EV Adoption
JUNE 14, 2021
At the Plaid launch event Elon Musk said that the Plaid was “faster than any Porsche, safer than any Volvo.”. The fast acceleration capability of electric vehicles was a key component to reducing the “golf cart” image of EVs that existed before the Tesla Model S emerged in 2012.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
JUNE 30, 2007
The 8-volt golf cart batteries arrived over 24 days ago and have just been sitting on the garage floor, discharging. Since I'm dumping a maximum of 10 amps (typically much less) into these batteries during their maintenance charge, I thought the 12-gauge wires would be adequate. Here's the final charging setup.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
The customer will only pay a monthly fee about $240 (US Dollars) which includes a full maintenance service agreement; carbon offset payments and in some countries even all electricity used, and insurance. They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla.
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