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Replying to: plekto (Apr 16, 2007 9:51 am) You can also buy some of the past EVs from on line locations. You cane do a search for used electric vehicle and sometimes find the past Toyota RAV4 with NiMH bateries or the GM S-10 EV1 pick up trucks with NiMH. If you are handy you can even convert your own vehicles to pure electric. The hardest part is getting the new advanced batteries. Lithium is th best but very expensive. NiMH are very hard to find. This is the most important part of any EV. With advance batteries costing so much many Elec Auto Association members use lead acid batteries. You can do this too but I feel it is what has been holding back EV's. Some also use wet cell Nicads like the Chrysler T-EVan had. They seem to last a long time but cadmium is as bad as lead for the environment. You have to pay to recycles these hazardous batteries. In the next year or 2 many new more affordable choices will come out with advanced batteries. Tesla is starting to design and build factories to make their family sedan the Wite Star. It may be available in late 2008 for about 55K, Miles also plan to make the Javalin EV for about 28K similar in size to a Carolla. It will be very interesting to see the new choices. Until then one of the most affordable EV's is a Plug-in hybrid. This is a prius with extra batteries to give it a longer EV range. Most use lithium batteries. You can get 100+ mpg on trips of 20-60 miles. A lot depends on your speed and driving style. I call it an EV in your trunk. You can also drive it for thousands of miles if needed without plugging in at only about 50 mpg. The choices are growing and any EV that fits your needs is the best EV. In some areas a slower NEV can fit many of your local needs. Soon they may also have advanced batteries. Whatever EV you go with please be sure and don't charge on peak power use times. That would hurt everyone. Buy green power to cover your EV charging needs and or your home use. Install solar PV and or wind to make and use only renewable power. We can all make a difference. |
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Replying to: plekto (Apr 16, 2007 9:51 am) http://www.evworld.com/
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Replying to: tpe (May 31, 2007 3:13 pm) I'm more interested in finding one of the remaining EVs to use.
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Replying to: plekto (May 31, 2007 8:45 pm)
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Replying to: tpe (Jun 01, 2007 4:18 am)
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Replying to: plekto (Jun 01, 2007 11:27 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 01, 2007 1:13 pm) The first automobiles were toys for the wealthy. |
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I want to convert a '73 VW Type 3 vehicle to electric. It has a pancake engine, therefore does not have the room of a normal bug. Where can I go to get instructions on the procedures? Is there a book out that will outline the steps? Does someone sell a kit? Where is the most economical place to buy components? GeeBee
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Just did a little light searching and found that Phoenix Motorcars went into Chapt. 11 a few months ago. Anyone seen anything further and if it looks like they will return from the ashes like a Phoenix? |
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Replying to: gberry61 (May 22, 2008 1:12 pm) http://www.evalbum.com/2407 The wagons are just right for this, IMO. ] A Fiat 500 (original one!) weighed only 1100 lbs, but it likely wasn't built to handle 4 people(about the weight of the batteries you'd need). EDIT - another option might be something like a street-legal sandrail. |
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