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-Jerry
- MIT has been working on using carbon nanotubes to create capacitors that are, essentially, super batteries. And, no, they aren’t using M&Ms, this is just a model to illustrate the concept.
- Make Magazine has contracted with MakingThings to create a new, relatively low cost controller kit. Looks like a nice design.
- Ran across the AC FluxDrive on the EVAlbum the other day in Bob’s Electric Minivan.
- Maybe if you hurry and get a job at the Bank of America you can get in on their new hybrid incentive program?
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- Valence is shipping four new models of their lithium batteries. “Three of the four new models are conveniently packaged in standard lead-acid sizes and operate at standard lead-acid voltage ranges.”
- The Governor of Pennsylvania wants to double hybrid rebates
- Speaking of hybrids, PC Magazine seems like an odd place to find this mini article about hybrid myths being debunked.
- Short review of some automotive breakthrough technologies.
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Separated at Birth · 31 May 06
Over the weekend I tore the rest of the fiberglass and odd parts off of Atom and took a few pictures for posterity.
I was cruising the internet the other day and ran across a cool video and pictures of a little sports car. On further consideration, and with my eyes crossed just so, I thought maybe this was what Atom was originally intended to be?
Yugo Greg, Part III · 27 May 06
Last we looked in on our intrepid electric Yugo-naut he was trying to resurrect a dying motor. Despite his near-super powers the motor had its mind set on an early retirement.
To help the cause we gave Greg a free motor (well, free except for the crazy shipping fees). He has been breathing new life into his Yugo EV since.
- David emailed earlier this week about this four bank charger from Dual Pro. Completely independent chargers that can charge individual batteries (lead: flooded, agm, or gel) in a string. Looks like there’s a variety of these multi-bank chargers. Would love to hear from anyone with experience using them. Bruce Parmenter didn’t like them for his electric blazer.
- Going from gas to electric a short news story about Reverend Gadget and Left Coast Conversions
- The Hydrogen Hoax. Speaking of this, a few folks sent a link to the news-clip making the rounds about the “water powered car.” A quick search of the internet shows that the claimed tech sounds remarkably similar to Brown’s gas. You’ll note in the news videos that they aren’t actually running the car on the HHO gas, just adding it to the existing gas fuel. There’s also no mention of how much energy was used to produce the HHO vs. how much it improved the mileage.
- BP is expecting solar cell production to double by 2008.
- Purple electric Ford Probe.
- Close out with a great photo collection of the Wrightspeed X1 Prototype. Not your Sunday-go-to-church electric car by a long shot.
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Parts Placement · 23 May 06
Excuse the somewhat lame attempt at a 3D rendering using a 2D photo editing program. Let’s call it an artist’s rendition. ‘:^)
What I am working on here is a possible approach in laying out the main electronics for Eve. Last week James recommended covering all of the firewall holes with metal plugs and, just like an echo down an empty tunnel, it bounced around my mind for the rest of the evening.
Why not cover all of the firewall?
De-Atomized · 22 May 06
Back in January a surprise gift landed on our doorway: a homemade EV.
We’d just finished our new garage, had tons of free space, and suddenly another vehicle shows up to fill the space. Obviously we’d almost fractured some time-space garage continuum by having this clean spot. Or was it simply that not only does nature abhor a vacuum it also has a thing against clean garages?
That was Atom.
- Constructing the Electric7 electric car. Also a nice collection of photos and a couple of movies on the homepage. (p.s. nice battery pack!)
- Bryan’s 1997 Honda Accord Electric Car. Looks like he didn’t have much luck with Thundersky Lithiums.
- Yeah, yeah, I know you can’t drive 55. Remember, the faster you go, the more fuel you use (w/charts).
- The Ergosphere does some back of the envelope calculations on the cost of getting more oil through drilling vs. conservation.
- The Sakura Battery Co.’s Maranello electric car.
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