http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/10503986/Inventor-joins-climate-change-drive Inventor joins climate change drive CHARLOTTE SQUIRE 16/09/2014
[images / CHARLOTTE SQUIRE/FAIRFAX NZ http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1410826345/012/10504012.jpg NEW GENERATION: Golden Bay inventor Albie Burgers’ 1988 Daihatsu Charade is 100 per cent electric powered and costs $2/100km to run. http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1410826406/016/10504016.jpg RECHARGEABLE: The electric car is run on lithium batteries. ] DIY electric car saves money, planet Albie Burgers' electric car can travel 50 kilometres and cost him $1. His car and other alternatively-powered vehicles will be appearing at the first People's Climate Drive and Car Rally, which is pushing international mobilisation for climate change, this Sunday in Golden Bay. The converted 1988 Daihatsu Charade is eerily silent to drive. Burgers, who is known as an "inventor" in Golden Bay, recharges it with his own solar panels. It cost him and his wife, Fill, $10,000 to buy and upgrade the car, although he said he bought it for mate's rates from his nephew, Anthony Field, who is also an alternative power enthusiast. Warranted and registered, the couple use their electric car to zip around town, in Takaka. One issue that some electric car consumers face is "range anxiety", the concern that one's car could run out of power at any moment. Burgers said it was a good idea to plot friends' houses along your journey, in case your car needed a charged. Though he is excited about his new mode of transport he says it's "not the way of the future but of indulgence" because "electric bikes are better". He sees road congestion as a significant issue yet to be overcome. He bought the Daihatsu already converted by an engineer but had to invest $5000 in new rechargeable lithium batteries. He said a car could be converted using a kit, though "handy man skills" were needed. "It's a bit geeky at the moment, converting a car by yourself." Albie and Fill dream of a slow tiki tour around New Zealand in their silent car, stopping at friends' houses to charge up. The People's Climate Drive and Car Rally will be on this Sunday, September 21, starting at 10 am at the Takaka library car park. It finishes at the Mussel Inn in Onekaka. Organiser Kevin Durkan is expecting a range of car owners to attend the hybrid/electric car rally. [© 2014 Fairfax New Zealand] For EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=204476 http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date http://postandparcel.info/62653/news/environment-news-2/la-poste-group-replaces-scooters-with-electric-three-wheelers/ La-Poste-Group.fr replaces scooters with electric three-wheelers http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/Electric-Ferry-Wins-Ship-of-the-Year-2014-09-14 Norled & Fjellstrand-Yard Electric-Ferry Wins Ship-of-the-Year award http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2014/09/05/e-bike-conversion-kit-monitors-heart-rate-tells-go-electric/ E-bike Kit Monitors Heart Rate, Tells You When to Go Electric http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/15/new-zealands-green-party-proposes-100-renewable-energy-target-ahead-elections/ NZ Green Party agenda> NZ$10M to increase public EVSE infrastructure + EVLN: ReVolt electric delivery drone vessel for sea voyages (video) {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Kiwi-s-DIY-EV-save-money-planet-NZ-1-50km-tp4671687.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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)
