The podcasters are, in general, abysmally IGNORANT. You don't want to pay much attention to their opinions, because they generally don't know anything much...
A story from hell. Hello one and all, I am or was the faculty adviser for your first EAA student chapter. A lot of time and effort went into building a program...
Interesting. So, basically: 1. The high price of a mass produced EV is to defray the lost profits from not selling any replacement parts for the ICE drive ...
To go with this, consider the 1-hour documentary "Taken For A Ride" - the story of how a syndicate made up of GM, Firestone Tires, a couple of oil companies &...
I have done a quick cost analysis of the 4 cylander GMC Sonoma I purchased 10 years ago. I figured oil changes, cost of vehicle, 2 used engine replacements and...
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I don't think it's "OT" (off-topic) at all to talk about past collusion between oil- and (their captive) auto- companies. It's in fact very relevant. GM and...
Well it has finally happened. The price of a barrel of oil has breached the $100 mark. A great way to start a new year isn't it? If this keeps up gas will...
I am a subscriber to netflix where I get movies through the mail, and I just finished viewing " Who killed the electric car?", and "An Inconvenient truth." I...
You know, every time anyone suggests ANYTHING to make the impact of US consumption less destructive, we always are given these economic analyses about how...
Just for the record, I few years ago I set up a database on this site to track the donated EV -1's. I added whatever info I learned. Do not be impressed there...
AC drive and induction motors are better than brushed DC motors with PWM drive. They also should not be more expensive. In the real world of industry, no one...
SMUD has installed some 120V outlets in their own parking lots, and a few elsewhere, but there is no significant program afoot. Most of the 120V outlets are...
It is not just the cost of the motors that make one system more expensive then the other, and you don't have to use brushed DC motors. The batteries out put...
Hi, It's all but certain that the VOLT is merely a PR shuck. But many well-intentioned people have been sucked in by GM's ploy. Obviously, GM can at any time...
Very well said Jim!!! Ok, it is not technology, or our ingenuity for solutions, it is politics, mindsets, greed, etc... My motto is: Nothing is impossible,...
$600 a month is ridiculous. Right now there are people who are paying as much as $600 just in car payments, which usually pays off the car in five years....
I agree the Volt is a joke at best and more likely a hoax. I haven't seen anything so far that indicates that the Volt is nothing more than a PR ploy to say,...
I am wondering what is it about AC controllers that is so expensive? A DC motor is about $1,500 and an AC motor is about $2,500 - at least form ElectoAuto....
My partner and I have been able to live with one car between us for three years. I have been using the light rail in Dallas to commute every day. Now I will...
... Most of the time. I've seen you guys get some serious hard freezes up there. Austin winters are much milder. :D (Our summers are something else again....
Probably because they are not mass produced. Even a good, high amp golf cart DC controller is upwards of $1000, so $4k for a cooled AC controller (more...
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A DC controller can be as simple as a rheostat, for the motors speed is controlled by increases in voltage, but for AC you must have a controller that converts...
A DC drive system only has to have a single channel with a unipolar output driver, really simple. Many controllers use N-channel MOSFET's to control the...
The Toroto Star is noted for its ignorance and arrogance; like all mainstream media, its job is to help kill EVs. Now that GM has postponed the VOLT past 2010,...
We all want freedom from overseas oil dependence -- except for the traitorous oil companies and their bribed politicians, lobbyists and goon squads. Some of...
