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-Jerry
Tokyo Auto Show · 12 October 05
There’s a collection of alternative fueled vehicle and, perhaps, alternative universe (i.e. goofy) cars being shown at the Tokyo auto show.
Suzuki is showing the Ionis, a high-tech front-wheel drive minivan powered by fuel cell and electric motor. It uses steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire, which permits a flexible seating arrangement: the driver seat can be moved along with the other seats. “Everyone move, Daddy wants to drive from the back today.” The Ionis can also download music directly from the Internet via a public LAN service and pick up satellite TV stations.
Subaru is showing something called a boxer-hybrid: a turbo parallel hybrid powertrain, a new all-wheel-drive hybrid system bolted to a 2.0-liter Miller cycle turbo engine, the B5 is expected to produce more than 300 hp. Mitsubishi is showing an electric car and of course by now you’ve see the Pivo electric from Nissan…a lazy susan on wheels.
[via Edmunds]
- Electric Car Charging on I-80 in Truckee.
- Someone sent an email link to these surplus batteries. Anyone heard of them used in an EV? They also have a variety of surplus electric parts.
- Getting to be that time of year, how about an electric snowblower?
Electronics for Dogs III · 11 October 05
- More information on next years energy tax breaks, still nothing for EVs…dang.
- The Killacycle. Not sure if this is old news, but here’s some info on their AC drive.
- Battery metering, including building your own.
- When the world’s got ya down, Turbo-charge it!
Electronics for Dogs II · 10 October 05
- Lead acid batteries are still being improved upon.
- What are all the methods of storing energy?
- Hybrid blogging tour of Washington State.
- Letter to the Editor. “Meanwhile, electric chargers at several suburban train stations, and one in my garage, are all that remain, symbols of America’s failing energy policy.”
- Solar Village. “The living area has deep cardboard recliners, crushed sunflower hull tables and personal air conditioning tubes to “create micro-atmospheres,” said the spokeswoman, communications student Shana Lerner, 25.
Electronics for Dogs · 9 October 05
Throughout the conversion process I probably toss around a lot of jargon that is unfamiliar. And it isn’t just because I’m making things up, although that is certainly a big part of it. There’s automotive parts and techniques that might be new and of course the whole “electric car” portion can seem like really complex electronics.
But an electric car isn’t all that hard to understand once you grasp a few electronic basics. In fact at its very simplest an EV isn’t that much different from the circuits in a light dimmer or a remote control toy car.
Here’s a fun little series of electronics primers, presented by Zeke and his friends. Hopefully it will be useful for those who haven’t cracked open an electronics book or who have tried and failed to understand the wiring diagrams in the back of a car’s how-to manual.
Read Electronics for Dogs Part I
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Electronics for Dogs I · 9 October 05