Johnson Controls and Saft are opening a factory to produce advanced lithium-ion batteries for cars in a sign that electric and next-generation hybrid vehicles...
This new car is starting to become one of the best hope ever to have a real PHEV-20 on the street. Here are some extra news articles about it: BYD F6DM news ...
It's quite scary to see they copied the engine/motors position from Toyota, and even have a power split device... Chinese are indeed good at copying other's...
That's a very black picture of the F6-DM; I would rather find it logic that a company reuses the good ideas and then further improves upon them. That's how...
... The engine position seems quite different from Toyota's, as does the overall architecture, though it's hard get many details on the F6DM. It's not Toyota's...
So far I have asked two UPS drivers and one FedEx driver what they think their average total daily driving range is. About 47 miles, about 50 miles and about...
Lee, This information is not news for the people who have been around a little longer. Most delivery type vehicles in urban settings see less than 100 miles...
great minds think alike! Check out some news from ZAP ... they've worked out a deal with small deliveries using a newer modified delivery truck. TOTALLY...
An interesting look at the Auto show. I am not endorsing this sight or anything about it. http://www.greenchipstocks.com/articles/philadelphia-hybrid-show/210 ...
Thank you Cor, Thank you for the interesting link and thank you for adding your longer time perspective. Not much is real news these days. Possibly if we had...
Joao, As I said, technical details on F6DM architecture are hard to come by, but the company describes the car as being able to operate in a pure serial mode...
Is there more info available about the batteries? The only info up to now was an extract from an article stating: "Iron phosphate is reportedly used for the...
Another question that is still open and unanswered about the F6DM is the status of the engine. Can it run on bioethanol or not ? In other words, is it a...
"Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to worry about your cellphone losing its charge? How about your laptop, MP3 player, even your car?" Even your car!...
This opinion has nothing to do with real science. Conspiracy is the adventure for the small mind. ... public opinion, government, and science is a conspiracy...
This Week's EV News including A123Systems wins patent for nanomaterial battery <http://electricandhybridcars.com/index.php/pages/electriccarnews.html> Stories...
We already know which batteries work, and that the "search for Lithium" is just one more way of delaying producing Electric cars. It's a fraud and a lie to...
This Ev world article introduce an interesting repport on the future oil free transportation. http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=17746&url= Patrick...
New research into the use of wet ethanol as fuel for cars is heading in two distinct directions: The first one looks at reducing the concentration of ethanol...
... Dilute ethanol mixtures require less energy to produce, but more energy to transport. They also give away much of liquid fuels' primary advantage -- energy...
... "Rule of thumb" "folk wisdom" from 35 years ago: although you might get away with 70 or 80 proof (35% - 40%), keep your fuel alcohol above 100 proof (50%),...
Excellent points that I don't think I ever would have thought of. Almost all renewable schemes have their place. If a farmer can convert his waist cellulose...
As someone who remember gasohol, I took note of Grumpy Ole Fred's advice. And, I would suggest clarification because two different issues are being discussed....
This Week's EV News including Electric Tara is worlds cheapest car <http://electricandhybridcars.com/index.php/pages/electriccarnews.html> Stories Include: ...
It is probably not as simple as "less concentrated ethanol cost less to produce but more to transport". Somehow there must be a right balance between 20% and...
Check the note from Jeff Thomas of EV Bones attached to the first video.. "This is one of the 40 surviving EV1 electric cars built by General Motors, that had...
There is an EV1 at the Towe Auto Museum in Sacramento. I don't know if it is on the known list or not. It's a red one, VIN V536. Is the "known list" of...
