perhaps you didn't accept the premise of MY cases: the rav4-ev drives 40 miles one day, 40 miles the next, then 40 miles the next and returns with 0% and plugs...
... The battery is rated with 16 kWh http://car.pege.org/2007-iaa/flextreme-battery.htm When the consumption is 15 kWh/100km at the plug, I expect about 13 kWh...
The world reserves of lead are only 140 Million tons. At 20 kg lead for 1 kWh capacity, this are only 7 TWh storage capacity 1 kWh for 7 billion people The...
Once the USA was free, uniquely apart from the old European politics, futile wars, and oppression. If you didn't like a place, you just pulled up stakes and...
Thanks, it's very interesting to see that indeed Honda does appear to be incorporating some Lithium-Ion batteries. Perhaps they always were using batteries of...
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0710/gallery.accountability.fortune/9.html Chevron made a huge leap this year, jumping from No. 30 last year to the...
After Bob Siebert's beloved EV1 was confiscated by GM goons and then crushed, Bob decided to build the next best thing: a converted Honda, using a rebuilt...
The really important point is that Honda is still finding the FCX to be "unreliable". Field-serviceable defects are those which can be rectified by field...
It is one of the great tragic ironies of history how often we see the tables turned with the oppressed becoming the oppressors and nations turning into the...
"The Iraqi Army is not strong enough". What is the real meaning. "The people won't surrender to an army that serves as a puppet police force for foreign...
Since cars switched from electricity to gasoline, we've run our vehicles on basically a couple fuels: diesel and gasoline. Does it seem likely when the price...
From E-Bay item 32017784794: The main battery is covered up to 150,000 miles under the factory toyota warranty. These cars are getting harder and harder to...
Even in the all-electric RAV4-EV, which has no IC engine to take a load off the batteries, they seem to function pretty much without problem for at least the...
Hi, I am a Homeowner in the process of getting a complete solar electric panel system for my home that will provide 100% of my electric energy needs....
First of all, that's an enormous system. It will produce about 35 kWh per day, on average (more in summer, less in winter). What do you need such power for?...
Mike, That's great you are getting solar to offset 100% of your current electricity use! As to your question of how much more PV you need to offset your future...
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This article starts by focusing on Tesla, but I think the juicy stuff is also to gain insight as to what is going on at Think in Norway. From the article, I do...
Hi, There are two laws designed to deal with GreenHouseGas ("GHG") emission reductions, AB1493 (regulating CO2 emissions from cars) and AB32 (mandating overall...
Toyota took a dive when it agreed to kill the RAV4-EV and cease production of the batteries. Toyota was unwilling to fight Chevron for clean air, and helped...
Dear Doug. I don't know if you did the math for the figures in the article about GM and the hummer advertisements. But I calculated that 42,750/9 time 12 for...
What type of Plug, gauge wire do you need to charge a vehicle from your house current? I will be getting solar power for my house do I have to have any special...
... From: imagesnyc To: electric_vehicles_for_sale@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:25 AM Subject: [electric_vehicles_for_sale] Plug type of...
A lot depends on what EV you get; but you don't need 200 amp service unless you plan to do fast charging with a Tesla. The thing is, even if you have fast...
... ********** I use the NEMA 14-50 with a disconnect switch near-by so I ********** never have to connect or disconnect hot. The 14-50 also comes with the...
RAV4 EV for sale in Berkeley, CA. Marcos Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
Oct. 07 issue of the Electric Auto Assn. includes a really insipid article by Michael Kanellos which includes the indellible quote: "General Motors, Toyota,...
