Freeway speeds + A/C for much of driving 2003 Toyota RAV4-EV yesterday, Thursday. 22 miles to Irvine, 32 miles to Pomona, and 38 miles back leaving 19% and an...
I work DT Minneapolis right off the light rail. I have used it to go to get back and forth from the airport many times. Very nice. I leave my car parked at...
I got to ride the Hiawatha line in Minneapolis this summer while on vacation. The line runs from the Mall of America to downtown, via the 2 airport terminals...
Yep, the one thing they clearly did right, based on the huge number of business people I see using the train to get to their flight. Once you are OFF the...
One thing I never think of when riding it is "boy this should be saving some oil". Like Jesse Ventura, the ex-governor, I just wanted to ride a TRAIN! When I...
I am selling a Bladez XLT electric scooter in very good condition. Scooter was ridden just a few times. It has a new battery pack. It also has the seat kit...
Hello everyone, Not a bad idea, radical changes usually do not come from the center. If anyone does come up with such a company, I've got 10 orders I can't...
Hi Lawrence, People may not be taking these little electric scooters seriously right now but I believe this will change in the very near future. If gasoline...
Hi Doug, I have gotten chewed out real good several times for saying what you do in this post. I take my hat off to you for having the guts to say it. I...
Most cities actually have very strict ordinances against riding electric scooters on the street. Sad to say, Austin is one of them, APD is very aggressive...
One major consideration that gets overlooked a lot of the time is that EV's tend to require far fewer dealer repairs than ICE's. Most manufacturers make the...
Hi Bruce, Yes I know and it's a shame too. A bunch of that kind of stuff needs to change but it won't. If gas keep going up they are going to have to make some...
Hi Bruce, I know exactly what you are saying. My daughters little 4 cylinder front wheel drive started leaking water from the water pump. She took it to the...
I'm taking an informal survey -- if you live in PG&E territory, and you have a plug-in vehicle AND a solar PV system, please notify me off-list. (If you've...
... $1000 to replace a ****ing *water pump*?! I'm in the wrong business. $75 and about an hour is what it takes me to do that job. (Then again, I've been...
Are you wanting to build some EV's? I would like to build 2. Both VW beetles but one a 3 wheeler using a VW transaxle to use on soft ground around the place....
Yes I replaced the water pump on my 86 Chevy Cavalier and it was a long job like yours - it even involved removing an engine mount Mark ... From: "Art Corbit"...
I had that one scattered all over the car port and the yard. You should have seen me pulling the head off a 4 cylinder front wheel Chevy. Just a bent $7...
Hi Scott. I think that the ASES solar tours is a perfect tie-in and chance to push YES on 87. http://www.ases.org/tour/2006_tour/listings.htm John in Sylmar,...
"LOS ANGELES, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is asking its 5.1 million customers to petition automakers to speed up development of plug-in...
Hi, All EV folks who have solar power should "join the tour". The local SoCal Tour is on http://SoCalSolarTour.com and you can register for the tour on-line....
Working on a concept design that would use a fairly specialized motor type. I'd be wanting to build a few prototypes, but leave room in the design for...
The problem: 1. Utility power failure. 2. Food loss. 3. Oversold expensive PV systems. My daughter was evacuated from her Lake Arrowhead residence for about a...
Bruce wrote "Working on a concept design that would use a fairly specialized motor type. I'd be wanting to build a few prototypes, but leave room in the design...
Wish I could help,but,living in Oklahoma I don't know how I could. The new bill that California passed should help everybody,somewhere down the line. James ...
You can of course participate in the Solar Tour, but not sure if many people in that area will visit -- I can get you literature, and put you on the website,...
Isn't Austin flat? If I lived there I'd be riding my recumbent all over the place. To be honest on flat ground my recumbent is much faster than any legal...
