... 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...
... could ... Besides the points you mention the EV1 and Insight have a teardrop shape with rear wheels closer together than the front ones. Not enough room...
... You're right, my bad, Li-ion is still very expensive. Though not as expensive as you think. The T-Zero cost includes a whole lot of custom work and...
This time, the reporter got to talk to people who could really explain things to her! (In print version, graphics include a fuel economy graph showing HEVs at...
... I don't know about the EV1, but the Insight could be lengthened for 4-seats. Get rid of the cooler-sized storage bin and add an extra foot, and you'd have...
http://www.awknowledge.com/AEA/content.asp?contentid=17504 The energy density of the lithium-ion battery has a 4:1 ratio compared to lead-acid batteries,...
New? Sounds like plain old Li-Ion. Sure, energy density is great. Cost is the killer. A 240 mile EV isn't meaningfully better than a 60 mile EV. You either...
Energy density of Li-ion may be OK when new but my 18 month old laptop battery now only lasts for 40 minutes and I don't discharge it everyday. Buyers of...
... Here's some info: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-20.htm Generally speaking NiCad and Lead-acid are pretty toxic, NiMH and Lithium pretty benign. ...
First of all, Lithium is not necessary; the EV1 with lead-acid PANASONIC (not delphi) batteries went 110 miles on a charge, very reliably and cheaply. However,...
Keep in mind that at 500 cycles you get 80% capacity having practiced 80% discharges. That's not to say that at 500 cycles the battery instantly becomes...
Hi, Some Lithium packs, using the latest cylindrical laptop batteries sometimes known as "18-350", get MORE then 1000 cycle life. Moreover, when you don't...
... If a Lithium battery can go 300 miles, but the driver only uses ~60 miles per day (using only 20% of battery capacity), won't that extend the Lithium's...
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/12/prototype81204.asp?trk=nl New software from Siemens VDO Automotive in Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany, could boost...
Hello, Been abscent for a while. This scenario of a full serial hybrid with a small battery for 20 miles and a small generator for cost saving is evolving more...
1. Electric motor with 200 kW for fast acceleration, 14000 RPM to avoid gearing, voltage at least 300v for best performance. The motor-controller are...
doug korthof <live_oil_free@...> wrote: As for the cost, both in dollars and the environment, the cost of batteries and solar panels is NOTHING compared...
your laptop does not have a battery management system which tests and conditions the batteries regularly. To keep your laptop battery working well, don't leave...
Not exactly on the subject, but, heard the cost of fuel, once it got to the troops on the front lines in Iraq was around $65 per gallon. No wonder the military...
Hi, I've been silent a while but need to report my experiences with my neighbor electric vehicle which I purchased in March 2003. Although it was advertised...
