[EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 20181026
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-genovationcars-com-e-Corvette-supercar-ts-220mph-v-tp4691633.html
EVLN: genovationcars.com e-Corvette supercar ts:220mph (v)
Oct 18, 2018 Behind the wheel in an electric Corvette
It's hard to find a car that lets you shift gears yourself and, if you can,
it's probably with paddles or by pushing a stick ...
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http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Bolt-is-the-Right-EV-On-The-Wrong-Continent-tp4691634.html
EVLN: Bolt is the Right EV On The Wrong Continent
Chevrolet Bolt — The Right Electric Car On The Wrong Continent
The Bolt EV was GM’s natural follow-up to the Volt [pih]’s pioneering steps
into electromobility ...
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https://stopru.com/renault-has-announced-a-unique-electric-car/7563/
Renault has announced a unique electric car
October 7, 2018 French car manufacturer Renault has announced an unmanned
truck EZ-Pro, said on ... According to the publication, the purpose of the
electric vehicle was ...
https://youtu.be/2Vd1muX2qGU
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/21/electric-car-carbon-fiber-battery/?yptr=yahoo
Electric cars could store energy in their carbon fiber bodies
10.21.18 - Electric cars typically need larger, denser batteries if they're
going to meet the range expectations of people used to gas-powered vehicles,
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http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Just-try-find-an-Enterprise-rental-office-that-has-a-EV-tp4691594.html
% Just try &find an Enterprise rental office that has a EV %
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has more than doubled the number of alternatively
powered vehicles in its fleet in 2018. So far this year, it has bought more
than 2,000 ...
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[EVDL] EVLN: Bolt is the Right EV On The Wrong Continent
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/21/chevrolet-bolt-the-right-electric-car-on-the-wrong-continent/ Chevrolet Bolt — The Right Electric Car On The Wrong Continent October 21st, 2018 Jose Pontes [images https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-4-e1540166555338.jpg https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-trunk.jpg How the Bolt trunk handles 2 large suitcases https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-Canyon-Park.jpg Lynn Canyon Park https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Inside-the-Chevy-Bolt.jpg Inside the Bolt https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-range-navigation.jpg Chevy Bolt dashboard https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-efficiency.jpg https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-energy-graph.jpg https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-navigation.jpg https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-Mr-da-Silva-Jose-Pontes.jpg Mr. da Silva and me ready to try the Bolt. https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/3-smiley-faces.jpg Three smiley faces https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Squamish-Trip.png https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-energy-use.jpg https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Day-5.jpg https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Vancouver-apartment-condo-charging.jpg https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-pros-and-cons.jpg https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/2018/10/Chevy-Bolt-Dashboard.jpg ] The Bolt EV was GM’s natural follow-up to the Volt’s pioneering steps into electromobility. With the compact plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) market covered with the Volt, it was time for GM to go after the fully electric (BEV) subcompact segment, and for that, GM teamed up with Korea’s LG. The result was a small yet space-efficient EV with a big, flat roller-skate battery between the wheels and a powerful motor. It was GM’s first BEV-dedicated platform. When the Bolt came to market, in late 2016, it had the longest range of any electric car and had thousands of reservations across the globe to fill. So, all was set for success, right? Well … no. General Motors Engineering had developed a winning model, but the production ramp needed to be fast — in order to catch the competition with their pants down and stay ahead of the curve. Instead, Chevrolet did a slow-moving ramp up, taking ages to go nationwide in its domestic market and basically disregarding overseas markets, to the profit of others (the Nissan Leaf comes to mind). Perhaps other models were not as good, but at least they were available. Not caring for international deliveries was probably the most damaging mistake, as the success of a subcompact like the Bolt in the USA was always going to be limited by its size — small cars aren’t a significant portion of the US market. Elsewhere, like in Europe and Asia, it was the right size to be a best seller, and possibly a game changer. Yet, GM basically ended its European operations by selling the German brand Opel to PSA, with both the seller and buyer having little consideration for the thousands of reservations that the Ampera-e (Bolt’s Euro twin) had at the time. That effectively ended the nameplate’s career on the Old Continent, while damaging the Opel brand even more. In South Korea, the first year of deliveries (2017) were symbolic, at best, with only 588 Bolts delivered. That’s far from that year’s best seller (the Hyundai Ioniq Electric – 8,000 units), or even models like the Kia Soul EV and Samsung SM3 ZE, both with 2,000+ registrations. The GM model lost the opportunity to cash in on its far better specs and disrupt the market. In 2018, the Bolt delivery numbers have been significantly higher, but now the GM model has strong competition from the Hyundai–Kia stable, with both the Kona and Niro BEVs offering similar specs as the Bolt, and with the added bonuses of wearing more fashionable bodies (crossover bodies) and offering 39 kWh versions — for those people who do not need 400 kilometers of range and appreciate a lower entry price. Is this an EV that could have been “The Next Big Thing” but actually never broke through? More importantly, can it return to the spotlight if GM finally decides to back it up with a decent production rate and real international distribution? Let’s consider this a bit more while going through my multi-day test drive of the vehicle. Day 1 How the Bolt trunk handles 2 large suitcases We arrived at Vancouver International Airport late in the evening. After putting the luggage into the Bolt, we got on our way to our base in the neigh
