... Interesting. Sodium Sulphur batteries had to operate at high temperature, and are no longer being considered as a viable battery. Lithium is very closely...
I attended the SAE Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium February 9-10. Menahem Anderman of Advanced Automotive Batteries gave a presentation called Energy...
Thanks for that Ed. Was there much interest in hydraulic transmissions? and hydraulic accumulator systems? I must admit I'd be interested to see the warranty...
I failed to mention that Menahem Anderman believes the best you can expect for NiMH battery life is 7 years, and 5 years may be the average. The EPA gave a...
... I'm hearing that the Toyota has been virtually trouble free with the exception of aux. battery problems. Ben __________________________________ Do you...
... FWIW, I have an '01 Prius. It had two major repairs in less than 31,000 miles (steering rack replacement, accelerator pedal assembly failure). We were...
Hi Linda - is that an electric steering rack? I'd really like to have a Prius, but my miserly driving pattern would make it ridiculously expensive (60 miles a...
... Yes, the steering rack is electric. There's a guy on the Insight list, who has an Insight in Hawaii... he's adding about 1200 miles a year to his car! :) I...
Very interesting high mileage concept car. There are a few drawbacks, but it provides an interesting platform for experimentation. Take a look if you are...
WE The People Party http://www.wethepeople-wtp.org/ (EV stuff near the bottom).They do have a good platform and they are in all 50 states. Environmental...
Hello Everyone, Just want to let everyone know we have a website up now. Please feel free to look around and let us know of any improvements that we can make...
Fanstastic! Any estimated retail price? What about a side-by-side cost comparison with the gas Smart, with a Prius, a Cavalier (or equivalent compact), and an...
Hi Ivan, Nice looking site. Surely you could save weight by dumping the gearbox and using two smaller motors with small gear or belt reduction drives? Would it...
pps we make the Micro car here which may be a far cheaper basis for an electric. http://www.microcars.lk/ We also have a good electronics industry here that...
How will you deal with ZAP's exclusive rights on the Smart? http://www.zapworld.com/about/news/news_smart200.asp "... ZAP holds exclusive license from...
Andre, did you read that link? "ZAP is not affiliated with, or authorized by, smart gmbh, the manufacturer of SMART automobiles, or the smartUSA division of ...
Vancouver Elec Vehicle Assn EVent June 11, bring dead ebike batteries Hundreds of electric vehicles, including automobiles, neighborhood electric vehicles,...
Hmmm. This link from the article has more meat: http://www.oilendgame.org/ExecutiveSummary.html Primary problems: 1. The American people are, by and large,...
Well, that's one way of looking at it. My attitude is that the 2005 dollar price for a barrel of oil in 73-80 was around $270. Roughly the American economy was...
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for this link. ... oil use 17% ... Persian Gulf ... from the ... decade. ... stopping ... transportation ... produce ... policy ...
NEW CAR UNDER DEVELOPMENT I'm studying industrial design right now. I'm spearheading a new project. We're developing an affordable car, ultra-energy...
for high torque and efficiency, I'd have gone with a diesel. Mass- specific and volume-specific power tend to be worse with a diesel than with a gasoline...
Uh... I realize I should have said HP, not torque. Sorry all! Haven't made calculations yet for exact needed power... but to give an order of size, I estimate...
You want to keep the weight of the wheels down. The suspensions work better with lighter wheels (less inertia, sticks better to the road). Wheels and...
... work ... road). Got any objective data on that? ... Really. Weigh a 13" to 16" steel wheel. Weigh an aluminium wheel of the same size. Let me know what you...
Engines tend not to be at their most efficient when running flat out - a typical petrol engine is most efficient when running at half its redline speed, at...
Greg, Why would they be the same? Bicycle aluminum rims are about half the weight of steel equivalents, and stronger when yuo get the better heat treated ones....
perhaps useful: http://www.wheelweights.net/ ... equivalents, and stronger when yuo get the better heat treated ones. ... resistance, that aluminum wheels...
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