MPH
My easiest and fastest commute is 5-6 miles freeway plus a short
distance of 40 MPH streets on each end, so I
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million$power the grid
V2G is not about draining the battery entirely to keep the grid from
collapsing, but more about short bursts
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Dennis - you are absolutely right that a compensation is needed and
utilities *are* willing
your failure rate.
Peri
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$aveschooldistrictsmillion$powerthe grid
Peri
The fact that it gets much worse when the drivetrain unloads,
gives an indication that it is not just an unbalance in a wheel or
motor,
because those hadly suffer from the loading/unloading of the torque in
the drivetrain from acceleration/deceleration.
More likely it is related to the driveshaft
I simply delete all non-list addresses when replying, to avoid
the message getting flagged and delayed.
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Was it compressed?
Plenty others have found that uncompressed cells will not just
bulge but actually destroy themselves when they charge fast enough
to generate a lot of gassing...
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Some factory conversions like the US Electricar
have added the shifter from the automatic gearbox version,
as well as the parking pawl that drops into the teeth on
the flywheel IIRC, the rest of the shifter is unused except
for operating a switch that tells the controller whether it
needs to move
the contact patch.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Cor van de Water via EV
ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
Some factory conversions like the US Electricar
have added the shifter from the automatic gearbox version,
as well as the parking pawl that drops into the teeth on
the flywheel IIRC, the rest
It will still move, a motor with magnets will move slower since any EMF
generated will cause a large current (short circuited generator) that
counter-acts the movement, but the reaction is proportional to the speed
of movement, so at slow speed there will hardly be any counter-action
and the
Steven,
I can find your home page, but not John Metric's sound file,
probably due to the accent in the name - browsers don't like that.
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This works!
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Here you go
http:/home.comcast.net/~stevenslough/JohnMetrics165.mp3
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Fred,
Your suggestion: a cone with a sign EV parking only sounds good.
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And that is also why I am so happy about the success of another EV,
the e-Bike. You do not always need 3,000 pounds of dead weight
around you to go for an errand or to bring your laptop to work.
Cor van de Water
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If you look at the sliced open Toyota FCV you will see two
Hydrogen tanks and in between a largish (slightly larger than the Prius'
hybrid) battery pack. So, one tank under the trunk and one under the
rear seat. The two front seats were directly over the fuel cell and the
front
of the vehicle had
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Gas tax is not working...(tolls and Park-N-ride)
This works too - I have one and like it a lot
http://organictransit.com/ for a 50 mile round trip commute.
I still need someone to take care of the roads.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
ev
that. And even
with fuel cells, there still exists a major challenge.
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On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:26 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
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Mark,
Are the laws of Physics different in California?
It is simply be design and following science that tells us
://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/vision/docs/vision_for_clean_air_public_r
eview_draft.pdf
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- this is news to me. Care to elaborate?
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Peter,
You are very generous with install cost of $5 per Watt and I think that
cost level is old. Today's solar panels are all under $1 per Watt with
few exceptions and installation typically doubles or triples that with
the man-hours and the inverter installation material costs. What I
have
: Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts
On Jun 26, 2014, at 12:09 AM, Cor van de Water via EV
ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
Mark,
I asked you to give background for your absolute statement that an
unproven technology is the only solution
I did not, and have never said that. I said:
It is just
Yes, an energy carrier. I won't argue efficiency with you.
But that is the biggest problem of Hydrogen and the reason
that everyone who understands Physics draws the conclusion
that there is no future in Hydrogen as fuel because it is
worse than just using the source energy (that what is used
to
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 5:21 PM
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Yes, an energy carrier. I
Mark Abramowitz wrote:
If you are saying that using natural gas directly in an ICE as
opposed to converting it to Hydrogen is a more efficient use,
I would tell you that you are missing my point.
That is exactly what I am saying and I love to hear your point.
In contrast to you, I love
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)
Sorry, got interrupted and accidentally sent it.
On Jun 26, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ev
List
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)
Sorry, got interrupted and accidentally sent it.
On Jun 26, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
Yes, an energy carrier. I won't argue efficiency with you.
But that is the biggest problem of Hydrogen
As is often the case, PopMech did not do a good job in presenting the
correct details - the comment from a member of my Alma Mater shows that
the EV has 4 motors, each 27kW so it has *more* power than a Leaf,
in contrast to what the article claims...
