Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.)
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
We now have three working converted prototypes (both described in Fact Sheet above, shown in photos and here ): The Calcars first proof-of-concept: (100+ mpg plus electricity, 10-mile electric range, now with temporary lead-acid battery pack, soon to be replaced by nickel metal-hydride batteries).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2009
For reference, a typical lead acid battery can survive 500-800 cycles while 2,800 cycles is almost 8 years of use assuming one cycle a day. Valence signed a supply agreement in December 2008 and started shipping battery packs shortly afterwards. The USCAR/DOE long term goal is 5,000 cycles. The Maxity, a 7.5
Spirit of DC - PHEV3A
NOVEMBER 7, 2008
And there is Robb Protheroe's offer to integrate the new Li-ion battery pack with the PluginSupply kit and system, once shipped by DPS to Petaluma, CA. To exchange technical information, we will need to sign a NDA with Plug In Supply I attach DPS's NDA here. See also 11 October email exchange below. The "RVJerry" Rationale: 1.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 22, 2009
“They’re suppressing the little guys — the people who work out of their garages, the people who create,&# said Robb Protheroe, owner of Plug-In Supply, which provides electric batteries to 3Prong Power and four other small companies around the state. “It’s ridiculous,&# said Robb Protheroe, owner of Plug-In Supply.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Theyre not trying to send men to the moon, theyre building an ELECTRIC CAR that uses a petrol motor they already make charging batteries supplied by LG all bolted into a vehicle platform they also already have in production.
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