[EVDL] EVLN: China Won’t Let Toyota Ditch Its Plugin EVs

2015-04-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
'Bottom line: China wants plugin EVs produced & sold in China' http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-23/china-won-t-let-toyota-ditch-its-electric-cars China Won’t Let Toyota Ditch Its Electric Cars April 22, 2015 [images http://media.gotraffic.net/images/isCY.KDmzUxY/v1/750x-1.jpg Ph

[EVDL] EVLN: Smith.au EV assembly plant> produce 200+/yr e-delivery trucks

2015-04-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/electric-trucks-set-to-power-up-in-brisbane-as-diesel-becomes-costly/story-fnihsps3-1227310829608 Electric trucks set to power up in Brisbane as diesel becomes costly Glen Norris April 19, 2015 [image http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2015/04/19/12273

[EVDL] EVLN: Earth Day 2015: 10 Things To Know About EVs

2015-04-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.thestreet.com/story/13119139/1/earth-day-2015-10-things-you-dont-know-about-electric-vehicles.html Earth Day 2015: 10 Things You Don't Know About Electric Vehicles By CarInsurance.com | 04/20/15 We're all familiar with the basic premise of electric vehicles -- that they are much bette

Re: [EVDL] AC motors for mowers

2015-04-25 Thread Russ Sciville via EV
I use a Lynch designed flat DC motor which is available from agnimotors.com. Originally purchased from Ebay as an ex "Robot Wars" fighting machine motor, it runs on 36v and I use ex equipment 95Ah lead acid batteries which last at least two seasons at a time. My "Stiga" twin blade mulching mowe

Re: [EVDL] AC motors for mowers

2015-04-25 Thread ken via EV
> If you are interested in the 36V DC motor, it even has a Hall effect > sensor on the axle that sits on top of the motor, to maintain RPM under > varying load, in case you'd like to add this to your controller (I think > that simply integrating the pulse output over time to get a DC voltage > rep

Re: [EVDL] AC motors for mowers

2015-04-25 Thread ken via EV
On Fri, April 24, 2015 2:59 pm, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > ken via EV wrote: >> Where do I find the AC motors that are used to run the mower blades >> that are on the decks of the riding mowers like Recharge n Zeon hustler >> etc. I looking for myabe 750, 1000 watt motors. http://www.meangreenprodu

[EVDL] insurance for Zap car

2015-04-25 Thread ken via EV
Where can I find ins. that rates the Zap as motorcycle. most charge full sized car rates. ___ 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://

Re: [EVDL] insurance for Zap car

2015-04-25 Thread Lee Hart via EV
ken via EV wrote: Where can I find ins. that rates the Zap as motorcycle. most charge full sized car rates. It must vary between states. In Minnesota, MNDOT (MN Department of Transportation) categorizes all 3-wheel vehicles as "motorcycles". So motorcycle insurance rates apply, even for the Z

Re: [EVDL] AC motors for mowers

2015-04-25 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Hi Ken, I am not sure how a hall-effect throttle works other than that it uses magnetism instead of a resistance trace. I believe that the throttle itself uses an AC voltage in a coil that is affected by a metal plunger attached to the throttle pedal, but I am not sure and it does not matter if th

[EVDL] Tesla Twitter-Acct hacked> *Bogus Free-Tesla offer

2015-04-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://mashable.com/2015/04/25/hackers-tesla-twitter-account/ Hackers briefly take over Tesla Twitter account, offer fake free car By Adario Strange [20150425] [images http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA0LzI1LzdkL3RzbDkwODcxLmE3YTA1LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/e09c4a23/633/tsl90871

Re: [EVDL] Tesla Twitter-Acct hacked> *Bogus Free-Tesla offer

2015-04-25 Thread Ben Goren via EV
ount/ > Hackers briefly take over Tesla Twitter account, offer fake free car > By Adario Strange [20150425] > > [images > http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA0LzI1LzdkL3RzbDkwODcxLmE3YTA1LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/e09c4a23/633/tsl90871.jpg > tsl9087 Image: Rick B

[EVDL] Japan showcases really, really fast … whoa, WTF was that?! • The Register

2015-04-25 Thread Ben Goren via EV
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[EVDL] Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Leaf Bus Bars?

2015-04-25 Thread via EV
On the off chance that one of you has taken apart a Leaf pack and reconfigured it such that you’re not using the bus bars anymore, I’ve got to ask: can I have or buy them from you? I’ve got 72 cells and arranging such that each cell is paired up with another. This brings the overall pack voltag

Re: [EVDL] Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Leaf Bus Bars?

2015-04-25 Thread Matt Lacey via EV
Hi Bruce, I have bus bars from a vectrix, which have the same bolt spacing as the leaf. Where are you located? Sent on the go with Vodafone from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone via EV wrote >On the off chance that one of you has taken apart a Leaf pack and reconfigured >it such that you’r

[EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car?

2015-04-25 Thread Ben Goren via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car?

2015-04-25 Thread Doc Kennedy via EV
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[EVDL] Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Leaf Bus Bars?

2015-04-25 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Sat Apr 25 18:50:49 PDT 2015 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >On the off chance that one of you has taken apart a Leaf pack and reconfigured >it such that you?re not using the bus bars anymore, I?ve got to ask: can I >have or buy them from you? I have a bunch up here on Whidbey Island. -- Tigers p

Re: [EVDL] AC motors for mowers

2015-04-25 Thread ken via EV
Thanks for the possible explation. I gues for know I'll use the bike controller. I found out 1 thing that this one has a low freg some thing in it and it makes my motors BUZ hard at low speeds. On Sat, April 25, 2015 7:20 pm, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > Hi Ken, > I am not sure how a hall-ef