[EVDL] EVLN: genovationcars.com e-Corvette supercar ts:220mph (v)
https://lompocrecord.com/lifestyles/autos/behind-the-wheel-in-an-electric-corvette/article_dd8cf420-4384-5d3d-a8a1-5305c3519f41.html Behind the wheel in an electric Corvette Oct 18, 2018 Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business [image https://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/181011203549-electric-corvette-overlay-tease.jpg https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/lompocrecord.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/16/d165dfc7-1607-5c1a-a0cb-8a99f57d92fb/5bc734d0ed074.image.jpg Genovation's electric Corvette The Genovation GXE is an electric car made from a Chevrolet Corvette / Peter Valdes-Dapena/CNN video flash https://link.theplatform.com/s/van/YQLZAgftO42Q/file.mp4?metafile=false Take a ride in an electric Corvette Love the environment and sports cars? Engineers at Genovation have taken a Corvette and made it into a 220 mph, manual transmission, electric supercar. Published at 9:02 am ET, Tue Oct 16 2018 CNN ] My father had a saying about cars with automatic transmissions. "You might as well let somebody else (expletive deleted) drive!" He didn't like them. These days he would be in the minority. It's hard to find a car that lets you shift gears yourself and, if you can, it's probably with paddles or by pushing a stick back and forth. Electric cars threatened to kill off the fun of shifting gears altogether because they have no transmissions at all. There's nothing to shift because electric cars work fine with just one gear. So when a company called Genovation invited me to drive a prototype of their all-electric Corvette with a seven-speed manual transmission — or an optional eight-speed automatic — I thought: "That sounds dumb," and "Absolutely!" It's not uncommon for me to have those two thoughts in succession. But, in this case, I was really curious. The car, called the Genovation GXE, is powered by two electric motors producing up to 800 horsepower. Genovation will only make 75 of them and prices will start at $750,000. Electric motors are different from gasoline engines in that they produce their maximum torque, or pulling power, at even their lowest operating speeds. Also they don't make obnoxiously loud noises — or the "music of the gods," depending on your taste — when running at high speeds. These things mean an electric car can drive from zero to fast, without ever needing to change gears. The Genovation GXE wasn't originally an electric car. It left a factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky, as a V8-powered Chevrolet Corvette. Genovation removed the gasoline engine from under the hood and replaced it with electric motors and batteries. General Motors, which makes the Corvette, is not involved in any of these changes to its flagship sports car. Unlike most cars, the Corvette's transmission isn't anywhere near the engine. Instead, it's all the way in the back of the car, which helps give the Corvette its phenomenal weight balance. (Pedants will note that, technically, this sort of transmission is really called a "transaxle" but I'm not being technical.) The Corvette has a long shaft, called a torque tube, that runs the length of the car carrying the engine's power back to the transmission. It turns out, the torque tube is integral to the Corvette's structure and can't simply be removed without having to make serious changes. And, besides, Genovation just liked the idea of shifting gears, said CEO Andrew Saul. So Genovation left the torque tube and the transmission — OK, the transaxle — in place and, it turns out, it's awesome. I really do like electric cars. They provide a unique and fun experience with their quiet power and instant torque. But I also love shifting a manual transmission and the intimate connection it gives me to the mechanical workings of a car. So the combination of the two is terrific. Having a transmission in the car also has a real performance benefit. Being able to shift to higher gears gives the Genovation a phenomenal top speed that can't be approached in single-speed electric cars. This was not the first time I'd ever driven an electric car with a manual transmission. The last time was about five years ago when I drove a classic Volkswagen Beetle that had been turned electric by a San Diego company called Zelectric Motors. Get tips on free stuff and fun ideas delivered weekly to your inbox Shifting gears in that car was like using a foot-operated meat cleaver with abrupt down-and-up movement of the clutch pedal. David Benardo, Zelectric's founder and CEO, tells me he's improved things a lot since then, so shifting gears in his cars — he does classic Porsches and VW buses, too — feels much more normal now. Genovation has also successfully recreated the fun of gear-shifting in its electric car. It helps that the powerful electric motors in the GXE are limited to operating at a maximum of 7,500 RPM. That's pretty slow for electric motors, but it roughly matches the speed of the V8 they replaced and the motors do start to lose some pulling power above abo
[EVDL] Automaker pitches (Call for nationwide U.S. EV Mandate) woo
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-26/gm-breaks-with-trump-in-call-for-national-electric-car-mandate
GM Breaks With Trump in Call for National Electric Car Mandate
October 25, 2018 Automaker pitches U.S. rule to spur more EV sales through
2030 ... GM says a nationwide program could put 7 million long-range
electric cars on the road and slash 375 million tons of carbon dioxide
emissions by 2030, compared with existing zero-emission vehicle mandates ...
GM Wants Trump Administration To Back National Electric Vehicle ...
