Clean Fleet Report
MAY 10, 2021
In terms of power, gas- or diesel-powered engines win every time. Various other companies are currently designing and developing fleets of fully electric emergency vehicles, including golf carts for police and ATVs for search-and-rescue operations. How Do Electric Engines Compare? The truck is loaded with technology.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
AUGUST 5, 2007
The RPM stays constant when I "coast" unlike a gasoline engine which tends to slowly drift back to "idle." I just have to get used to the concept of driving at higher RPM, since I got better gas mileage by keeping the RPMs low on my old car (which is 19 years newer than the 914 :). As expected, power was rather lacking on the freeway.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Light-duty diesel vehicles with 2009 MY or later compliant emissions if replacing gasoline powered vehicles and in conjunction with biodiesel fuel use. Marine applications and locomotives are not eligible under this FOA, nor are prototype or novelty vehicles, golf carts, snowmobiles and other off-road recreational or sport vehicles.
Plugs and Cars
AUGUST 18, 2007
Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. The electric sofas and scooters were so much cooler - and quieter - than the gasoline powered stinkers that predominate.
Electric Auto Association
APRIL 4, 2021
I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I They had created two new natural gas units to replace the older coal-fired units. I ordered a controller from a company in California, which used a single power Darlington transistor, and 4 deep cycle 12-volt batteries.”
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
The government sees environmental upsides and a chance for its car makers to gain ground on foreign rivals, since electric vehicles are simpler to engineer than gasoline-engine ones. Chinese auto makers also showed other types of "new energy" vehicles, including regular gasoline-electric hybrids to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
It is reminiscent of the early 1900’s, when steam, electric, diesel, biomass, and gasoline power options competed on a level playing field for consumers’ attention. In the end, gasoline won out because it was the cheapest and delivered the most energy per unit, but it took 20 years to sort out. Electric cars a still a joke.
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