You will find articles organized by categories, along with recent comments, along the right hand column of the website. If you are just getting started with the idea of converting a gas car to electric be sure to check out Your First Electric Car .
Welcome and enjoy!
-Jerry
- Good news on the Hydrogen front. Scientists have developed a method to store hydrogen in pellets until it is needed.
- Lies and damn lies, most cars tested fall way short of their sticker gas mileage, hybrids included.
“We are concerned about the differences,” Margo Oge, director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, said of our study. “I think we can do a better job to help consumers assess actual fuel economy.”
Computerized engine systems have improved efficiency, but the potential fuel savings has been traded for increased engine horsepower. Since 1981, horsepower is up 89 percent for cars and 99 percent for trucks - Consumer Reports fuel-efficient vehicle chart
- Hey, 3M is getting into the EV Battery Biz, although don’t get out your wallet yet:
When the funded program is complete near the turn of the century, 3M anticipates the new battery will offer a range of between 150 and 300 miles for an electric vehicle, compared with the 60 to 100 miles offered by current lead-acid technology. - Toyota’s challenges in the hybrid market. Like, I dunno, advertising the real gas mileage?
Shaun's Electric Car · 6 September 05
Shaun Williams converted a 2000 Toyota Echo into a battery powered electric car and documented the whole process on his web site.
- Q&A with an auto mechanics instructor.
- High gas prices also pushing alternative engines in Germany.
- Saving energy at home.
- Street Smarts, a good reason to go green.
- Wind Power on Lake Erie.
- Oil prices spur solar cell popularity
- Homemade solar still (for distilled water, that is).
Electric Car II · 4 September 05
I’d like to introduce Eve, our next electric car.
Site Features · 4 September 05
By the way, this EV weblog has a number of features and conveniences that my old EV site didn’t have (hey, it was started in 1995). Here’s a quick overview to make it easier to get around.
First off all of the entries are categorized. This makes it easy to quickly read all of the related posts. Choose a category from the Browse popup on the right side. For example all of the links that I publish are filed under the Daily Links category. The new EV conversion, Eve, will be found under My EV. Some entries will have multiple categories and I’ll probably be adding a few more. For example, when I install the controller the post would be under My EV and Controllers (a non-existant category at the moment).
At some point I’ll make a separate section where the new conversion is ordered chronologically from start to end, rather than the way weblogs usually order things, latest entry first. I’ll also try to put together an overall index for Eve’s conversion.
The Search box on the right should do what you expect: search all of the articles on the site. There are two links towards the top: RSS & Atom which makes it easy to subscribe to this site with an RSS reader. The functionality is also built into modern browsers, like Safari and Firefox.
During the first conversion I was borrowing cameras and had relatively low resolution images, plus most of us were on dial-up. Much has changed: I have my own camera, connection speeds have improved, and it’s easier to publish small thumbnail images with larger pop-up images for detail.
Of course, if you have questions or suggestions feel free to click the Contact link on the right to send an email.
- The WaveCrest Adaptive Motor. “The WaveCrest motor has ample torque to directly drive each wheel of the vehicle. In many applications the motor can be directly mounted within the wheel. Microprocessors control each motor; decision-making algorithms track and analyze vehicle performance. By identifying – instantaneously – the load requirements and delivering energy precisely, this design provides unparalleled torque and efficiency throughout the operating range.”
- Why not switch to electric?
- Wikipedia electric vehicle entry.
- Light electric cars and bikes.
Swapping Batteries · 3 September 05
Mike wrote the other day to suggest a setup where you have a couple battery packs. Instead of parking the EV to recharge you replace the drained pack with a charged one and the old pack recharges while you are away.
What about Hybrid pushers: for cars or bikes? Instead of hauling all of the unused gas components around every day you leave them at home until needed. Another reader suggests making an EV pusher for existing gas cars.