International Business Times-31 minutes ago
General Motors Co said on Friday it wants the Trump administration to back a
nationwide program to boost the sale of zero emission vehicles like electric
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GM Breaks With Trump in Call for National Electric Car Mandate
Bloomberg-42 minutes ago
The Trump administration wants to end California's requirement for
automakers to sell more electric cars in the state each year. America's
biggest automaker has ...
GM proposes nationwide zero-emissions vehicle sales mandate
WHSV-1 hour ago
California sets the requirements based on a complex formula that considers
the total number of vehicles sold by an automaker and gives credits for
fully electric ...
General Motors CEO: We call for federal electric and zero-emission ...
USA TODAY-1 hour ago
It will create jobs through the expansion of battery and electric vehicle
research and development and production, improve the environment and make
electric ...
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2 hours ago - The Trump administration wants to end California's requirement
for automakers to sell more electric cars in the state each year. America's
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Trump is going after California's clean car mandate | TechCrunch
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Jul 23, 2018
California wants more electric cars. The Trump administration doesn't ...
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: The physics of slapping solar panels on cars
Peri Hartman via EV wrote: The Stella is an awesome example of what can be done. Aside from what Lee says, which I think is one area of resistance, another big problem is need for a variety of uses. What I mean is I (or you or the huddling masses...) want something that works for a 15 mile solo commute, works to take the family out to dinner, works to go skiing (hiking, fishing, hunting, ...) for the day, and works to go out of town for the weekend. I think the Stella might be able to do the first two, for a large percentage of people. The latter two? I doubt it. You're right; people tend to want a "universal" solution; one vehicle to do everything. But that's not really practical. It forces compromises so the vehicle is not really good at anything. You see luxury pickup trucks that can't really haul anything, or huge SUVs being used for single-person commuting. So most people have more than one car. Each vehicle can be more closely optimzed to the job it spends most of its time doing. One hopes that EVs will often be these second vehicles. If it's for commuting, it doesn't need long range, or high seating capacity, or towing capabilities. The owner will have another vehicle for that. -- Obsolete (Ob-so-LETE). Adjective. 1. Something that is simple, reliable, straightforward, readily available, easy to use, and affordable. 2. Not what the salesman wants you to buy. -- Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] Reconfigurable Battery Packs
Ed Blackmond via EV wrote: Another way to approach it is to use the switching to build an AC rather than DC battery pack. By switching between different series/parallel combinations it is possible to create a multi-level converter. This can create very good sign waves without a frequency component at a PWM frequency. Create three strings operating 120 degrees out of phase from each other and the battery circuit becomes a very nice variable frequency three phase drive. Running the strings in phase and synchronized to the utility grid and the battery circuit becomes a charger. With sensors monitoring all the cells, they can be switched in and out of the circuit keeping all the cells at the same state of charge. One circuit integrates the function of battery cell protection, motor drive, and charger. This approach is common in very high power converters (like utility company inverters that are handling megawatts). A 3-phase inverter can intrinsically generate a 2-level AC output without PWM because it can connect windings in series or parallel. For example, a 300v DC source can apply 0v +100v +200v +100v 0v -100v -200v -100v to each winding of a wye-connected motor. This waveform already has a fairly low harmonic content. If you add the ability to switch the DC source voltage in 2 or 3 series/parallel steps, the inverter can deliver a pretty good sinewave without high frequency PWM or fast devices. -- Obsolete (Ob-so-LETE). Adjective. 1. Something that is simple, reliable, straightforward, readily available, easy to use, and affordable. 2. Not what the salesman wants you to buy. -- Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] Tesla 'Dog Mode' Keeps Pets(&kids) 105°F Safe> (Musk's gone2 dogs)
I agree with Willie on this. Here in Las Vegas the ambient temperature can be 110 or higher so even if the car windows were left wide open it would be extremely hot inside. And yes, likely that your windows would be broken and child or dog found in custody. Also, kidnapping and dognapping are possibilities, unfortunately. Gail On 10/25/2018 4:26 AM, Willie via EV wrote: In many areas of the country, a half down window is insufficient cooling for a child or a pet. Around here, if you left a child in a car with partially lowered window, you would likely find your window broken and the child in child protective custody. And you would be greatly inconvenienced and perhaps jailed. With "dog mode", you could well have the same trouble when some dogooder decided to break out your windows. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] Tesla 'Dog Mode' Keeps Pets(&kids) 105°F Safe> (Musk's gone2 dogs)
On 10/25/18 12:51 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: As a dog and cat cohabitant, I really like this idea, but I have to wonder -- how necessary is it? Are Teslas so attractive to thieves that you can't leave the windows partly open while you're in the store or wherever? A dog is one of the best theft deterrents I know of. Most bad guys aren't that keen to find out just how sharp those teeth are, and will look for easier targets. In many areas of the country, a half down window is insufficient cooling for a child or a pet. Around here, if you left a child in a car with partially lowered window, you would likely find your window broken and the child in child protective custody. And you would be greatly inconvenienced and perhaps jailed. With "dog mode", you could well have the same trouble when some dogooder decided to break out your windows. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
