Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Flash charging set to revolutionize EV travel(video)

2013-06-05 Thread Cor van de Water
This is not for typical home use but utility-size equipment. Utilities are used to dealing with stuff like this and if the waste is significant enough to cost money then they will make sure that the designer of the equipment knows what to design for. Not that the typical building transformer is par

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Flash charging set to revolutionize EV travel (video)

2013-06-05 Thread Ed Blackmond
I'm not sure sweet is the word I would use. A 400KW charger is going to be lucky to be 80% efficient. That means 500KW going into it and 100KW wasted as heat. How much energy is going to be needed just to cool it? The oven in my kitchen is only 5KW and it gets very hot in 3 minutes. I suppo

Re: [EVDL] Miles EV ZX40ST Curtis 1311 question

2013-06-05 Thread Cruisin
Hi Jay, no you cannot remove the OEM VCL programming, but I can and do everyday. I currently have many of the 1238-6501 NEW controllers on EBAY that have been re-flashed with EV car operating system and then programmed for the AC-31 which you have. If you email me at cruis...@live.com I will tell y

Re: [EVDL] considering renting a Tesla S for a week in November

2013-06-05 Thread barry
ight be going in not too many more years, >but also to impress the Filipina with it, not the least of which is so >that she takes her impressions home and talks about her great EV >experience in that faraway land of California!! > >Thanks, >Chuck >_

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread R Willis
seems that person i know here has 2 here in Ontario have not seen them yet but within a few weeks will have a ride in them this jeep is taking forever to do At 6/5/2013 07:15 PM, you wrote: OK, I'll jump in... Saw my first Tesla S "in the wild" a couple weeks ago in Lockport, New York, at an i

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Flash charging set to revolutionize EV travel (video)

2013-06-05 Thread Cor van de Water
The 400kW charger would top up 80% of the Leaf pack (20 of the 24 kWh) in 1/20 hour, which is 3 minutes. Sweet. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread Cal Frye
OK, I'll jump in... Saw my first Tesla S "in the wild" a couple weeks ago in Lockport, New York, at an ice cream stand. Didn't manage to catch the owner, however. After we did the slow circle of the car, we went to the window to place our order. Then when we turned around, it was gone. Ah, well. R

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread Charles Galpin
On Jun 5, 2013, at 10:01 AM, robert winfield wrote: > how do you upload pictures. I have a number of puictures of Tesla's in Wash > DC area (I live 3 miles from the staging area0 You can't send pictures to the list. Put them up using some picture sharing site like google/snapfish/phanfare/what

[EVDL] Miles EV ZX40ST Curtis 1311 question

2013-06-05 Thread Jay Summet
I'm investigating purchasing a used Miles EV ZX40ST. http://www.milesev.com/lowspeedtruck.aspx#zx40st.swf This is a NEV (Low Speed Vehicle), but has a nice AC drive system. It's basically a professional conversion, with a Curtis AC controller and matched motor bolted into a Chinese super light tru

[EVDL] considering renting a Tesla S for a week in November

2013-06-05 Thread Chuck Hursch
Hello All, I'm just starting to consider renting a Tesla S for a week in November around Thanksgiving. It's a bit of a story as to why I'm thinking about it, but the short of it is that coming to the SF Bay Area then will be a Filipina visitor that I have come to know through a coworker who

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread robert winfield
E60 or E85 or E85+? getting those FREE miles from the supercharger --- On Wed, 6/5/13, George Wagner wrote: > From: George Wagner > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road! > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 1:08 PM > I saw a black Tesla Model S this > morning

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread George Wagner
I saw a black Tesla Model S this morning on Rte 40, between Edgewood and Aberdeen, MD. And a couple of weeks ago I saw another black Model S (not sure if it was the same one) plugged into a Tesla Charging Station at the I-95 rest stop in Delaware. -- View this message in context: http://elect

Re: [EVDL] Using new charge stations with older conversion

2013-06-05 Thread corbin dunn
You can also do your own J1772 implementation: http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2012/11/electric-bug-charger-control-design/ corbin On Jun 3, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Zeke Yewdall wrote: > It is one of the new Elcon chargers (upgrading from an old 120vac non > automatic charger that died) so I th

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread Charles Galpin
open-minded. Remember, the car without its orig motor and gas tank are >>> around 550 lb, and it's pretty aerodynamic (see the Berkeley Enthusiasts >>> Club- BEC- website). Lowest price will be attractive, unless something elst

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread robert winfield
t;it's pretty aerodynamic (see the Berkeley Enthusiasts Club- BEC- website). >>Lowest price will be attractive, unless something elst has real advantages >>and not too much higher price. Opinions??  Thx -Chris, in Falls Church, VA ___

Re: [EVDL] OT: EV vs h2fcv wars, another method of attack on Tesla EVs ...

2013-06-05 Thread Peri Hartman
I don't think it's that big a deal. Sure, it dampens the EV community's feelings. Negative press will affect some early adopters - those who are interested in an EV but aren't sure if it will be a wise use of their money. However, as the technology improves and enough people have EVs, there will

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread robert winfield
ch, VA >-- next part -- ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -

Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread robert winfield
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[EVDL] Willie 's Tesla sedan on the road!

2013-06-05 Thread Bruce EVangel Parmenter
[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Saw-a-Tesla-sedan-on-the-road-tp4663397.html ] Willie , that was an excellent driver review of your EVs, something that is woefully missing in the media newswires. You gave exactly the information that people can use. Thanks for po

[EVDL] EVLN: Flash charging set to revolutionize EV travel (video)

2013-06-05 Thread brucedp5
http://www.dvice.com/2013-6-3/flash-chargers-set-revolutionize-travel-electric-vehicles [image] Flash chargers set to revolutionize travel by electric vehicles Colin Druce-McFadden June 3 2013 TOSA 2013, via Inside EVs [image http://www.dvice.com/sites/dvice/files/styles/blog_post_media/publi

[EVDL] EVLN: EVs are getting as cheap as ice rivals, a comparison review

2013-06-05 Thread brucedp5
Cost of electric cars dropping to gas equivalents http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-electric-car-comparison-test-specifications-rankings-20130601,0,6354917.story [image] Electric cars are getting as cheap as gasoline rivals By Brian Thevenot June 1 2013 [image slideshow flash ht