Also there is inconsistency in the 0-62MPH (I
Reason is that Li-Ion batteries are sized by Ah
so it is normal to say what size (Ah) battery cells you have,
if you want to indicate which version cells are in your pack,
but if you want to tell the energy in the pack then it only
makes sense if you tell (or know) the average pack voltage to
FireFox is more specific:
This Website is known to distribute malware
with the selection to get out or to ignore warning.
Since I knew it was a simple photo uploaded by someone I trust,
I clicked on ignore and was able to see it, but it is good to
heed such warnings that certain *sites* are known
Lee,
Looks good on Firefox and IE.
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Sean, with read do you mean when it is computer-read out to them?
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In Europe the charging posts have no cable, only a standardized
connector.
You carry the charging cable with you, of the appropriate wire size for
the charging needs of your EV.
So, there are no cut charging station cables, at worst your own cable is
damaged or stolen. This does not stop anyone
Someone on this list did a Ford F-350 IIRC and I am not sure if that was
a straight EV, my memory seems to suggest that he added an electric
motor
in between engine and driveshaft (transmission?), just like you are
planning. I believe it was one of the Johns on this list, forgot which
one.
Cor
It is not only how it could be done but also how it already *is* being
done. One commercial bus line in Utrecht, the Netherlands is being
charged wirelessly at the end station of the bus line. The driver
received some training how to position the bus such that it is aligned
with the charging pad,
Ben,
Are you putting the cells in series or in parallel?
45 cells in parallel will indeed allow you to draw 45 times as much
current - but at the same voltage as a single cell (3.2V) 3600A still
gives 11kW.
If yo uare putting the cells in series, then each cell can only do as
much currrent as a
Ben,
Why on the world would you need over 200kW unless you are doing a race
car?
Around 50kW gives you a system that keeps up with traffic and 100kW
gives you plenty power for all daily driving conditions and would not
put the Mustang to shame, even though you might not win off-the-line
from
, 2014 4:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] Hybrid Mustang: batteries
On Jul 25, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
Why on the world would you need over 200kW unless you are doing a race
car?
Well, each AC-51 is rated
Ben, you are right. *if* you can find a 6:1 rear end
(the highest that my vehicle can be equipped with is 4.2:1)
then at 12.65 MPH the drive shaft is doing 1000 RPM.
Just a random data point: my previous truck (S10) when doing
a constant 55 MPH on level road, no wind, consumed 15 kW to
maintain
There is no issue here.
The OP brought up the continuous rating of the motor at certain RPM,
which just says something about the ability to sustain a certain current
at a certain speed indefinitely, but which does NOT limit the motor to
that
power, so accelerations (which by definition are not
Notably, the most popular Solar inverter (which I have installed several
times at homes in the neighborhood) is the 2.5 kW SMA Sunnyboy.
Reason it is so popular is not only because it is an efficient
(transformerless) grid-tie inverter, but also because it has a switch
and a NEMA 5-15 (standard
Bill,
Mark has no interest whether it is simpler to use Hydrogen or not.
He even does not care that the use of Hydrogen will increase the amount
of CO2 being burned (so, it is a disaster for the environment).
He is promoting Hydrogen - that is all. Look up his profile and you will
understand.
I
On Jul 28, 2014, at 12:05 AM, Cor van de Water via EV
ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
Bill,
Mark has no interest whether it is simpler to use Hydrogen or not.
He even does not care that the use of Hydrogen will increase the
amount
of CO2 being burned (so, it is a disaster for the environment).
He
You really think that tire shops would not be working on the millions of
Hybrid vehicles out there? There is no difference between the ~300V from
a
2001 Prius or any other of the many Hybrid vehicles and that from a 2012
Leaf or any of the many other pure EVs.
If the tire shops are not allowed to
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
You really think that tire shops would not be working on the millions of
Hybrid vehicles out there? There is no difference between the ~300V from
a
2001 Prius or any other of the many Hybrid vehicles and that from
I heard more than one report of early Prius days where a Prius tech from
Toyota
has to dress with high voltage gloves, tie a safety harness around him
with a rope
that was held by a second person, so he could be pulled away from a
dangerous
high-voltage situation if that would expose itself, so
-induced as well as hindering
efforts of those that know what they're doing. The fanboy stuff isn't
productive for those of us doing real work.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 28, 2014, at 5:30 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
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Mark,
If I am mistaken and you do have an interest
On July 28, 2014 7:33:57 PM MDT, Cor van de Water via EV
ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
All data I have seen till now shows that emissions go up with the
indroduction of H2, due to the low efficiency well-to-wheels of
creating
H2.
