In CA we use a 'Solar Factor' of 5 to estimate how much power a given solar array would use. So a 6 kW system would produce, on average, 30 kW a day. The...
... I suppose you mean 30 kWh. ... Several have gone more than 300 km, see below. ... Vehicles that do this are not hypothetical. They date back over 25 years,...
... more power ... recharge, and it ... out why ... One of the under-discussed elephants hanging out in the room, in my view, is the question of where we are...
Website with some analysis of Hydrogen issues: http://www.tmgtech.com/pages/7/index.htm Research report on H2 and other competing fuels, with a conclusion that...
Will the D-cell NiMH batteries work for the Prius+ project? I tossed a BEV pack cost estimate out during an article discussion a few months ago based on...
Steve Erlsten
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Sep 1, 2004 6:19 pm
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Eric, I got this from William Korthof: An EV driven 10,000 miles per year at 0.3 kWh AC per mile takes 3000 kWh per year. We typically get over 1825 kWh/kW per...
Are you guys familiar with this one? http://www.sigmaautomotive.com/electrocharger/electrocharger.php Sigma Automotive Electrocharger - a retrofit hybrid...
... At some point I think we need to start including the roof tops not only of residences but of vehicles, anything from small cars to large cars to SUVs to...
Thanks Steve, will pass your comments along just to make sure they are read by the people at the Prius+ group. ... tossed a BEV pack cost estimate out during...
Given the choice between mounting PVs on roofs or on cars, I would choose the roofs. In a future world where PVs are cheap, durable and produced in an ...
Aside from expense, I think there would probably be a few problems with putting PV on the roofs of cars that I might not be fully anticipating. Maybe, for...
Does anyone have pictures or other imformation on the three auto's that the big three built one each of?? Each company made one,diesel electric Hybrid. I...
Sorry but, I tend to agree with all you said. And would add one other factor into the equation. The battery consortium (USCAR). Could just be my skeptical...
Well, let's make an effort to keep a sort of over-the-years discussion going on this, a bit. Those of us who have been watching it for awhile may have some...
I don't have the pictures you're seeking, but a point: It almost sounds to me like you are talking about the PNGV prototype vehicles, and not the production...
Yes, the PNGV prototype is what I have in mind! I suppose they wish to hide the knowledge of them,same as the EV-1. JW ... __________________________________...
... This is very true. Just to put things in perspective, I asked a colleague who was in charge of the solar car at Cal Poly, SLO in the early 90s about the...
hello, I am working as TRF in NSIT, India and working on Electric propulsion for EV. Pradeep Jain ===== Pradeep Kr. Jain Teaching cum Research Fellow ICE...
Here is a government site with seemingly up-to-date hybrid availability: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/hybrid_news.shtml It says "consumer" availability, but...
Hi: Glad to have you aboard. My personal focus is on policy as regards alt-fuels, and I guess sort of the "economic and anthropology issues that come up" as...
... focus my ... I don't really see this as either-or, or as "wait-until-we-do-one- thing-until-we-do-the-other". For my money, both PV on home roofs and PV...
Someone already said it. When PVs are cheap and work great, we should put them on everything. Why not. PVs currently make good sense on recreational vehicles....
The promise of a 10-fold improvement factor in photovoltaics (20x cheaper/half as efficient) seems to be coming closer. Add cheaper batteries from mass...
Konarka Buys Photovaltaic IP & Team From Siemens By VentureWire Staff Reporters 9/7/2004 - Solar energy firm Konarka Technologies Inc. acquired the organic ...
Trulite Raises $500,000 Seed Financing To Fund Technology Development By VentureWire Staff Reporters 9/10/2004 - Trulite Inc., a developer of lightweight...
I realize these guys are to some extent "the enemy" to some here, but regardless, I thought some here might be curious to see what's being discussed by the...
Some good heads-ups on a-e investments. Informally, I'd say that a lot of folks who read evworld.com are into such considerations. Note that I made a separate...
Just got an email rescheduling the Sept. 15 meeting to some other ... California Hydrogen Blueprint Plan would be held on September 14 and 15. The Tuesday,...
Interesting blog, I thought, on Investing and Alternative Energy, and other matters: http://alt-e.blogspot.com/ Monday, September 13, 2004 High Oil Prices =...
Am trying to make heads or tails of this, but anyway, here it is. Some discussion to be sorted out of how their business is doing in solar PV, NiMH, H2. ...
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