Re: [EVDL] Fast Charging... (Flywheel?)

2018-02-08 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > I wonder how big a flywheel is needed to store the energy to charge a 250 > mile range in 20 minutes? > Since it is fixed, and does not have to be in a vehicle, it might be the > answer to large charging stations. > > When ten TESLAs

Re: [EVDL] Electric Caterpillar...

2018-02-04 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
Nice, and they've sold a lot of them. It's not a battery hybrid, though, more like ships that use electric drive. https://www.constructionequipment.com/crawler-dozers/caterpillar-d7e-dozer-tractor-hands-tractor-evaluation - Dan On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 4:45 PM, Rush Dougherty via EV wrote: > Here

Re: [EVDL] Question: EV with a 110v outlet with 2KW power rating?

2018-02-02 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 2:53 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > For the power at this green event, what is provided to other activities? > If it is possible to run an extension cord then that is much greener > than building a dedicated solution. I think no power is provided. (That's fairly stan

[EVDL] Question: EV with a 110v outlet with 2KW power rating?

2018-02-01 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
Hi all. question for the EV connoiseurs out there: I have a 2013 Nissan Leaf with a ChaDeMo port. Are there any portable V2G units that can plug in and provide 2KW of power? Alternately, are there any other EVs that support such a thing? I saw such a thing at a Nissan booth at a recent event. h

Re: [EVDL] Delivery truck

2018-01-23 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
That made me look up usps ev stuff, found this fun history up to 2014 of USPS EV efforts: https://about.usps.com/what-we-are-doing/green/vehicles.htm and some info about their current competition to replace trucks: https://jalopnik.com/heres-the-secret-new-electric-u-s-postal-service-truck-18193394

Re: [EVDL] Smearing with coal (again)

2018-01-04 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:23 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > By charging during the day! Yep, that's what I wrote originally: >> If everybody gets an EV, and everybody charges it at night, >> that's a lot of nighttime emissions. So, like I said, if you're charging your EV at night, even getting so

Re: [EVDL] Smearing with coal (again)

2018-01-04 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 2:43 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: >> If everybody gets an EV, and everybody charges it at night, >> that's a lot of nighttime emissions. > > Not if those same people put up say 12 solar panels and produced into the > grid during the day what they need at night. What i

Re: [EVDL] Smearing with coal (again)

2018-01-04 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > However, anyone paying extra for green power sends a signal > to the market that green power has higher value. > They are voting with their money. That's exactly right. There are two kinds of green power available these days: 1) of

Re: [EVDL] Best EV level 2 charging station with KWh display

2017-12-15 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
Rod Hower via EV wrote: > Mark,What schematic and PCB program do they use for this project? (openEVse) Dunno, but googling turned up https://circuits.io/circuits/1693548 so I suspect they use Eagle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAGLE_(program) - Dan __

Re: [EVDL] End of charge parking.

2017-12-13 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > It's been pointed out that people should move when their charge is done. > That is no always allowed by work schedules. I think four hours is common > for a full charge and no need to move until the end of the fourth hour is > r

Re: [EVDL] Google mystery Leaf retirement.

2017-10-06 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:20 PM, Lawrence Rhodes wrote: > I talked with a junkyard employee who said they got numerous Leafs with no > battery packs. All cars had around 3k miles. 11 - 15 years. SF junkyard. Battery packs stolen, maybe? ___ UNSUBSCRI

Re: [EVDL] Anti-EV dealer

2017-09-27 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > I've taken my Leaf to the dealer 3 times over 6 years - only because the > warranty required it. I've taken mine in once in 9 months (well, twice, they screwed up the first time), to get the modem replaced when 2G went away. - Dan

Re: [EVDL] Nada L3 between: LA to Lost-Wages missing CHAdeMO?

2017-09-24 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
brucedp5 wrote: >> ... if only there were CHAdeMO fast chargers in Barstow, Baker, and Primm >> ... 2013 Leaf ... [crazy stuff elided :-) ] > So, why isn't there a contiguous chain of public L3&L2 on I-15? > There has been a whole-lot of pr talk about it: > https://www.google.com/search?q=los+ang

[EVDL] Los Angeles to Las Vegas missing links for CHAdeMO users?

2017-09-24 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
Hi all! My family drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back this summer, but we did it in our ICE rather than our Leaf... if only there were CHAdeMO fast chargers in Barstow, Baker, and Primm, it'd be possible. I hear EVGo is planning a fast charger in Baker, but it's still in the future. Anyo