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...
Timmi, I really dont want to be negative, but I have a few comments. Rumours are that VW is stopping production of the Lupo. Maybe you dont know this one in...
Thanks for the good information. I am not a metallurgist nor a mechanic, keeping the weight of non- suspended mass down is simply common sense to me. Bugatti...
So under all the bluster you have no concrete information. Thought so. That's OK, I realise that not everyone has access to real information, I'm just pointing...
I don't want to seem negative, so the remarks given are just my opinion, based of my understanding of the vehicle problem we humans face. For the last 2 years...
I like the idea of the brakes being attached to the other end of the joints... I was thinkin of that... But I think I found the best way to get rid of dead...
Hi Ed, Apparently, you will only recover, on average, a 5% fuel savings when using the electric motor to recover energy when braking, and to help send that...
Convert the Ego to a 30MPH electric scooter, 15-minute fast charge The Ego-2 costs only $1,100 retail. It can be modded to 30MPH with 36 volts and chain-drive...
Timm, In city driving, recovering braking energy is the best way to save energy. That is why the city mileage figure is less than the highway rating. Even when...
Yea, Bugatti thought of that too. To explain why his cars had such poor breaks, he use to reply: there are drivers that stop in front of obstacles, and drivers...
... Engine torque&speed vs time data exists. The ECUs on at least some (if not all) modern buses and trucks log this information and it can be downloaded by a...
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