Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Eloise is the cutest solar + electric vehicle ambassador (v)
Makes perfect sense, after every hour they are producing 2 kW more, so after 10 hours they are producing 20 kW, after 1000 hrs, 2 MW! In NZ we have this kind of mistake on TV, from our energy conservation authority, EECA! They just seem incapable of understanding the basic science, They employ mainly people with political expertise, not engineers. What chance do politicians or even business stand of making the right legislative decisions when this is the standard of their thinking. I get really frustrated... -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator via EV Sent: Monday, 22 February 2016 7:16 a.m. To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Eloise is the cutest solar + electric vehicle ambassador (v) "Right now we're generating 2 kilowatts per hour at my house." Good grief. Who wrote that script? Will his or her next one say that the writer's ICEV's engine produces 250 horsepower per hour? David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Eloise is the cutest solar + electric vehicle ambassador (v)
"Right now we're generating 2 kilowatts per hour at my house." Good grief. Who wrote that script? Will his or her next one say that the writer's ICEV's engine produces 250 horsepower per hour? David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
[EVDL] L2 3kW 'Spark Plugs' EVSE @phone_boxes.au, some also offer WiFi
http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/243817
Spark plugs in phone box electric car charging stations
17 February, 2016 Fuseworks MediaFuseworks Media
In an Australasian first, Spark announced today it is piloting the use of
Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers fitted to phone boxes near Auckland, a move
the company has dubbed ‘Spark Plugs’.
Spark Plugs give electric vehicle drivers the ability to ‘top-up’ their car
batteries at selected phone boxes, extending their car’s range and combating
‘range anxiety’ - the fear that you won’t be able to reach your destination,
one of the main obstacles to widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Spark
Plugs will help make planning long distance trips easier, with more places
to plug in and recharge along the way.
Spark Ventures CEO Rod Snodgrass said, "Using our lovely phone boxes as
top-up charging stations is an incredibly innovative and modest idea, and
yet another way to breathe new life into the humble phone box which has a
reputation of being a bit out of date. More than a thousand of them are now
WiFi hotspots too, which was another Australasian first, so they’re quickly
becoming a kind of ‘digital Swiss army knife’.
"More importantly, this piece of kiwi ingenuity is another part of Spark’s
commitment to New Zealand. As the number of electric vehicles rises we
imagine the possibility of a network of EV chargers all around the country,
connected to thousands of public phone boxes, helping unleash the incredible
potential of the electric vehicle community.
"We are proud to be playing a small part in the growing electric vehicle
movement in New Zealand - every little bit makes a difference to our future.
Electric vehicle drivers justifiably feel good about doing their bit for the
environment, and we want to help that feeling last a little longer.
Five phone boxes near Auckland are part of the Spark Plugs pilot, with three
already converted and operational at:
- Waiwera Road, by the Waiwera Thermal Resort
- Waitakaruru Country Store car park, Waitakaruru, State Highway 25
- Prescotts Garages, Kopu-Hikuai Road, Hikuai, State Highway 25A
Two more will be coming online shortly:
- Waipu Pharmacy, The Centre, Waipu
- Wellsford - either at the Memorial Park or at another site on SH1,
depending on consents.
They will also be listed on Plugshare - a crowdsourcing app that plots
charging stations all over the world. The pilot will run through to the end
of April 2016, and if it’s successful, Spark will look at expanding the
network, provided the necessary permissions and consents are obtained.
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Spark plugs in phone box electric car charging stations
17 February 2016
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http://www.spark.co.nz/plug
SparkPlug
How to use SparkPlug:
- Find a SparkPlug charging phone box location on www.plugshare.com
- Drive up next to the phone box in your Electric Vehicle
- Remove the SAE J1772 Electrical Vehicle connector from its storage cradle
- Open the charging port on your Electric Vehicle and plug the SparkPlug
connector into your car
- Charging will start
SparkPlug currently supports around 20A of charging capacity
Sparkplug Terms of Use
SparkPlug is available to use for free for a limited time only.
Only use SparkPlug to charge your own electric vehicle (EV).
Use SparkPlug responsibly, safely, fairly and at your own risk.
Return SparkPlug safely to storage cradle when you’re finished.
SparkPlug is not suitable for excessive use, or as your primary EV charger.
Your EV must have current WOF and registration to use SparkPlug.
Spark does not guarantee electricity availability, uninterrupted service or
compatibility with your EV.
Spark will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of
SparkPlug.
Spark may stop providing SparkPlug, apply charges to the use of SparkPlug,
or change these terms, at any time.
These terms don’t impact any rights you may have under the Consumer
Guarantees Act 1993 or Fair Trading Act 1986.
