Jeff Thomas
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:52:42 -0700
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I have to say it is a very clean vehicle. I wish I could attend to refitting the pack with NiMH sooner. It was a top rate banner-holder when Mike had it parked at the EV1 Burbank vigil. And, it's been immortalized in the WKtEC movie footage... Regards, Jeff Thomas On Nov 15, 2...
Mike Kane
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:10:28 -0800 (PST)
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Hi All, I'm considering selling my S10-E. It's a 1998 PbA with 38,000 miles on it. The truck is badly in need of a new battery pack, but otherwise is in great running condition. It's got no significant body damage, except some small dents and scratches inside the bed. I've dri...
Greg Brewsaugh
Mon Nov 13 11:43:52 2006
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I had a breaker failure a couple months ago. My breaker started tripping weekly after 5+ years of service and no changes to my habits. There's a lot of current going through these things, and someone else on the list suggested they won't last forever. The breaker was the cheap...
Joshua Tomel
Mon Nov 13 01:04:43 2006
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In regard to prior discussions on certain topics I want to revise something that I feel I might have annoying others with. First off I recently found out that the Silverado hybrid has a feature no other hybrid can top, which is that the car has four 120V outlets (two inside th...
David Johnson
Mon Nov 13 00:02:25 2006
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I haven?t posted for a while but tonight I plugged my wall mount magnacharger into the truck and nothing happened. I am getting current to the charger and flipping the breaker switch off and back on didn?t correct the problem. Readjusting the seating of the paddle in the charg...
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Thu Nov 9 16:08:08 2006
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Hello Joshua To call the GM a hybrid truck is really a stretching the definition of the term hybrid. The AGM lead acid battery is now mass-produced and cost much less than the NiMH battery. Since the truck is not making the demands that a true hybrid would place on the battery...
Gil Dawson
Wed Nov 8 20:54:56 2006
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At 4:35 PM -0500 11/8/06, Joshua Tomel wrote: > GM's Silverado hybrid doesn't even use NiHM batteries it uses 40 >volts coming for Lead Acid. Isn't that a step down technology GM >already has? Didn't they show those that had an EV1 that using PbA >didn't work as well and that...
Joshua Tomel
Wed Nov 8 16:36:02 2006
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I have checked out a book on hybrids by Nick Yost and David Friedman called: The Essential Hybrid Car Handbook: A Buyer's Guide. In it GM's Silverado hybrid doesn't even use NiHM batteries it uses 40 volts coming for Lead Acid. Isn't that a step down technology GM already has?...
Joshua Tomel
Fri Nov 3 14:48:32 2006
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Guys, You have it all wrong. Only one person offered the 115V (that's the true voltage of the charger) and he wanted a grand and a half for it. A few others offered help in getting a 220V charger that could be timer programmed to charge and support for me to get my employer to...
Joshua Tomel
Thu Nov 2 18:36:27 2006
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I want to apologize for the double posts, it my stupid new keyboard, that is going back to the store today. It sticks and then causes me to hit the enter key too many times causing the double posts. So again I'm sorry. Secondly I did turn down the RAV4EV which is sad because I...
Joshua Tomel
Sat Oct 28 18:04:47 2006
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Gil, Me, but I already bid on one a few days ago that went for less then my maximum bid of 50K. So now I have decision time, keep the S10 which range is just a bit too short for my needs of 80-100 miles a day and complains to my bosses are relatively fall on deaf ears or sell...
Joshua Tomel
Sat Oct 28 18:04:46 2006
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Gil, Me, but I already bid on one a few days ago that went for less then my maximum bid of 50K. So now I have decision time, keep the S10 which range is just a bit too short for my needs of 80-100 miles a day and complains to my bosses are relatively fall on deaf ears or sell...
Gil Dawson
Sat Oct 28 16:38:29 2006
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Anyone notice the Rav4EV for sale on eBay? Item #190044998809. --Gil
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Thu Oct 26 03:04:27 2006
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Howdy, We are looking for EV drivers and Plug-in Hybrid drivers who can display their vehicles and/or participate in a parade in Grass Valley, CA on Sunday, November 19th 2006. UC Davis Professor Andy Frank and CalCars Technical Lead Ron Gremban will be speaking at the EVent a...
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Wed Oct 25 14:34:31 2006
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I too am still interested in obtaining one of the convenience chargers if/when they become available. Whomever is ramrodding this effort, please keep me in mind. Gar Harris, Garden Grove, OC, CA
Jim Coate
Fri Oct 6 13:27:13 2006
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These are publicly available to download at: http://www.evchargernews.com/miscfiles/evii/ Mike Kane wrote: > I'm looking for an electronic version of the Avcon > ICS200-B data sheet, spec sheet, or users manual. If > anyone has one, could you contact me off-list. -- Jim Coate...
