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-Jerry
- Chinese microcar, the MyCar. The MyCar will come in both a gasoline or diesel version (the fuel used is unclear—the MyCar website refers to it as an “explosion-engine version”) and an electric version, and will sell for €6,500, or about US$7,000. [via GCC]
- Hybrids with Li-Ion in the Tank. “It’s easy to see the attraction of lithium-ion for auto makers. Li-ion cells are smaller, lighter, and more powerful than NiMH batteries. If manufacturers can bring prices down—a vital consideration since batteries account for over a third of the cost of hybrid systems—there’s every reason to believe that Li-ion will supplant NiMH as they have in laptops and other electronic gadgets.” Amen, brother, Eve will take a few too!


Who Killed the Electric Car? · 25 January 06
David Dymaxion got a chance to see an early showing of the movie, Who Killed the Electric Car? at this week’s Sundance Film Festival.
David posted a review of the film to the Electric Vehicle Discussion List and I asked for permission to re-post it here for those who don’t follow the list.
- Nanomotors that run on sunlight. “While the nanomotor is less efficient than some fuel-powered engines—it has an efficiency of only 2 to 12 percent—the researchers point out that it doesn’t need refueling and that sunlight is free.” Harnessing this “free power” might be a bit of a challenge seeing that 3.8 million of them, end to end, span the width of a penny.
- Video of the Wrightspeed X1 in action.

- Tiny Tim, seven inch motor powering the OrangeCrush electric motorcycle. Check out the comparison to the inside of a 9” ADC motor.
- John has started converting a 1958 Harley Davidson Servi-car.
- 502kmh/311mph on the Japanese Maglev (Google Video)
- Valence has expanded its Lithium lineup. Also available is a matching battery management system and battery discharge indicator (fuel gauge?). Oddly, they still haven’t shipped a 144vdc pack for us to test! ”:^)
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- Wasting energy standing by. “Britons waste the equivalent of around two power stations’ worth of electricity each year by leaving TV sets and other gadgets on standby.”
- Dashboard computer candidate? Old 486 Futitsu Tablet PCs for $59-$99. (8MB Ram…wooo hooo!) Surplus Sales also has a pile-o-motors and meters (250 amp shunt for $25)
- Energy Blog has a follow-up article on flow batteries, this one featuring Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
- John’s Prius Site. I must say this is one of the more extensive, exhaustively documented car sites out there. Well done!
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- NEC organic radical battery technology.
- Article covering Firefly’s battery advances (PDF file) [link from James]

- Bosch wins prize for it’s Flex Fuel Engine Management System.
- Nano-based Lithium Batteries or hybrids a step closer
- Prime Minister’s Electric Dream confuses car makers.
- A real-time display of New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) energy prices. (which appears to be IE centric)
- Free parking in Salt Lake City for eco friendly vehicles.
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- Thanks to Darin for the tip on Zenn’s NEV. It’s a NEV/LSV (neighborhood EV or low speed vehicle) and laws vary from state to state. Click Zenn’s legislation map to find out what your state’s rules are. They have a page of videos. BTW, the picture isn’t the ZENN but a Dauphine Electric found elsewhere on their site.
- The space-iest looking hybrid design goes to Accelerated Composites for their diesel hybrid concept. Looking more like an attenuated jet fighter cockpit the aerodynamic design is claimed to achieve 330 MPG.
- If you somehow got tickets to Sundance this year be sure to check out the film, Who Killed the Electric Car. (Jan 19-29, 2006)
- Smoke detectors and the Radioactive Boyscout


