The theoretical limit for driving a gas car is perhaps 90 mpg; using Ford's variant of the Toyota synergy drive, an off-the-shelf Ford got about 1400 miles on...
WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! Fiat 2009 is not Fiat 1982. Seriously... Boxy fiat clunkers? How about boxy domestic clunkers. Boxy was the look back then whether we drove...
http://evworld.com/blogs/index.cfm?authorid=281&blogid=729Sunday | April 19, 2009 Battery technology took a turn for the better back in the late 80’s and...
If Chrysler would just hurry up and start production on their ENVI line up of Chevy Volt-like extended range electric vehicles they would be out of this mess...
FERCs idea of a "Cash Back Hybrid" seems to be a contract to make available battery power stored in CBHs to offset peak demand (Hey Doug, pull over and plug...
This government document is, technically, a "CROCK OF POOP". These sorts of government bozos are still funding fuel cell "research", and making up lies about...
Thanks, I am skeptical of V2G, in large part because I think there is plenty of argument for good BEVs on their own merits. No need to introduce V2G as "the...
On Sat, 02 May 2009 05:18:17 -0000, "doug korthof" <live_oil_free@...> wrote: [...] ... [...] I'd like to make a point about V2G that you didn't make....
Compared to holidays, school day traffic is horrendous. Two peaks occur, AM and PM as hockey moms and grandparents race to transport their kids. This is a...
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My point was not only would V2G be unacceptable to most potential EV drivers, but that the cited FERC document itself indicates reducing or nearly eliminating...
I have to agree that V2G is useless in a BEV. Better Place supports it as a way to get the utility companies "on board" for electric cars. Since Better...
As an EV owner/driver I really have trouble with some aspects of V2G... Getting electrons into my vehicle is some effort, and the vehicle doesn't hold all that...
Hi Don, That "document" was a Bush-era FERC glossover, just pure crappola, as you state. As for transmission losses, we don't need banks of ultracaps and/or...
What a novel concept: Collect the power that is delivered free to the place it is most needed at exactly the time when demand is highest in the form most...
It's pretty easy to convert ANY home or solar system to battery-backup power. In addition to the value if the grid fails, you have the batteries to smooth out...
There are two promising Lead-acid technologies: Axion's PbC and Firefly's nanotech. These are different from EEStor's phantom ultracaps, which may or may not...
I find it rather ironic that there was already a "Hypermilers" group that did all of this back in 2005 in Pittsburgh PA and got similar (I can't remember...
The Ford.com website would have you believe that the 2010 Fusion Hybrid that gets 41 mpg (big whoop) is available now. You have to enter an email address, and...
Mike, The 2010 Ford Fusion has a 17.5 Gal tank in both the normal and hybrid versions for about 82.57 MPG. Mike 1994 Kawasaki Ninja EV size of the "tank of...
The problem is Ford can't get an adequate supply of NiMH batteries; they are using Sanyo, last I heard, which doesn't have the best technology and may not have...
... TVA pumps water with surplus power up a hill into a lake. When they need more power capacity they let it fall through turbines back into the river. See...
More solar and wind resulting in a lower fossil fuel powered baseline? Hydro for short term, short notice juice? Nukes to power grid most of the time. Seems...
Hello Lawrence, A little cross group posting here on the subject of Firefly and Axiom carbon batteries. If you need a contact at Firefly let me know. I have...
Great post Doug. The promise of Firefly is not only more energy density but very quick charge and discharge which is good for regen. Husqvarna will use the...
LADWP does this as well, using low-cost off-peak power from the Western States (DC) power grid to pump water up to (among others) Lake Castaic. The next day,...
Lawrence, Lead batteries are more than sufficient to produce EVs. The problem has been that EVERY lead-acid battery maker WON'T make lead-acid batteries for...
So what are the options? HUGE frggin' flywheels on magnetic air to air bearings? Compressed air? Lifting weights with surplus power? Solar steam power...
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