Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-30 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
On Apr 29, 2015, at 5:56 PM, Ben Goren wrote: > >> On Apr 28, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Mark Abramowitz via EV >> wrote: >> >>> On Apr 28, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Tom Martin via EV wrote: >>> >>> The state in turn sent you a 'Certificate' of title. The auto you bought >>> and paid for is the property

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-29 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On Apr 28, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: > On Apr 28, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Tom Martin via EV wrote: >> >> The state in turn sent you a 'Certificate' of title. The auto you bought >> and paid for is the property of the state. > > Huh? > > The Certificate of Title establishes

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-28 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
On Apr 28, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Tom Martin via EV wrote: > > The state in turn sent you a 'Certificate' of title. The auto you bought and > paid for is the property of the state. Huh? The Certificate of Title establishes *you* as owner of the car. Not the state. __

[EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-28 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Tue Apr 28 11:43:40 PDT 2015 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >If you actually believe that then try not putting the "State's" license plate >on "your car". When you bought 'your car' the dealer sent the certificate of >origination to the state. The state in turn sent you a 'Certificate' of title. >

[EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-28 Thread Tom Martin via EV
Really? If you actually believe that then try not putting the "State's" license plate on "your car". When you bought 'your car' the dealer sent the certificate of origination to the state. The state in turn sent you a 'Certificate' of title. The auto you bought and paid for is the propert

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-28 Thread Roland via EV
<mailto:evp...@drmm.net> ; Electric Vehicle Discussion List<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs I expect this to be a pendulum swing, you can understand the laptop folks getting nervous after the firestorm abou

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-28 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On Apr 28, 2015, at 1:56 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > This is not quite the same as the Leaf battery model cited, I guess, but > it's a similar principle: make it more difficult for the independent > mechanic or private owner to service the battery. It also is making the idea of buy

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-28 Thread Michael Ross via EV
I expect this to be a pendulum swing, you can understand the laptop folks getting nervous after the firestorm about laptops flaming on on the living room floor - if you don't tamper well. and it is exceedingly likely a tamper can go wrong given the wild world of Li ion batteries...as a product desi

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-28 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 27 Apr 2015 at 23:59, David Rees via EV wrote: > The lithium battery controller on the LEAF is this way. If you want to > swap an entire battery pack out, you have to be able to reprogram the > LBC. Otherwise you have to open up the pack and either swap out all > the modules or the LBC. It sou

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-28 Thread David Rees via EV
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Mike Nickerson via EV wrote: > It is happening much more subtly than that. I recently needed a new throttle > body for my 15 year old Volvo. I generally get all my work done at a small > independent shop. They keep up on all the latest diagnostic equipment, bu

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-27 Thread Michael Ross via EV
"That's got basically nothing to do with locking people out of their own vehicles, and everything to do with basic engineering -- materials science especially, as well as new manufacturing techniques to permit the use of stronger, lighter, and more efficient materials and designs." Yes, that is co

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-27 Thread Haudy Kazemi via EV
This issue was recently discussed in an a Wired article about John Deer tractors: http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/ It is also related to the 'right to repair' legislative efforts taking place in NY and MN: http://www.digitalrighttorepair.org/fair-repair/ In short, you may o

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-27 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On Apr 27, 2015, at 8:52 PM, Michael Ross via EV wrote: > being the devil's advocate... > > This is clearly not great for the poor or the DIY'r, but the new car buyer > may have much better cars to choose from, I expect instead of 200K miles > being common, 100K was a great thing when I was youn

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-27 Thread Michael Ross via EV
being the devil's advocate... This is clearly not great for the poor or the DIY'r, but the new car buyer may have much better cars to choose from, I expect instead of 200K miles being common, 100K was a great thing when I was young, I am sure with EVs there will be an expectation of 300K and 400K

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-27 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
The mix-and-match that DC motor fans can do in their EVs is actually not all that common. Even back in the 1990s, Solectria wouldn't sell an inverter or induction motor individually. They'd only sell them as a set. I think Siemens was / is the same. There are probably still hundreds of tho

Re: [EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-27 Thread Mike Nickerson via EV
It is happening much more subtly than that. I recently needed a new throttle body for my 15 year old Volvo. I generally get all my work done at a small independent shop. They keep up on all the latest diagnostic equipment, but they weren't sure their equipment would be able to program and "fl

[EVDL] its your car, not theirs

2015-04-27 Thread Electric Blue auto convertions via EV
Can the auto builder stop you from working on your car???, They can pas that kind of assanighn bill if they want, but who will enforce it? . Its your car/truck, you paid for it, and you over paid for it to begin with . The aftermarket lobby will shut it down faster than a wet fart on a hot day .