[EVDL] EVLN: BYD & Daimler tease their upcoming Denza EV

2013-11-24 Thread brucedp5
http://www.worldcarfans.com/113112166509/byd--daimler-tease-their-upcoming-denza-ev BYD & Daimler tease their upcoming Denza EV BYD Daimler DENZA 21.11.2013 [image / Daimler http://content.worldcarfans.co/2013/11/21/big/3188081751614751429.jpg ] Will go on sale in China next year Daimler and

[EVDL] EVLN: Temple & Oke's EV Conversion How-to's

2013-11-24 Thread brucedp5
Electrifying Facts on Electric Vehicle Conversion - All You Need to Know http://www.inloughborough.com/report/000678/ AC Electric Car Conversion By Bill Temple [11/14/2013] You've decided to do your own AC electric car conversion. You have the choice of installing either DC or AC electric moto

[EVDL] Its all about what motivates you ...

2013-11-24 Thread Bruce EVangel Parmenter
I thought I would drop a note on the use of terms at this point in time, and of the pulse of the newswire situation/status. In the past, I had stated that I was seeing more and more fcv activity. Well, it is here and clogging up my searches because writers are either using the wrong terms for fcv

Re: [EVDL] Its all about what motivates you ...

2013-11-24 Thread Peri Hartman
I would like to try a slightly different set of definitions: EV - a vehicle that has an electric drive train powered solely by an external electrical source. (I know this leaves out solar powered EVs and other future concepts of onboard harvesting of renewable energy - Since the rate of collection

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Kia Soul EV goes global and aims for 120-miledrivingrange

2013-11-24 Thread tomw
I agree that if we make the simplifying assumptions that the vehicle speed going up is the same as that going down, and the road is straight enough and traffic low enough that no braking is required, then work done against drag and rolling resistance forces and drive train friction will be about th

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Kia Soul EV goes global and aims for 120-miledrivingrange

2013-11-24 Thread Michael Ross
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Re: [EVDL] Its all about what motivates you ...

2013-11-24 Thread Michael Ross
lt;http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20131124/a4925490/attachment.htm> ___ 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] EVLN: Temple & Oke's EV Conversion How-to's

2013-11-24 Thread David Nelson
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[EVDL] Housecleaning: Parts for Sale

2013-11-24 Thread Mike Brown
I am cleaning house, and want to find homes for a few things. Email or call me if you are interested. Shipping costs are extra. 1. Custom VW Rabbit springs for '81 & later Rabbits & Cabriolets to '93. Two full sets, front & rear. I had these custom wound to restore proper ride height with eig

Re: [EVDL] Housecleaning: Parts for Sale

2013-11-24 Thread Buddy Mills
Hey Mike, You didn't by any chance see my charger laying around when you were cleaning house? Better yet, my $1,371.00 you owe me. -Original Message- From: ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Mike Brown Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 4:36 PM To: El

Re: [EVDL] Its all about what motivates you ...

2013-11-24 Thread Bruce EVangel Parmenter
You're right you have not been around long enough and you need to regularly search the nabble evdl archive to read the type of EVs you are interested in (they have a low readership count, so I post them to the archive, but mention the at the bottom of the brucedp5 posts). http://electric-vehicle-d

Re: [EVDL] Its all about what motivates you ...

2013-11-24 Thread Michael Ross
d precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919

[EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-24 Thread Ben Jarrett
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Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-24 Thread Jay Summet
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[EVDL] Cost of ownership / Pack Replacement report - Chevy S10 / 120v Lead Acid pack

2013-11-24 Thread Jay Summet
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm replacing the 20 six volt lead acid golf cart batteries in my 1995 Chevy S10 conversion after 2.75 years (1008 days). My total cost of ownership (electricity, batteries, maintenance) works out to $0.66 a mile (not counting fixed insurance/registra

Re: [EVDL] Housecleaning: Parts for Sale

2013-11-24 Thread Al
He's got some nerve coming on here selling stuff when he owes quite a few "customers", including me, money. Al - Original Message - From: "Buddy Mills" To: "'Electric Vehicle Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Housecleaning: Parts for Sale

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-24 Thread David Nelson
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Jay Summet wrote: > They don't say what type > of motor/controller it has, but since they mention regen it's probably > an AC motor/controller. Plus it's already put together for you. > It is right in the list: "* MES-DEA Induction motor, capable of 350 ft lb sta

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-24 Thread Thos True
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Re: [EVDL] Cost of ownership / Pack Replacement report - Chevy S10 / 120v Lead Acid pack

2013-11-24 Thread David Nelson
That seems quite high. For about $5000 you could get a LiFePO4 pack and still be driving it as long as you didn't over charge or over discharge the cells. I know many think you must have a cell level BMS but so far I'm not seeing the theoretical problems on my pack and it has been over 2 years sinc

Re: [EVDL] Boxster EV conversion

2013-11-24 Thread Bruce EVangel Parmenter
Could it be this one? [video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQHOc6fjHv4 1998 Porsche Boxster Tiptronic (Orlando, Florida) Donald Formal Jun 25, 2013 1998 PORSCHE BOXSTER ELECTRIC TOP - ONLY 78,000 MILES - ELECTRIC SOFT TOP - MOST DESIRABLE COLOR COMBINATION - AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL - S

Re: [EVDL] Boxster EV conversion

2013-11-24 Thread Cor van de Water
Bruce, It might be the same car, at least it is the same year, model and color. The Youtube video was posted back in June by DDF Racing Auto Sales, from Orlando Florida. At that time the car was still having its ICE, since the only mention of electric is about the convertible top, I am sure that if

Re: [EVDL] Cost of ownership / Pack Replacement report - Chevy S10 / 120v Lead Acid pack

2013-11-24 Thread Cor van de Water
Jay, As David already suggested - you probably killed the pay way before its time due to daily complete re-charge after very short drives. I too have 20 Golf cart style batteries in a light truck (89 Ford Ranger). If I drive only 4 miles on a day, I don't charge at all until I have driven more and