Mike Kane
Mon, 21 May 2007 23:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
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If anyone is planning to drive to the CARB hearings next week in your EV please reply to this e-mail with your approximate planned charge locations and times. I'll try to compose a quick matrix so that we can avoid too many cars vying for the same chargers at the same time. Th...
Dan Mattice
Tue, 15 May 2007 8:54:56 -0700
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S10 ev Brethren Im Tired of waiting for my dream batteries (nano ceramic) to become available so i selling my Like new S10 ev with a little over 7 thousand miles O rust No dents original owners manual warranty card tire card and great original tires no cracks. 9.5 out of 10- a...
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Tue, 15 May 2007 00:19:54 -0700
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Thanks Mike, You and others correctly pointed out that I did not consider the upstream pollution created to get the gasoline to the pump. These are important considerations that cannot be ignored. I have been sent several links to a much more complete studies of EV vs ICEV. ht...
Tom Dowling
Mon, 14 May 2007 23:12:16 -0700
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From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of phil hochstetler Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 5:00 PM To: [email removed] Cc: [email removed]; OEVA Subject: Re: [Oeva-list] EV Pollution The tesla motors folks have some fascinating information on their blogs about ene...
Mike Kane
Sun, 13 May 2007 20:59:35 -0700 (PDT)
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Patrick, Good for you. The only flaw in you calculation is that you are including all of the upstream emissions for the EV, but only the actual tailpipe emissions for the ICE car. While the ICE tailpipe emissions are simple physics, the upstream emissions are more complicated....
Stephen Weitz
Sun, 13 May 2007 20:15:34 -0700
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Dear Patrick, welcome to the EV world and this list! A couple of thoughts on your calculations: 1) Other EV drivers have performed more complete calculations and have shown that EVs using pure coal derived electricity are better than driving ICE. So I suspect that your calcula...
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Sun, 13 May 2007 18:12:06 -0700
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I drive a 1998 Chevy S-10 EV and I love it. I've only been an EV driver since Feb 2007 so am I still a newbie to the club. I assumed that EV driving was automatically cleaner than ICE driving. To check this, I did some quick pollution calculations on both EV and ICE. There are...
Jerry Hudgins
Mon, 7 May 2007 18:27:58 -0400
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I had an NiMH '98 truck (and a couple of EV1s), and the explanation we were given at the time was that the truck had the same motor as the coupe, electronically de-tuned from 100Kw to 85Kw to extend the range. Even allowing for the truck's additional weight and poorer aerodyna...
Joshua Tomel
Mon, 07 May 2007 16:41:13 -0400
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Pat, I'm not sure myself but if some of the trucks have the 100kW motor and some don't there could be some reasons for it. It could either be that the truck went through EVBones, and got a horsepower upgrade or it could be the differences in the two model years the truck was i...
Gardner L Harris
Tue, 1 May 2007 00:00:34 -0700
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I recall that John Blazer I believe, indicated to me that he was considering building a replacement battery rack for his S10 that would contain standard sized batteries. If he does so, he might then have the standard one available. Also if he does build one for alternative bat...
Jerry Pohorsky
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:43:06 -0700
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Hi Josh, I had a similar problem - I awoke in the early AM and tried to go back to sleep. Instead of tossing and turning, I decided to turn on my PC and saw your email. I used to have the native NiMH truck and went through many of the same issues. The EV1 Dash was originally d...
Joshua Tomel
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:44:01 -0400
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I can't sleep right now so instead of tossing and turning, I figure I'll just get some lingering questions out off my mind, and on to the list. 1. Now I have my EV1 Dash running with Palm M515 could somebody tell me what the boxed ratio means at the top of the digital SOC bar...
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Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:39:13 -0700
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Hi Fellow EVers, I have had my 1998 Chevy S10 EV w/ NiMH for 7 weeks now and I have put 1080 miles on it with zero emissions. I have saved about $180 compared to driving my old SUV. I commute in it daily and my wife drives it for occasional errands. I have been logging my dist...
Gil Dawson
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:19:22 -0700
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At 6:41 P -0700 4/20/07, [email removed] wrote: >Hi S10 EVers, > >I know that there a lot of factors more important to range than the >power used by the brake lights and turn signals, but under the >banner of "every little bit helps", I thought I'd swap the >incandescent light...
Darell
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:47:19 -0700
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Hi Pat - I have a bit of experience with automotive LEDs. In fact here's one of the things I did to my Ranger EV: http://evnut.com/ranger_brake_led.htm (don't miss the time-lag vid!) Couple of things: 1. Changing out the brake lights will not give you any of the problems that...
