Tom, Let me know if you want to order a bunch of these batteries for dealer price - I could not quickly find the specs of the Prius+ but from Jerry's photos I...
There's a Swiss company making the SAM EV, it looks pretty to me: http://www.cree.ch http://www.cree.ch/facts/e_FactsSAM.pdf What is a hypothetical process to...
I don't believe the road tax has anything to do with it. It's trivially easy to collect road taxes via electric meters, or with hour registration or some other...
An interesting post from the tech lead on the Prius+ project. Maybe his solution will help improve mileage, he says. Would any of this jumping-through-hoops...
Dogmatic clarity is unconvincing. Doesn't the question ever creep up, why has no car manufacturer mentioned the plug-in option or produced a single one-off...
Very exciting news! I'm going to have to get started on something I've been putting off for some time... That's speculating on the various lengths of strings...
... perhaps MARKETING, not technology. The auto companies, including Toyota and Honda, believe that the public would be horrified by the concept of "got to...
It's not worth guessing what the auto companies "truly believe". It is clear what they say. And you're right, they have taken the position that motorists would...
Great points Lee. Additionally, we could ask what the customers would say if they knew that the auto companies knew that the customers might want these...
I thought this article from a few months ago gave me some perspective as to the timing and economics and competitive issues that are going on in the auto...
"The potential for hydrogen fuel cells having an impact that you'd notice is a long way away," says John Heywood, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT....
From Remy Chevalier at ET Thanks http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/04/technology/business2_wrightspeed/index.htm By itself, all the hardware is nothing new. The...
It is not too late to register for Hybridfest! Hybridfest will be held Saturday, July 22nd in Madison, WI and YOU are invited! Hybridfest is free and open to...
Packing formidable pulling power from its 191 kW 2.0-litre turbo BioPower engine and 53 kW electric motor, the BioPower Hybrid Concept in the Saab 9-3 can...
So at General Motors they think they should use hybrid technology to develop even higher powered shopping cars and tell us it's OK because you can run it on...
This is your chance as Plug-In Hybrid Supporters and CalCars Fans to help make history, and have the biggest impact in the shortest time. We've decided to...
Interesting. Traditionally they're a flywheel company, as far as I know, but they seem to be doing a lithium-ultracap thing here at this link, without any...
Check the following article about diesel from yesterday's Wall Street Journal. Note especially: "... The technology to make it clean enough to meet California...
Tom: Two comments in addition to yours: 1. Cleaning up the fuel (not just the engine's ability to burn the fuel more cleanly) is important to an overall...
I just saw it at the Tribeca Film Festival. (Unfortunately, the audience was sparse.) Chris Paine did a good Q&A after the screening. And yes, Sony did pick up...
Could this badge be hiding a multitude of sins? Word from Robert Collin at Aftonbladet this morning that GM may have thwarted Saab's Hybrid being announced as...
This is a perfect example to consider what a lost opportunity can cost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost ... {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:*...
It is almost never safe to call ANYTHING "the first". ... If it were commercially available, mass produced, etc. then you might be able to call it a qualified...
First, the interesting part: Electric energy storage is provided by a 42-cell, 300-volt lithium-ion battery bank, designed to be entirely maintenance-free...
Did anyone hear the news story on NPR about Methanol fuel cells? Right now, they are working on smallish units for hand held and laptop devices, but I can see...
Filing a patent is one thing. Getting a patent is another. There is prior art regarding mixing batteries and capacitors going back to the 19th century. Such a...
... Interesting article but read the 'fine print' at the end where it says, and I quote: "Some statements in this news release are forward-looking. These...