So, it is considered not just a very difficult energy carrier
from my iPhone
On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:41 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
Because then Mark can't claim that he has zero-emissions vehicles,
so he wants to convert to H2 (and lose a significant part of the
energy)
and that inefficient H2 will then qualify for the highest
Agree it is off-topic and must go to a different list not the EVDL.
Just want to point out that almost 200 of the 298 passengers were
(fellow) Dutchmen because the plane made a trip from Amsterdam to
Malaysia.
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Notice which email address requested it (in the forwarded message).
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an overt and ubiquitous surveillance culture, I never even
considered such a thing. So I am curious.
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
Notice which email address requested it (in the forwarded message).
Cor van de Water
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Or do what the classic Prius does:
It *can* drive pure electric for a few miles, but if you want A/C
then the engine must be running, since the AirCo compressor is in
the usual place, on the serpentine belt, powered by the crankshaft
pulley
together with the water pump. Later Prius have electric
Using Duck-tape? ;-)
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Dennis,
Depends how the rotor is built, there is significant stress on it, not
just the bearings. My previous EV had a Hughes induction (AC) motor with
a 9,000 RPM redline and I believe that at that speed, the rotor surface
is going
about 300 km/h (200 MPH) in a thight 1/2 ft circle, so the
Maybe the same idea in your garage as used on trains and bumper cars:
Have a metal plate on the floor that is at zero potential (Neutral leg),
which can be contacted from underneath the car and an out-of-reach metal
plate overhead that carries the phase potential, so all the car needs to
do to
Similar to what some parking lot attendants do all day in San Francisco:
play a game of sliding puzzle with 1 open slot...
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Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 3:57 PM
To: Cor van de Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Tesla Vs UK's Ecotricity Dispute -
MoreBackgroundInformation...
On Aug 9, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Cor van de
OK, confession time and I need the wisdom from the list how to handle
this mess I created.
Last night I was in a hurry and wanted to quickly water my pack since
that was needed.
So, I grabbed the first of the 3 gallons that I keep for watering,
filled the auto-shutoff jug
and started going
Ecotricity Dispute -
MoreBackgroundInformation...
On Aug 9, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
Have you ever been customer of a US bank?
I was totally shocked when I came to the USA, fed my new ATM card into
the nearest machine and was asked to pay several dollars
Roger,
Thanks for the link to that whitepaper, very instructive and reassuring.
It appears that my relatively soft and clean mountain water (Hetch
Hetchy) should be no major problem for this one refill. I estimate that
the cells are still under 10% of their max allowed impurity for Calcium
them together with the openings facing each other...
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Cor van de Water via EV
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Adam,
I added a (free) inductor by wrapping the motor wires around the core
of
the biggest microwave transformer that I could find.
You can pick up old
I do have a brake vacuum pump with a sizeable reservoir (holding vacuum)
and my truck can stop pretty well, though I often use the brakes so
little
and so gentle that from time to time I have to force myself to make a
harder stop, just to keep the brakes from getting stuck.
On my previous EV
Most bikers I know fix a flat without taking the whole wheel off.
The only moment I need to remove the wheel (or at least free one side
of the hub) is when the tire has gone bad and needs to be changed.
Fixing a flat is a matter of finding and patching the hole
(and what caused the hole, or you
You mean like using the pedals for two functions:
1. sensor to detect how much power to apply to the wheel(s)
2. battery recharging generator
So, the genrator on the pedals works similarly as the genset in a range
extended PIH like the Volt,
you can have the crank anywhere - far away from the hub,
Most state laws define an e-Bike as requiring fully operable pedals.
They do not say *how* the pedals should operate, but if you can turn
the pedals and move the bike, without additional motor power (even
if that means pedals - generator - motor - wheels) that should
qualify as e-Bike. One way to
Buddy,
You can use one of the Schottky diodes that is ideal for this
architecture,
typically they come in a block with 2 diodes integrated and ready to
mount to a heatsink, the only thing you need to take care of is to
insulate the diode housing from the chassis of your vehicle as the
housing has
I did not use a mounting block,
I attached the fuse directly to the post clamp on my first battery
and attached the cable lug to the other side of the fuse instead of
to the battery post clamp.
