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I remember looking into the Japanese Gen 1 Prius in the late 1990's and thinking that it made a lot of sense. I could see a future in hybrid...
Just for the record, the Volt was shown as a concept car in January 2007 and approved for production by the fall of 2007. On November 11, 2007...
It's certainly true that GM used an existing Otto cycle engine used in their existing small European cars. Doing this reduced the engineering risk...
Right. After the initial 200 vehicle rollout next year, Toyota has said they want to deliver 1-2k Mirai cars In the subsequent couple of years...
We'll just have to wait and find out how the battery does over longer time periods and EV driving range. When the degradation does begin taking a...
I don't see these as huge barriers, in and of themselves. Hydrogen is $10-12 a kg and fuel cell cars will typically get 45-65 miles per kg....
Utility grade grid batteries are quickly coming online to optimize the integration of renewable generation sources: Texas Utility Plans $2...
You mean the kind of car that gets a significant incremental improvement in battery capacity and EV drivability but doesn't tank the hybrid mpg?...
I'd say 36% EV is pretty good for someone whose commute is over 200 miles per day in a PHEV although 97.6% of VoltStat drivers had a higher EV...
The first Volt on VoltStats.net to drive past 200,000 miles (72,000+ miles on battery charge). Change oil every 38,000 miles Rotate tires,...
I suspect the problem isn't with the plugging but rather that the overwealming vast majority of car buyers don't understand the joy and serenity...
As opposed to a gasoline or hydrogen car.... Even if the garage is full, it's easy to install a charging station on the outside of a garage.
I think that's an incorrect statement. I believe the lithium ion batteries in BEVs and PHEVs will typically lose both power and energy capacity...
That's an excellent question and I was planning to raise it on this thread in the near future. I haven't been following fuel cell technology very...
Reuters: Toyota aims to replicate Prius success with fuel cell Mirai We shall see.
I'm curious how your critique of the Volt strategy compares to your view of the Mirai strategy.
Why should other companies drop their old products if they keep outselling the newly advanced product? But, Ford, Honda, VW, Porsche, Kia all...
Exactly. The big picture is that the energy/temperature of the planet is going up. That's just simple and very well understood physics. People get...
Heat stored in the sub-surface ocean during the last 14 years is now popping back out to likely give 2014 the hottest land and ocean surface...
People tend to conflate overnight charging with daytime opportunity charging. In my opinion they are largely independent. I charged at home at...
