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Gardner L Harris
gardnerh@...
Dec 12, 2000 8:58 am
Michelin makes the Proxima RRs in various but only the size for the EV-1 have the puncture sealant in them....
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David Roden (Akron OH...
roden@...
Dec 12, 2000 7:50 am
... What size tires does it take? Michelin makes an EV specialty tire, the Proxima RR, for the Peugeot 106 electric, which is sold in Europe. This is the...
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Peter Belden
pbelden@...
Dec 11, 2000 11:15 pm
I've had my Force for 11 months and just got a flat. Probably my fault for driving on a tire that was low. The side started to wear out. Anyway, now I...
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brucedp@...
Dec 11, 2000 4:00 am
ref http://www.crest.org/ev-list-archive/msg16745.html Contact CARB and let them know your views http://www.arb.ca.gov/html/contact.htm ... Get free...
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brucedp@...
Dec 11, 2000 1:42 am
... At the EAA Board meeting on Saturday, I was made aware that an EAA membership at this time would be a bargain (thus one could say it would make a good...
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brucedp@...
Dec 8, 2000 11:50 pm
Proposal Undercuts Electric Car By LEON DROUIN KEITH 12/08/2000 AP Online Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. LOS ANGELES (AP) -...
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brucedp@...
Dec 8, 2000 11:48 pm
Proposal Undercuts Electric Car By LEON DROUIN KEITH 12/08/2000 AP Online Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. LOS ANGELES (AP) -...
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Mike Thompson
mike.thompson@...
Dec 8, 2000 11:36 pm
KPIX Channel 5 5-6pm, 6:30-7pm San Jose, CA Bay area If you're not interested in TV coverage of EVs / renewable power, please delete now. I apologize for the...
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Tom Hudson
tomhudson@...
Dec 8, 2000 4:52 am
... I'm about to start the process of converting our 156V lead-acid Force to nicads. I'm going to leverage Solectria's knowledge of nicads to get the job done...
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David Roden (Akron OH...
roden@...
Dec 7, 2000 9:52 pm
... This is still puzzling. The liquid cooling is ~not~ that difficult to implement. Think Norway is doing it with no trouble. Not sure about Peugeot, but I...
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jim montgomery
monty@...
Dec 7, 2000 6:46 pm
Dave, I spoke with Janice at Solectria about a variety of things. She gave me a little more info on the NiCad situation. Sounds like they had increased the...
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Phillips R&D Analytic...
grs@...
Dec 6, 2000 8:04 pm
We're enjoying our new iBook immensely, especially being able to wirelessly share the drives of the other (much older) Macs in the house. But we have found...
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Mark L Villemaire
villemaire@...
Dec 5, 2000 2:10 pm
Hi Jim: I drive 25 miles to work. 2 miles back roads, then 19 miles interstate, then 4 miles back roads. I didn't start using this route until the end of...
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Noel Adams
anbausa@...
Dec 5, 2000 12:37 am
Don't forget that the NiCADs are also 100% recyclable. ... _______________________________________________________________________ Free Unlimited Internet...
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David Roden (Akron OH...
roden@...
Dec 5, 2000 12:20 am
... That's surprising and disappointing. The watering system is ~not~ complicated. It involves plastic hoses which connect each module to the next, right next...
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Phillips R&D Analytic...
grs@...
Dec 4, 2000 10:51 pm
... sluggish. ... That sounds low to me. The Solectria flyers say 100 miles at 45 MPH. How's the heat management system work on the NIMH Force? Are there...
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Noel Adams
anbausa@...
Dec 4, 2000 9:16 pm
I believe that GM sold their share of Ovonic to Texaco. Kind of out of the frying pan into the fire. ... ...
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Noel Adams
anbausa@...
Dec 4, 2000 9:14 pm
35-40 miles seems very low for NiMH. That is the sort of range I would expect from Lead Acid. However, NiMH does degrade with age and it appears that some of...
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jim montgomery
monty@...
Dec 4, 2000 9:11 pm
Thanks to everyone for the responses. I appreciate the reliability and ease of upgrade experiences. Helps put my mind more at ease since I will have to do...
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Mark L Villemaire
villemaire@...
Dec 4, 2000 6:22 pm
Hi All, I'm presently driving a Force with NiMH. I also got a price list from Solectria abount 6 months ago. Car with Lead $30,000, with NiCAD $40,000 and...
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David Roden (Akron OH...
roden@...
Dec 4, 2000 4:26 pm
... Are they still using Ovonic NiMH? Last time I checked (it's been a year or two), these were in very limited production, and pretty scary in the price...
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Bill Passman
bpassman@...
Dec 4, 2000 1:49 pm
I drove my '93 force for 2 1/2 years with no problems at all. They make a very reliable product. The controllers are built to last. I only had to change...
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Peter Belden
pbelden@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:41 am
Jim- I can add another good work about Solectria customer service. I've had my lead-acid force for just under a year and the only problem has been that the...
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Tom Hudson
tomhudson@...
Dec 4, 2000 1:51 am
... Yes, the major components are made by the Swiss company, Brusa. Solectria has done an excellent job of making their cars VERY easy to service, using nuts...
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monty@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:32 pm
Hi All, My name is Jim Montgomery and I live in Redondo Beach, CA (about 25 miles south of Los Angeles). I've been driving EVs since 1992. My first EV was a...
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Noel Adams
anbausa@...
Nov 30, 2000 8:19 pm
CARB has come out with guidelines for application to funds under AB 2061. They list most of the usual suspects as eligible vehicles, including the Solectria...
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Noel Adams
anbausa@...
Nov 27, 2000 1:07 am
AC propulsion is trying to get an idea of the amount of demand there is for EVs. They have set up a survey at their website...
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BECKETT,WILL (HP-Palo...
Will_Beckett@...
Nov 23, 2000 4:39 am
Thanks for the feedback Tom. Did the show in October for CNX Media. They do financial programs for Quicken. You will notice they try not to talk about the...
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Tom Hudson
tomhudson@...
Nov 22, 2000 9:49 pm
FYI, Will Beckett made it onto the local TV news here in Wisconsin last week -- It must have been a news report done by a station in California that the local...
