Mazda to launch hybrid SUV with Ford technology http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T173155.htm “Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, which use a battery...
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2004/11/zincair_hybrid_.html Sounds like battery swapping to me. Or real close anyway. __________________________________ Do...
New guy here, found this group while researching NEVs for the spousal unit. I had planned to go looking for a hybrid next year, when my current vehicle is paid...
Well, at present there is no PHEV available on the market. So the only vehicles that can be recomended are the ones that get as close to it as possible. The...
Too bad there’s also no production BEV we can tweak with. Not a bad idea to keep an eye open for super efficient, small, biodiesel generator unites. I have...
Thanks, guys for the info. The spousal unit has just purchased herself an '02 Th!nk... I just have to find a way to get it from Michigan or Wisconson or...
Want to win a brand new 2005 Toyota Prius, fight global warming and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil all at once? All you have to do is come up with...
Free Prius sounds great - but you'll still have to wait: The delivery date for receipt of the 2005 Toyota Prius is subject to availability (from Contest...
After a short list of vehicles remaining in the contest as listed in this Irish article: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2004/1013/4049736840MOT13CA ...
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6290392/ "if anyone has a breakthrough in electric vehicles it will be China." __________________________________________________ Do...
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Trillions of dollars and millions of careers are poured into sparking and lubricating and cooling, into mixing fuel and air, into lead substitutes, into valves...
Hot Damn…a new way to do battery swapping. A little harder, more restrictive and more costly then just robotic battery swapping but great fun to see this...
... Yup. However, it still, at the end of the day, yields a car that's cheap to buy and cheap to operate. That's something you absolutely have to keep in mind,...
... And then tell people they won’t have air conditioning or power seats and see what happens. Or tell them 0 to 60 will take 20 seconds see if they are...
... umm, I beg to differ, It's difficult to make comparisons since there are so few examples to use.. I take great offense to your "lack of performance"...
Hi Ryan, I also tend more and more to share the view that a simple serial configuration is a key to low cost hybrids that can open a larger market. A BEV with...
Hi, The EV1 was designed around the idea that 80% of our gas is used on trips less than 80 miles from home. With Panasonic lead-acid batteries, it should have...
... on trips less than 80 miles from home. With Panasonic lead-acid batteries, it should have cost no more than $8000 to sell wholesale (I mean without dealer...
... What are these? troy ===== http://www.thelibertycommittee.org U.S. House of Representatives - The Liberty Caucus "to restore individual liberty & freedom" ...
Perhaps they could have made money on each unit had they sold it as a high end luxary vehicle, with all the goodies. $60K for a 4-seat Lithium EV1 with genest,...
The tires are self-sealing (to a point), and there is an RPM monitor on each wheel. If one begins to spin a few percentage points faster than the others, then...
... Yeah. I think the car companies "cheat" when they take the city test. They fully charge the battery to 100%, and slowly drain it to empty during the...
May simply have “modular” on the brain, but the entire ICE portion of the serial hybrid could be swapped in and out as needed. There is no “must do”...
Hi Chris, The battery pack can be quiet low in price (2000$) because it would be of small size (for only 20 miles EV mode autonomy). The power electronics and...
Car companies play with the numbers. I'm glad that you understand that their total cost for a car is $4K to $6K, most people don't. Auto is a business of...
... Here, I agree... electric motors are far better suited to performance than ICE or other conventional engines. Maxxing out your torque at starting speed is...