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[EVDL] EVLN: Eloise is the cutest solar + electric vehicle ambassador (v)
http://cleantechnica.com/2016/02/15/is-this-the-cutest-solar-ev-spokesperson-ever/
Is This The Cutest Solar + EV Spokesperson Ever?
February 15th, 2016 Derek Markham
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Drive Green With Eloise
SunPower Feb 9, 2016
Some things just go better together, like electric vehicles and clean solar
energy from SunPower. Learn more about going solar with a special offer from
Ford and SunPower. www.sunpower.com/drivegreen.
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When it comes to marketing the concept of combining a home solar system and
an electric car, this spokesperson really knocks it out of the park. She
might be young, but she’s wise beyond her years, at least when it comes to
realizing that some things just go better together, such as peanut butter
and jelly, or an electric car and solar panels.
Eloise is quite the solar electric car ambassador, isn’t she?
As you just heard in the video, a collaboration between SunPower and Ford
Motor Company can garner you a rebate plus a sizable donation to the largest
and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the US. With
the Drive Green For Life program, the purchase or lease of a Ford EV or
plug-in hybrid and the purchase or lease of a SunPower solar array can put a
$750 rebate back in your pocket, while the Sierra Club will receive a $500
donation. This deal isn’t limited to new Ford EV buyers, either, as current
owners can also take advantage of this ‘driving on sunshine’ package.
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[EVDL] EVLN: Nissan e-NV200 Electric-van as portable air quality lab.uk
http://evfleetworld.co.uk/news/2016/Feb/Nissan-e-NV200-becomes-a-portable-air-quality-lab/0438023739
Nissan e-NV200 becomes a portable air quality lab
17 Feb 2016 Alex Grant
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The electric van offers high-sensitivity air quality measurement, without
contributing to local pollution levels The electric van offers
high-sensitivity air quality measurement, without contributing to local
pollution levels
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A Gloucestershire-based company has completed the first pilot study using
its new rentable mobile air quality laboratory, fitted to a Nissan e-NV200
electric van.
Enviro Technology Services, in Stroud, is making its Air Quality Monitoring
Vehicle (nicknamed the ‘Smogmobile’) available for local authorities and
private companies to hire, for quick, low-cost analysis of pollution in
specific areas.
The Smogmobile takes measurements each minute, logging them against GPS
co-ordinates, and is said to be more sensitive, more accurate and faster
than the UK’s 133 national air quality monitoring network stations.
It’s hoped that this will enable users to identify pollution hotspots,
analyse air quality at head and pushchair height and monitor the boundaries
of industrial sites, without emitting any additional pollutants at the point
of use.
Duncan Mounsor, Managing Director of Enviro Technology Services, said: “Air
pollution causes more than 50,000 deaths a year in the UK and costs the
economy billions. We have developed the Air Quality Monitoring Vehicle to
give local authorities and researchers a powerful new tool to plan action to
clean up our air and tackle one of our greatest public health challenges.”
The pilot study, which analysed air quality during a drive between Reading
and Waterloo Bridge via central London, showed some parts of the capital
were exposed to almost twice the NOx levels permitted by EU law (however,
the latter stipulates per-hour exposure, rather than brief periods). It also
highlighted that NOx is 21% higher inside a car with closed windows than it
is outside.
Commenting on the study, Dr Ben Barratt, Lecturer in Air Quality Science at
King’s College London, said: “These initial findings highlight the urgent
need for further investigation into the health risks faced by motorists and
their passengers. It is especially important to understand the impacts of
air pollution on professional motorists such as taxi and lorry drivers, who
spend many hours behind the wheel each day.”
