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-Jerry
Dash Free! · 2 November 05
A still life of fuse and wire, circa 1990 Ford Probe.
You must view it in full to appreciate the subtlety and depth of character bestowed within. There is a sublime sense of self that washes over the viewer. None of the trite vulgarities found in today’s modernistic attempts at expression.
Surely the artist has transcended his origins, his dauntless energy and ferocious curiosity propelling him beyond the bourgeois and downtrodden existence that so dramatically shaped his early years.
It also looks like he rides the clutch a bit…
- Gordon’s Ridek, swappable battery platform concept. More, here.
- IT is electric
- Solar Thermal Cooling
- Alternative energy is civil defense
- For bikes, but still interesting: disc brake adaptors
- Frappr!, the global map of people, companies and organizations for electric transportation.
Gutting for Fun and Profit · 1 November 05
First off a correction. Nathan, another Probe owner, sent an email letting me know that what I thought was the ECU under the passenger seat is in fact the 20 watt stereo amp. Well, that would explain the pathetic chip count!
Turns out the ECU or ECA or whatever it is called is behind the dash, up along the firewall area with the huge bundle of fuel injection cables leading right to it. I yanked it out last night, popped open the case, and indeed it looks like an on-board computer ought to look. I’ll post a pic soon.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
- ZAP is working on a new electric car in conjunction with a Brasil auto manufacturer.
- The Pope’s new electric car is a GEM (with finely crafted leather seats)!
- GM to make hybrids in China?
- Fuel efficient drivers to be ticketed with free gas cards (by a hybrid “patrol” SUV). I suppose they won’t be pulling over any EVs?
- Pickup trucks get better mileage with the tailgate up. (link via metroMPG)
Electronics for Dogs VI · 31 October 05
- The Lynch Motor ENV (Emissions Neutral Vehicle) fuel cell powered bike.
- Yamaha’s radical electric motorcyles
- The PACKY Electronic moped transporter (scroll down a bit)
- ETS of New York’s electric scooters, bikes, and neighborhood EV.
- The EVT electric scooter
- Vehicle to Grid Power
- Online IGBT Inverter Design Calculator
- Using a Toyota Prius as your house backup power supply.
- An EV Controller with bi-directional grid interface ($$)
- What is going on (inside) when driving a Prius.
- Toyota Prius Simulator
- More Prius Info than you can imagine…
- The EVA/DC build an EV guide.
- EV heater comparisons – What’s the best way to heat an EV?
- Honda making progress on Hybrid using an HCCI Engine. More info on HCCI or Detonation engines:
- Detonation Engine theory
- Wiki entry for HCCI Engine
- Chemistry of the internal combustion engine