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
- More details (i.e. fluff) about the planned Subaru Electric. President Kyoji Takenaka said “electric vehicles could establish a certain presence if we developed technology to charge batteries overnight.” (you mean a charger??)
- VW has announced a Hybrid Mini-van to be built in China. Since German automakers tend to favor diesel, why not a diesel hybrid?
- Instead of a car how about a portable bike?
(Brompton, Bike Friday, and Moulton) [via TH] - In Australia, GM Holden is releasing a dual fuel vehicle that will use gas or LPG. Sequential Vapour Gas Injection, baby.
- The Carolina EV Challenge – Smart Kids, Clean Cars, Green World
- Renewed interest in electric car conversions (registration rqrd). “Converting a car is the sort of thing that any determined individual could do,” said Ken Wells, a physics teacher at St. Mark’s, a boarding school in Southboro, Mass.
- Some folks want their car vegetable powered.
- Hyundai-Kai unviel new hybrid car.
- Good news on the Hydrogen front. Scientists have developed a method to store hydrogen in pellets until it is needed.
- Lies and damn lies, most cars tested fall way short of their sticker gas mileage, hybrids included.
“We are concerned about the differences,” Margo Oge, director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, said of our study. “I think we can do a better job to help consumers assess actual fuel economy.”
Computerized engine systems have improved efficiency, but the potential fuel savings has been traded for increased engine horsepower. Since 1981, horsepower is up 89 percent for cars and 99 percent for trucks - Consumer Reports fuel-efficient vehicle chart
- Hey, 3M is getting into the EV Battery Biz, although don’t get out your wallet yet:
When the funded program is complete near the turn of the century, 3M anticipates the new battery will offer a range of between 150 and 300 miles for an electric vehicle, compared with the 60 to 100 miles offered by current lead-acid technology. - Toyota’s challenges in the hybrid market. Like, I dunno, advertising the real gas mileage?
- Q&A with an auto mechanics instructor.
- High gas prices also pushing alternative engines in Germany.
- Saving energy at home.
- Street Smarts, a good reason to go green.
- Wind Power on Lake Erie.
- Oil prices spur solar cell popularity
- Homemade solar still (for distilled water, that is).
- The WaveCrest Adaptive Motor. “The WaveCrest motor has ample torque to directly drive each wheel of the vehicle. In many applications the motor can be directly mounted within the wheel. Microprocessors control each motor; decision-making algorithms track and analyze vehicle performance. By identifying – instantaneously – the load requirements and delivering energy precisely, this design provides unparalleled torque and efficiency throughout the operating range.”
- Why not switch to electric?
- Wikipedia electric vehicle entry.
- Light electric cars and bikes.
- Record high gas prices are boosting sales over at Zap.
- Subaru is teaming up with Tokyo Electric Power Co. on a new electric car venture. Sounds like an internal project to start.
- Lee Iacocca is back and pushing for US automakers to get on the ball with hybrids. GM, he adds, should have invested in hybrids instead of buying the Hummer brand.
- Interview with Felix Kramer regarding plug-in hybrids.
- Haven’t heard of ElectroCraft before. Makers of EV Controllers, Chargers, and instrumentation.
- Honda’s new cars are coming, including a new hybrid meant to give the Toyota Prius a run for its money.
- How about your own homemade Hybrid? (link to PDF) First make an EV. Then, instead of always lugging around Gas & Motor, you hook up that part only when you need it. No generators or complex electronics needed, since it’s just pushing when you need it.