Howdy, Len Rogers from the San Francisco EAA chapter was invited to display his electric bikes at the San Jose Home, Garden and Gourmet show next weekend at...
For those of you who are interested in seeing an all electric bus, San Jose is putting on a luncheon on Friday, February 6. ... From: Redevelopmentworks...
Hi Everyone, Does anyone have a good way to show me how to cover up my Warp 9 Motor from the elements, without being too closed in to breath? True Peace Stay...
My first suggestion for the Warp 9 would be to put it in the engine bay, and my second would be to put the hood on the car. After that you should be fine,...
Good Evening, Does Anyone have a link for the gov. refund for all of us EV builders that is supposed to available for us? Just Curious Please. Peace and Thank...
EV & Hybrid News including Is the Fisker Karma the Hybrid Car Answer? <http://electricandhybridcars.com/index.php/pages/electriccarnews.html> ZAP Alias...
My 17 year old son and I have recently begun to think about trying a low-cost conversation, but we're new to the EV world and haven't gotten to far yet. I've...
Hi Michael, The Feb. 21st meeting is more of a "state of the union" message with audio conferencing to remote EAA chapters from around the world. I suspect...
Hi all, I am doing a conversion of an RX-7 and need A/C. I've looked at Prius and hybrid electric A/C and it's too complicated and expensive. So, I went out...
Hi. Try Engineering Fundamentals..... http://www.efunda.com/units/ index.cfm They have a variety of free calculators to use. (However, they do place a limit...
Chuck Hambelton
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Feb 8, 2009 10:55 pm
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Interesting analysis of maximum possible battery capabilities:  ...
dave noran
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Feb 9, 2009 12:45 am
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... Summary: Hydrocarbons have a higher specific energy than a traction battery. Therefore, they're better. It's a pretty lightweight and flimsy argument for...
It almost sounds like it was written by one of the petroleum companies' "scientists". I would question the notion that it should be measured pound for pound....
Charles Bliss
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Feb 9, 2009 2:35 am
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Actually Owen, hydrocarbons are absolutely fabulous at burning, and they make a brilliant energy storage medium, that is of course assuming we don't...
He doesn't sound like much of a scientist to me for two reasons, 1) he postulates that using the oceans as a "carbon toilet" is a reasonable idea, when in fact...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone in the group has had experience changing their PG&E charging schedule to E-9A. What this does is give people a rate based on...
Mike Ahern
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Feb 11, 2009 1:34 am
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I'm still on E-1, but since I have a solar electric (PV) system that is a net generator for the year, there's no incentive for switching. TOU rates can work...
Steve Greenberg
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Feb 11, 2009 2:24 am
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I've been on a time of use PG&E meter since 2000, when I got an EV1. When I had to give up the EV1 in 2003, I wondered if I'd pay more keeping the TOU rate....
Well after reading a slew of comments on this thread I must say that just because you don't "like" the facts doesn't mean they aren't true. The authors...
Chuck Hambelton
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Feb 13, 2009 9:01 pm
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If you're going to include the energy loss in moving the electricity to the car, then you should calculate the efficiency loss inherent in moving the gasoline...
Hi Everyone, This is note is not just about me, it's about you and it's about helping each other, really. From time to time, some us of need to use some nice...
I wasn't specifically ignoring the energy used to get the fuel from the well to the pump. I was just pointing out 2 things: 1) that that most of the comments...
Chuck Hambelton
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Feb 13, 2009 10:50 pm
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Chuck, While I think you're making some good points there must be an error in your embedded energy estimate of autos: at even a penny per kWh equivalent, 52M...
Steve Greenberg
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Feb 14, 2009 2:53 am
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Hi Steve. An error in my estimates?? Absolutely! The figure seemed huge when I ran the model, but I didn't check things. The manufacturing (and supply chain)...
Chuck Hambelton
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Feb 14, 2009 4:06 am
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Even though I drive an EV and my wife drives a Honda Civic hybrid, I promote biobutanol because it could clean up a lot of gasoline automobiles while the...
Sent on behalf of Mr. Jerry Pohorsky: Howdy, The Electric Auto Association (EAA) will be holding their Annual All- Chapters meeting this Saturday, Feb. 21,...
Reminder from: eaasv Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eaasv/cal National EAA meeting Saturday February 21, 2009 10:00 am - 11:00 am (The next...
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