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-Jerry
Have 10mm will travel · 14 November 05
This image depicts:
A) The very latest in dog fence technology
B) A dog thinking inside the box
C) The last of Eve’s fuel line, removed and then stretched out on the ground with a standard ZMU for reference.
D) All of the above
BZZZZZZZTTTTT!!!!
Time is up. Put down your pencils and pass your tests forward please.
- Panasonic EV Energy, here’s the battery I want a bunch of for Christmas.
- Details about the newest, and most efficient Honda Hybrid
- UQM Technologies Vehicle Propulsion
- Electric vs. Gas car cost comparison calculator
- What happens when you accidentally over-rev and blow up a Warp-9 electric motor commutator?
- Speaking of motors, J. Massey has some pics up of his EV motor, mounted and opened up for inspection. He’s converting a ‘78 Daihatsu pickup.
- Black October in the Auto Industry, part I and part II.
- Detroit is rediscovering that mileage matters, “After two decades of high-octane growth in horsepower and heft, Detroit is painfully rediscovering the eat-your-peas merits of fuel economy.”
- For those of you in the Novato, CA area the November NBEAA meeting will be tomorrow, Sunday.
- EVConvert reader, Richard has been busy doing his own EV research and passes along the following conversion links:
- Brad’s Tropica (very interesting battery pack!) and Bradley GT
- Bill’s Mazda Miata
- Mark’s Karmaan Ghia.
- I only found one new EV conversion: Ricky’s Saturn
- Winter’s coming, how about Bio-diesel home heating (TH)
James May's Metro EV · 11 November 05
A month ago I got an email from James May. James lives in Coventry, England and was getting ready to purchase a second hand Electric Car conversion from a local EV supplier.
It’s a 1991 Rover Metro. I’m not sure if that’s him sitting there or not.
The EV needed a new set of batteries and according to James the supplier wanted to fit the EV up with gel/fibremat sealed batteries (AGM). After doing some research, here and elsewhere, he decided to stick with regular lead acid batteries.
- The first production Electric Sports Car: Fétish. Featuring Intel management of the on-board 7,200 lithiums. Here’s a link to the company page with specifications (heavy flash).
- See a plug-in hybrid Prius in Seattle on Monday the 14th, 12:30 at the Seattle Civic Plaza. The City of Seattle is considering joining the National Plug-in Hybrid Campaign, which is being led by the Mayor of Austin.
- Speaking of which ElectroEnergy picked up $1.5 million for their bi-polar NiMH battery work, which they plan to use for plug-in hybrids.
- Students working to create first the world’s first hybrid electric 1932 Ford Roadster spearheaded by Brent Singleton.
- The art of the Electric Snowmobile
- McGill University Electric Snowmobile Team
- Utah State Electric Snowmobile
- The Green snowmobile
- Let us not forget The 600-lb. Cordless Electric Snow Shovel
Housekeeping · 9 November 05
Been working on Eve’s wiring a bit this week, clearing out the unused wires and cleaning up the rest of it. It’s a big task and I’ll post more details in a couple of days. I also have pictures and a bit of info from a new EV owner, James, which I’ll try to post soon.
Also wrapping up a big project at work so my mind has been a bit preoccupied.
Oh, and then there’s that other big project…