Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family. This criteria only left the Prius in play.
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. As the day wore on, with one industry rep after another taking the microphone, Pohorsky’s presentation time was reduced to 3 minutes. ‘I
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Hymotion www.hymotion.com Concord, Ontario, Canada retrofits the Toyota Prius.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
JANUARY 15, 2009
Battery {Returnto top of page} EV Plans Sources Built For Fun ElectricVehicles : DIY plans for karts and buggys Drive Electric: EV3 Tri-Electric ElectricBicycle (Slipstream) : DIY plans and parts for the Slipstream electricbike Robert Q. RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 19, 2009
Lotus Engineering and Harmon International, two heavyweights in their respective industries, have teamed up to create a new technology known as Electronic Sound Synthesis (ESS). Basically, the external ESS is a system that produces artificial vehicle noise. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
The automotive industry is still trying to make electric cars as expensive and inefficient as they possibly can, and its a tough deal because the electronics industry is going the other way. It is probably possible to make a 20k electric smart that outperforms most other cars on the road in everything except range and top speed.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts. Like shopping malls for example, or very nearly any manufacturer or industrial consumer. govt/industry defined standards my be required.?? The main benefit associated with the swapping model is speed.
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