I have read enough in past year or so about "the establishment" to make me gag. We need to get as pissed off out our current American situation (and really our...
At a time when new answers are needed to old questions, the media fail to penetrate the swamp of their own foggy delusions. RE: "Give Exxon a break", Editorial...
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:28:29 -0000, "doug korthof" ... Doug: Can you post a picture of this somewhere, such as in the group files or on the EV1.org site? Or...
Doug, Just wanted to thank you for the excellent posts you made a few days ago listing IR values of three different high-mileage RAV4-EVs. This is the kind of...
Hi Charles, Other, notably Ron Freund, have done the analyses, but not published them TMK. I'm looking for other RAV4-EV to test, volunteers step right up. I...
Here's the 1999 EV1 DOE report murdoch <murdoch@...> wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:28:29 -0000, "doug korthof" ... ...
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Thanks. Unfortunately that report does not give EPA mileage, and it focuses on battery-to-wheel, not socket-to-wheel. measurements. The "driving cycle range"...
There was a time when some have attempted, perhaps foolishly, to do rechargeable ZnO, but I think they have given up. Another stock ticker in this space, in...
I am keeping in mind that the 30-Amp-Hour NiMH batteries onboard these vehicles are made by GP (Gold Peak) of Singapore, and that the survival of the Vectrix...
Note that sales of the Prius are good, but down this year (allegedly, because Toyota's having trouble building NiMH batteries). Also to be noted: 6 of the top...
Hello, it looks like we will have a great electric car over for a visit to our next Davis EV meeting. Date: Saturday, 23rd August at 11:30 am It will be the...
''Waiting for a Ford-built plug-in hybrid? You may be twiddling your thumbs for a considerable amount of time, as company officials suggest such a product is...
I have a great campaign slogan whenever I see a story like this. When the automakers won their lawsuit against CARB, they won the right to not make ZEV...
I posted the message: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/electric_vehicles_for_sale/message/9922 a while ago. There were many follow ups (search on "PHEV...
Isn't there a Smart dealer in your area? I thought 12K was the going price for a new one. A business associate I know bought one, and he is getting about 38...
Hi Doug and all, Would you happen to have, or know where I can find (web links or other references), detailed specific description(s) of charging algorithm(s)...
What do you mean "38 mpg"? This car is all electric - right? One problem I have noticed is that the eBay "electric car" listings are being spammed (polluted)...
 I don't know what's so "smart" about this car, it's unpractical, dangerous because it's small, it doesn't even get the mileage our car got in '89, it only...
This article appearing in the Huntington Beach Independent Newspaper (Huntington Beach, CA) should interest you about the "Smart" car. I will send you the...
Hi John, Here is another article that appeared in the Huntington Beach Independent Newspaper (Huntington Beach, CA) this week, dated July 30, 2008, about the...
I could not find an electric smart for sale in the US for 2008. The information that kept coming up was for Europe. Unless it was imported I'd be a little...
Hi Charles, CAVEAT: I'm not a battery engineer, just a trained technical person, so these are just my opinions on a technical subject of great difficulty and...
When asked how GM hopes to "muddle through" its problems, LaNeve was given the opportunity to talk about GM's plans for fuel-efficient cars. LaNeve depreciated...
I was able to speak with a Toyota executive who came to HybridFest 2008 since I was helping the television news person with their camera's tripod and battery...
although that does happen, it is not very often..... in the past moth there has probably been 6 or 7 hybrids listed among the more than 100 EVs listed. ... ...
I've been riding a Currie Ezip bike now for a while. The other day (gas is currently 3.97 in Dallas) I rode down to a Starbucks for a meeting. Three people...