Mike Kane
Fri Oct 6 12:48:52 2006
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I'm looking for an electronic version of the Avcon ICS200-B data sheet, spec sheet, or users manual. If anyone has one, could you contact me off-list. Thanks, Mike Kane [email removed] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
Mark Looper
Tue Sep 26 18:43:28 2006
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Hello yet again-- Once again, thanks to those (including Chelsea Sexton, despite her upcoming presentation at the CARB ZEV Tech Symposium tomorrow!) who contacted me with info I didn't have. I've updated the section of the webpage where I discussed the 1100-minus-800 EV1s; I'l...
Mark Looper
Sun Sep 24 07:33:15 2006
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Hello-- In the months since "Who Killed the Electric Car?" came out, I've written a number of detailed comments to movie reviewers and other journalists who I thought had "bought" GM's spin against the EV1, and I've cc'ed various of these mailing lists. The focus of GM's spin...
(Hausman, Steve (NIH/NIAMS) [E])
Tue Sep 5 12:53:42 2006
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I got a pdf copy of a presentation given by the National Renewal Energy Laboratory on May 19, 2006 at the Advanced Automobile Battery Conference in Baltimore. It's entitled "Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Storage System Design." The full paper (same title) is available...
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Sat Aug 26 03:58:40 2006
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From: Mike Kane [mailto:[email removed]] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:18 AM To: [email removed]; [email removed]; [email removed] Subject: Press Release - Nissan Crushes Pasadena Electric Cars FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2006 Nissan Crushes Working Electric Vehicles De...
Tom Dowling
Fri Aug 25 04:54:25 2006
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-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Klein [mailto:[email removed]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:22 PM To: [email removed] Subject: battries, what to buy? Hello fellow ev s10 owners, What is the most cost effective and best battery for the price to replace my aging lea...
Tom Dowling
Thu Aug 17 17:57:47 2006
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NO REPLY NECESSARY. We've made arrangements for gatherings for the opening of "Who Killed the Electric Car" at the Tower Theatre, 16th and Broadway, Sacramento. You certainly more than welcome and encouraged to attend any of the showings, starting Friday, August 18, and runnin...
Richard Kelly
Thu Aug 17 13:24:07 2006
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Don, > From: [email removed] .. > I did a nationwide parts search and VPI there is none of these parts > available. Has Brian, Jeff or anyone else come up with any ideas? As you've heard, Jeff and Brian are sending out a unit from one of their shop trucks. I've since also hear...
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Wed Aug 16 16:30:06 2006
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_____ From: Tom Shjarback [mailto:[email removed]] Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:29 AM To: 'Jeff Thomas'; [email removed] Cc: [email removed] Subject: RE: [S10-EV] s-10 GM part # 27003265 To all, I replaced the buffer on my 1998 S10E, and it wasn't the problem. The fan mo...
(Hausman, Steve (NIH/NIAMS) [E])
Wed Aug 16 11:32:17 2006
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New York State Aims to Convert its Hybrid Fleet to Plug-Ins A new $10 million effort in New York State is geared toward converting the state's hybrid fleet-consisting mostly of Toyota Priuses and Ford Hybrid Escapes-into plug-in hybrids. The New York State Energy Research and...
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Wed Aug 16 01:43:37 2006
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Hello Jeff If you are going to make these up I would be interested in getting a few of them. When you have the time and of course after anyone else who needs one. Maybe being in a little cooler climate the factory ones will last just a little longer. But now that I said that I...
Jeff Thomas
Tue Aug 15 22:51:10 2006
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Don, Richard and list members; The Front Fan buffer is a known chronic problem item. A large percentage have had that fan buffer replaced, with some more than once. Bryan told me that he's removed a working buffer from one of our trucks and will be sending it to Richard. We no...
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Tue Aug 15 20:32:36 2006
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Hello Richard There was something else that I forgot to bring up. You have had this same part fail two times on this truck? There must be something else besides just this part causing the problem. That is going to have to be addressed or your just going to burn out another one...
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Tue Aug 15 20:24:56 2006
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Hello Richard I did a nationwide parts search and VPI there is none of these parts available. Has Brian, Jeff or anyone else come up with any ideas? The only choice I can think of is if you cannot find a used one is to have yours repaired or have someone make a new replacement...