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[EVDL] EVLN: 100hp Electric wheel-motor drives give 2nd life to farm tractors
'ATC Aims to be the Tesla for Tractors' 'Variable frequency drive' http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/general/news/leap-of-faith-to-tractor-autonomy/2751611.aspx Leap of faith to tractor autonomy 21 Feb, 2016 TOM MCKENNY [images http://static.fairfaxrural.com.au/multimedia/images/crop/450x0/2156593.jpg An ATC electric drive tractor ready for delivery to US based cooperative farming group Family Farms http://static.fairfaxrural.com.au/multimedia/images/crop/450x0/2156594.jpg ATC's AutoDrive technology retro-fitted to a tractor for development work http://static.fairfaxrural.com.au/multimedia/images/crop/450x0/2156595.jpg A closer look at ATC's diesel electric drive system, eDrive, retrofitted to a tractor ] The transition to an autonomous tractor would require a giant leap of faith from any farmer, so US based Autonomous Tractor Corporation’s work is focused on introducing its groundbreaking technology in a phased way. That will put to rest any idea of automated tractors running amok any time soon, but also ensure the technology is well proven in real field work. ATC’s exciting technology takes in several phases with the development of a suitable electric drive system the first step toward a fully autonomous tractor, followed by the application of a laser radio navigation system to provide better in-paddock control than what’s offered by GPS. The eDrive electric drive system was developed to resolve issues with trying to automate a mechanical drive tractor - there’s just not the level of control available. “Trying to take today’s (tractor) technology and make it better or autonomous is not the path to go down,” ATC’s CEO Kraig Schulz explained. “You can’t control a mechanical drive train with the sense and precision needed to make it autonomous - leaving out the fact they are expensive and inefficient. “An electric system is drive by wire so we can tell you with a high degree of precision exactly what is going on from the cabin down to the dirt, it's the feedback you need for control. There’s also issues with how you apply the brakes, change gears or shift the transmission. The list of things that would have to be mechanically actuated is long - and so is the work and cost and you’d still end up with something that is both manual and autonomous. ATC discovered quickly there was no existing electric drive suitable to autonomous operation so set about developing their own. The company’s concept autonomous tractor, the Spirit, presents too many commercial issues, Mr Schulz said. “There’s no cab, it can’t be operated manually, you’d never be able to drive it down the road, would it suit every application a farmer wants of a tractor you’re not going to be able to do with a fully autonomous tractor?. “It’s a vision of where things can go but it is not very practical. “By going to an aftermarket fit we solve a lot of problems,” he said. It becomes a viable option to re-birth an existing tractor compared to buying new or re-building and hoping the costs don’t add up too quickly. “This gives you a third option. It’ll cost about half of what a new tractor would cost… and it will last for 20 years.” “We have a philosophy that a farmer wants to be eased out of the cab, not kicked out. By nature they are sceptical and conservative and for good reason. Our approach will give them confidence over time as you add various capabilities to the tractor. The first step is the electric drive. “You can realise benefits immediately and then you add a better autosteer which uses our navigation technology not GPS, they can see there’s no dead spots, no drift and it has the accuracy but I’m still sitting in the cab. “You can then add in the safety aspects and keep adding the functionality so that in some reasonable timeframe you’re not going to steer it anymore and can confidently step out of the cab. Of course it has implications for the farming operation, the implements chosen - it's not going to be an overnight revolution with cabinless autonomous tractors taking over farms. “It's going to be much more an evolution, so our approach is to lead and pace that rather than trying to dump it on them all at once. ATC is fitting eDrive to tractors now. Some of the tech for AutoDrive is done and some is most of the way there, and some is still in development, Mr Schulz said. “The safety technology is finished; the navigation technology is in two parts - one is the control side which is worked out and the navigation side is cutting new ground. “GPS will never power an autonomous vehicle. the accuracy, reliability and repeatability are the factors that matter and there are deficiencies in each area at present that would compromise autonomous operation. “What do you do then? Mr Schulz asks. “We know our laser radio navigation technology works, we’ve field tested it. We are getting the accuracy down all the time and we need to get it down to +/- 1” accuracy as our design target. The laser element of the
[EVDL] EVLN: Cheaper.cn EVs 2B sold in Australia
http://www.caradvice.com.au/416731/byd-e6-chinese-electric-vehicle-could-be-coming-to-australia/
BYD E6: Chinese electric vehicle could be coming to Australia
[20160216] Paul Maric
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The Chinese BYD E6 all-electric vehicle could be on its way to Australia in
the near future, if a recent registration with a government regulatory
website is a preview of things to come.
The registration details suggest that Chinese car maker BYD Automotive could
be within a year of launching a vehicle in Australia – potentially through
Sydney-based distributor Ateco, which also distributes Chinese brands Great
Wall, Chery and LDV.
We spoke with Ateco communications consultant Daniel Cotterill, who
suggested the company is on business terms with BYD Automotive.
“There will be a place in the market for low-cost electric vehicles and
Tesla has shown that it can do well with a high-end and high-performance
product. Over time, we are likely to see the introduction of electric cars
from the likes of Japan and China,” Cotterill said.
“In addition to cars, BYD produces other products such as electronic and
solar components that are sold globally.”
“We have no formal relationship with BYD at the moment, but are on talking
terms with the company.”
The BYD Automotive E6 is a zero-emissions vehicle that a driving range of
300 kilometres from an 80kWh battery pack, with a charging time of two hours
from a 40kW AC charger.
Weighing in at a portly 2380kg, the BYD E6 is driven by a 90kW/450Nm
electric motor, while its battery pack lists a 10-year lifetime.
Positioned as a crossover between the SUV and people-mover segments, the BYD
E6 seats five.
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