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-Jerry
Buy a Hybrid, Part I · 14 December 06
This is the story of how Eve, our in-progress electric car conversion project, ended up being put on hold for a while, how we ended up with a brand new Hybrid Car, and what all of this might mean in the larger picture of EV design, vehicle efficiency, and the future direction of the automobile industry.
Gas Powered EV · 16 March 06
I get an email from time to time which goes like…
“Why don’t you add a lawnmower/weedwhacker/gas engine to your EV? Wouldn’t that help the range?“
Well, yeah, it might…but it wouldn’t be an EV! And, hey, who said I needed more range? ‘:^)
Still, it’s a common enough question that we ought to talk about it a bit.
But first, an answer to the other emails: NO, I HAVEN’T DIED!
Poor Man's Hybrid · 1 October 05
You might have noticed that most of the automotive news these days is about hybrids. Small hybrids, big hybrids, mild hybrids, even hybrids with chicken pox (just kidding).
Hybrid’s are all the rage.
Do you drive a gas or diesel powered car or truck? Then most likely you already own a hybrid. Of course if you tried to drive around the block on electric power alone you’d probably burn out a few components and kill the battery.
Solar Prius Project · 19 August 05
Lapp Renewables has embarked on a project to make a Toyota Prius more of an EV.
It will be interesting to follow Steve as he finishes the projects and starts collecting hard data. Of course we are approaching Winter here in the northern hemisphere so full-sun testing won’t be for another six months or more.