Thermotunneling Diodes The latest generation of heated and cooled seats in vehicles operate using Peltier devices that convert electricity into temperature ...
Yes I agree that historically car racing has been linked with road car development although I'm not sure the link has existed for some time. It seems to be...
We know that hybrids give roughly 40% improved fuel consumption on any vehicle. 40% of a high consumer is bound to be more than 40% of a low consumer, but...
... How much extra gasoline will the SUV burn dragging the battery pack around for the other 50% mileage? And how much carbon was thrown into the air...
Kewl stuff... ... But why does everyone assume the only way to power stuff is by burning some fuel? Gas, Diesel, NG, LP, Hydrogen... Can't we just get our...
... You are quite right, on the other hand. Imagine it's an entirely battery electric SUV, similar to the EV-Ranger or RAV4-EV... How much extra gasoline will...
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It is true that racing it not used to advance auto engineering as it once was. But at this point I’ll take anything and will remain open to any methods to...
Do you think you could ask that expert about the recycling process involved for Li-ion batteries? I'm curious if it's closer to Lead or NiMH in cost and...
NiO(OH) is not really soluble (it wouldn't be an active electrode material in a aqueous cell otherwise). And the main reaction in a NiMH is basically around...
As a matter of historical record, when it comes to plug-in hybrids, Toyota was the principal opponent. In the late 1990s it successfully fought California's...
Actually we do need to burn things for energy. We have a huge number of very efficient, self renewing, photo-chemical collectors operating world wide right now...
Hi, Good article Lee. Tanks. Dual mode hybrids are the clear next step. Being able to use grid electricity as well as gas is a clear advantage to reduce our...
Very true. What comes down in the future needs to be better then what went down in the past. Bio fuels will play a role along with other options. The result...
Hi Hank and all Legislation is unnecessary. Peak-oil will do the job nicely. And, it is likely to be discontinuous. This, this result of suddenly decreasing...
... I would argue that our current level of technology enables us to Not Burn things for energy, there are other ways to get work done. We used to Need to...
"per-capita energy consumption in Western Europe is one-half of that in the US. How do you like that choice?" This is because car tire and oil companies...
Hello, Jerry from Prius-Europe has provided this interesting article from this week's Autocar magazine about the forthcoming Mercedes S class hybrid: ...
Actually, just the energy consumption of human transport, although a quite large portion, don't account for that kind of difference. The european continent is...
... heating system ... The method of heating is less an issue than square footage. US dwellings have on average twice as much area as European ones, thus ...
(First the invitation, then the explanation...please feel free to forward this to Bay Area people as appropriate.) We could use some help Friday afternoon and...
... Not in any meaningful way.. it's actually simpler where it needs to me. The Toyota hybrid system transfers complexity from the mechanical system to...
Hello, A great news was released by Toyota Wednesday. Toyota will also produce the Prius in China trough an agreament with FAW, China's biggest car producer. ...
Hi, There is Peter Sinz in Puerto Rico who is planning to upgrade a Prius to battery plug in. He imported a RAV4-EV from California, and is happily driving it...
This is the DailerChrysler Sprinter program, which was (finally) officialy announced today: http://www.epri.com/highlights.asp?objid=295753 ... -- -- -- --...
http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/2005/prius/key_features/launch_faq.html (or get there from http://www.prius.com/ click on Prius in-depth then FAQ They've always...
The fact that Toyota is acknowledging the issue is good. This has to start someplace and I will take this negative statement from Toyota as a positive start. ...
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