Welcome to the Electric Car Weblog. In addition to links, news, and tips about electric cars and other forms of alternative transportation we are publishing an on-line diary of our current EV project. Started in August 2005 the chronicle follows the conversion of a gas powered Ford Probe into an Electric Car.
You will find articles organized by categories, along with recent comments, along the right hand column of the website. If you are just getting started with the idea of converting a gas car to electric be sure to check out Your First Electric Car .
Welcome and enjoy!
-Jerry
You will find articles organized by categories, along with recent comments, along the right hand column of the website. If you are just getting started with the idea of converting a gas car to electric be sure to check out Your First Electric Car .
Welcome and enjoy!
-Jerry
Bike Forest · 25 November 05
This isn’t a scooter.
Sort of…
It’s a treadmill bike. Walk or run and you power the bike. I suppose the main difference between it and walking/running is that you can coast?
And your shoes stay clean.
Which might seem a bit zany for a bike design, at least until you check out some of the other creations at Bike Forest.
Like the Hula bike.
Or the Couch bike.
- The Naval Research Laboratory demonstrated an unmanned fuel cell powered airplane [Energy Blog]
- A water heater that uses microwaves. It’s the size of a speaker (?) and heats on demand. Hmm, another type of on demand EV heater?
- Altair Nanotechnologies gets a grant to work on advanced Lithium Batteries. [GCC]
- After Gutenberg reports that Canada is starting to make switchgrass pellets for home heating.
- Fast charge Lithium battery. Hey, I’ll take a car-full!
- EV UK has done us the favor of rounding up other Lithium leaders.
- You’ll need to charge all of those Lithium EV batteries you get over the holidays. Be sure to read up on charging lithium at the Battery University.
- Daimler/Chrysler’s new platform for Plug-in Hybrid and Fuel Cell Work
- Zero EV, coming soon. Japanese website here.
- Eco-driving, how to be a greener driver and use up to 25% less fuel.
- LiquidMetal technologies. “Liquidmetal lets you get parts as you do with plastics…”
- Piaggio electric powered Porter.
- Vogelbilt Electric Cruiser
- Got a little distracted the other day and started reading about Geothermal heating. The Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium has a list of incentives by state. And here’s the Information Survival Kit for the Prospective Geothermal Heat Pump Owner. For worldwide info/resources check out the Geomap.
- EV Parts Supplier in Australia, EV Warehouse.
- The Zap Xebra.
Up to 40 mph w/40 miles range. DC motor, 110vac charger, seats 4, lead acid battery. Classification: 3 wheel motor driven cycle - Another great post over at MetroMPG: 8 reasons why your winter fuel economy bites.
- Speaking of which I see that there’s a MaxMPG Yahoo group. After a few minutes poking around I also uncovered the Veggie Burning Diesels, about 88 Electric Car and 30 Hybrid Car groups, and 38 for Prius.
- MetroMPG got a brand new gadget to help his quest for higher mpg…
- Hi Torque Electric, motor shaving.
- Brent Singleton’s 1932 Ford Roaster all Electric Car
- Nature Mill household composter
- Index to Coefficient of Drag for Many Vehicles Plus Index to Horsepower vs Speed Curves
- Thinking of turning an old Beetle chassis into an EV? Check out the Glockler Spyder kit body. I’m not sure it would be that much fun in New Hampshire winters.
- Building Integrated Photovoltaics by Steve Heckeroth.
- What is a Stirling Engine?
- Lithium batteries: The Future Technology.
- Smart drivers have a boat tail.