I just wrote an article on this topic-- The similarities are starting to look eerily similar. Consider this: BMW’s one-year pilot program consists of just...
Also, in addition to what you've said, I discussed with one person that apparently some important tax credits are not applying to the BMW vehicles (I don't...
Although interesting, it seems that we've been here before. Déjà vu all over again. Convincing people that the earth is round and not flat must have been an...
Sometimes it seems like the only way "impossible" things such as electric vehicles are able to move forward is when "someone doesn't get the message" and...
"Water"-Power (really it seems like Hydrogen power, but I guess if you're filling up with water, you get the sense that it is water that is the fuel... still,...
Thanks for all of the responses.? I've read through all of them several times and I'm still a little confused.? So sorry.? If you haven't lost patience with...
Hi Linda, Now I feel bad if I sounded like I was condemning your lack of knowledge. If that is the case, please accept my apologies. If I had a nickel for...
Here's a thought... If an individual wanted to buy NiMH batteries to power a BEV, couldn't he/she just march down to the local Toyota dealer and buy two or...
The R1E effort is current only as of 2007 or 2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_R1e ... The Stella EV effort does not seem to have its own page....
First of all what would the cost of two or three Prius batteries be? Secondly, are they available? ( I have not heard of many of them going bad.) Thirdly, it...
I am less technically capable than you and others. If memory serves, something mentioned during the Calcars Prius+ project is that wiring NiMH in parallel is...
Hi, Forbes, Thank you so much! And I never felt you were putting down my lack of knowledge; I thought you were giving me too much credit for being more ...
Hmmm... Toyota will be wiring two packs in parallel for their first plug-in version, so that's got to be doable. I'm not saying that it would be easy to do...
I talked to the guy in charge of Aerorider at a bike show a few years ago. He is really nice, and SMART! I'll bet he can answer any of your questions. -...
The price has been lowered about $10. The seemingly high S&H charge seems to be an artifact of the place that is handling the orders, and there doesn't seem...
[Default] On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:28:35 -0700 (PDT), Forbes Black ... I'm not sure what the issue was. It stuck in my head that the Prius+ research seemed to...
[Default] On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:35:47 -0700 (PDT), Forbes Black <diarmaede@...> wrote: [...] ... While Lithium batteries have been the frontrunners for...
Concerning NiMH batteries, Nickel ion is VERY toxic, one of the most toxic elements, comparable to beryllium. Ernie **************An Excellent Credit Score is...
GM sale gets OK from bankruptcy judge - new company will be called NGMCO Inc General Motors was given approval by bankruptcy judge Robert Gerber on Sunday to...
Again, talking about the different fuels that can be considered, the concentration of most of R&D on electric storage means (Batteries) seems exaggerated. The...
Your comments are, to some extent, beyond my own understanding of chemistry and science. We do not have many engineers and scientists here, though there are a...
[Default] On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:19:43 -0000, "chorete2003" ... In the case of this forum, if you want to use it to propose what should be made, you are 100%...
Killer energy and technology group Cleantech.org is now operating the 4 year old, 2,100 member Krystal Planet group on yahoo. All on renewable and alternative...
A "teaser" message on Fox Business News this morning speculates that Bob Lutz, GM Volt proponent who had announced his retirement, will come back as part of...
I agree that batteries are not the most promising "fuel", but when the government has spent $Billions on largely fruitless battery research, they don't want...
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