Cor van de Water
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Email:
This appears to fit the 700A and 800A fuses, but we are getting there!
Good find.
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-Original
. These are strong, and won't melt or burn if the fuse
has to clear a dead short.
Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
I did not use a mounting block,
I attached the fuse directly to the post clamp on my first battery
and attached the cable lug to the other side of the fuse instead of
to the battery
I recently bought a cordless weed whacker, it came with NiCd batteries.
I only found out once I started studying the user manual, I was
expecting Li-Ion cells.
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David Roden wrote:
THAT is a motorcycle? I had no idea motorcycles existed in that
shape.
It is because this is a sidecar motorcycle - a threewheeler.
Totally agree with the rest of your assessment.
Plenty planes that can't go as fast as this monster on wheels!
Cor van de Water
Chief
To answer your question - several times more.
Example: N drivers who switch from an avg 25 MPG car to a 50 MPG Prius
each driving 1000 miles per month, total savings: N x 20 gal
One driver with a behemoth using 8 MPG also doing 1000 miles/mo,
so using 125 gal/mo
He is using 85 gal more than when
Changing a vehicle to Hybrid alone will give great fuel economy
improvement.
And don't under-estimate the smarts of people - if they can get cheaper
driving by rolling out an extension cord and plugging in at 110V, which
is plenty for a typical PIH, then there will me many people doing that!
Cor
Steve,
Since it is only 12 or 36V, you could easily find a MOSFET that can do
the work of the contactor and draw zero current, it just needs its Gate
input to be held at the correct voltage to enable it. Presuming that you
are not drawing hundreds of Amps?
Another alternative is a sense resistor
The bus might have periods where it is standing still, stopped, but continues
to use power?
Or they simply plan on only using 80% of the pack's energy to prolong its life.
Cor van de Water
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The mangnetic properties will still be coming from the steel,
even though Nickel is magnetic, because typically plating is done
as thin as possible, so the Nickel won't contribute much to the magnetic
properties. for example, if you would have nickel plated copper or alu,
it won't have much
That, or your meter is not very accurate in measuring the voltages.
The voltage of all 66 series cells (plus cable losses) should add up
exactly
to the voltage that the charger is supplying.
It has been said before that charging to 3.45V is sufficient, so about
228V,
but make sure that all cells
I too have tried to get HOV stickers, but the agency providing the
sticker have made a very narrow interpretation of the California laws,
where it indicates that all qualified vehicles should get a sticker
(clearly meaning: all zero emissions vehicles) the agency has changed
their interpretation
Indeed - numbers don't lie.
A decent family car has no more roof surface than max 15 x 6ft
or about 90 sqft. At current (low cost) solar panel efficiency,
the max you could get out of that is around 12W per sqft (at perfect
angle
of irradiation, so in practice, a lot less!) which means you might
Lawrence,
While it is possible to run off the panels alone, it will not attain 40MPH.
Even in full (straight above noontime summer sun) when the panels produce
1200W, the max speed from just the panels is 1200W/35Wh per km = 34km/h which
means 21 MPH max speed.
Only by supplementing the solar
I second that,
especially with a lot of grit from offroad driving
getting into your motor, there is a good chance that
brushes have worn faster than usual and are now at the
end of spring travel. Brushes without enough force to
push them onto the comm become spark generators.
They are also easy
I think the whole thing comes down to:
- who owns the car and consequently
- who is responsible if there is a safety issue with the car?
If the answer is: the driver, then Tesla has no right to restrict
the owner from doing with the car what he wants. What if he wants to
drive the car only on his
Ben,
Not entirely correct - there are many reasons that a car can receive a
Salvage title, not just from damage sustained and the insurance
deciding that repair cost is more expensive than declaring it a loss.
For example, if a car is stolen and recovered *after* the insurance has
already paid the
What a hogwash article!
This has litterally nothing to do with EV, but everything with the
ability of the driver to deal with slippery surfaces and the design
of the car wash to allow a car getting trapped on low friction
surfaces. The electric drivetrain has no part in this car wash's
trapping
I will soon have 5 original AVCON connectors and I will leave a short
jump cable on them, so that it is trivial to attach a J1772 inlet to
make a conversion cable from J1772 charger to plug in an AVCON vehicle.
Let me know if there is interest in these plugs.
Regards,
Cor van de Water
Chief
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