Tom Dowling
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:21:46 -0700
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-----Original Message----- From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of S. Love Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:40 PM To: [email removed]; [email removed]; [email removed] Subject: [RAV4-EV] new S-10e? Anyone know about the nice and shiny brand new S-10e that pas...
Jeff Thomas
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:04:03 -0700
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Hi Steve, you likely caught sight of one of six NiMH S-10EV's owned by individuals on the peninsula. Most folk are surprised at the sharp appearance of these restored EV's, in spite of their age. I cross posted this reply to the S10-EV list, so the owner might respond. The NiM...
Stephen Weitz
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:51:39 -0700
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Go to evnut.com Darrel has done wonders with LEDs on the Toyota RAV4 EV. Stephen On Apr 20, 2007, at 6:41 PM, [email removed] wrote: > Hi S10 EVers, > > I know that there a lot of factors more important to range than the > power used by the brake lights and turn signals, but u...
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Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:41:31 -0700
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Hi S10 EVers, I know that there a lot of factors more important to range than the power used by the brake lights and turn signals, but under the banner of "every little bit helps", I thought I'd swap the incandescent lights on the S10 for LEDs. The first LEDs that I bought had...
Kevin Kayden
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:32:28 -0500
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I started wondering if it was possible to hook up two smaller 12V batteries, or maybe two smaller 6V batteries to get 12V, and have the S10EV recognize it as a single battery. Also, would this affect the recharging proceedure? It seems that it should be OK, but also it seems t...
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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:08:26 -0700
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Niel, I am glad your story had a happy ending. I just got my S10 EV in March and I loving it. The first day I drove it, I got the bat life light because, well, I did not know what I was doing. Luckily I was only 2 blocks from home at the time. I'm learning to be SOC aware as w...
Niel Nielsen
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:09:01 -0500
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Someone (namely me) forgot to plug the truck (NiMH) in one night recently, and my wife got in it the next day to go shopping. She didn't look at the SOC gauge until she started home, 15 miles away from home. She got a bat life light about 3 miles from home. That was too far to...
Joshua Tomel
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:35:07 -0400
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To all, After spending a day at the New York auto show, I thought I'd share my unique perspective on the Volt, as an East Coast EVer and at least apprehensive buyer if the Volt ever comes out. The Volt is setup EV1 style with the batteries down the middle in this 4 door 4 pass...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:34:37 -0700
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At 9:21 P -0400 4/12/07, Joshua Tomel wrote: >BP65-12.pdf Very similar indeed. The digikey battery is similar, but not an exact model replacement. Perhaps it could be made to do, but there are variables that need to be considered. First is physical dimension. It has to be exac...
Niel Nielsen
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:54:52 -0500
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I must have missed the point, and forgive me if I have... The Panasonic batteries shown here are lead acid batteries, with the inherent short life (typically 2-3 years before noticable degredation), and lower capacity than NiMH. Lead acid batteries, even the improved ones from...
Jeff Thomas
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:45:11 -0700
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Stephen, that's the sauce. Use with distilled water in equal parts. Tap water contains any sort of minerals, and they will stick as deposits. Prestone brand antifreeze/coolant in the silver gallon jug is Dexcool approved as well. The silicate free dexcool formula is easily rec...
Joshua Tomel
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:38:24 -0400
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Paul and others, Your two options with that device are find a hughes inductive charger from the early to mid 90's that's still working, which worked 4.4kW and wire it up that way or probably the best alternative (although not a departure from 220 Volts) is to wire up your spar...
Tom Dowling
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:30:55 -0700
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-----Original Message----- From: [email removed] [mailto:[email removed]] On Behalf Of Tom Dowling Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:27 AM To: 'RAV4-EV list' Subject: [RAV4-EV] FW: Puget Sound Infrastructure In-The-Works -----Original Message----- From: The Johnsens [mailto:[em...
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Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:08:41 +0000
2007
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Hi Bill, That's easy. Just do a Google search on "heated seats" and you will find more links than you can imagine. I got over a million "hits". Here is the first of many, as an example: http://www.heatedseatkits.com/ (OEM Style Heated Seat Kits $80 Factory trained support + fr...
Bill Palter
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:37:10 -0800
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How about finding some aftermarket seat heaters? Using them on my RAV4 really reduces the need to heat the cabin... Bill Quoting "Adams, Lynn" <[email removed]>: > Hi Jerry, > > Here in Colorado, the temperature is routinely well below freezing and > the heat pump cannot keep...