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Sure, California law seems clear that minimum speeds can be set and signage posted. The immediate question seems to be whether such minimum...
I checked on Google StreetView and only saw regular 65 mph signs heading away from East Pasadena through Arcadia and Monrovia. Can you give a...
V C Section 22400 Minimum Speed Law In other words, you have to comply with the law by not exceeding the posted speed limit but you could...
"Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence." -- ancient French proverb
Perhaps. Meanwhile, I was able to re-adjust my commute schedule slightly so I'm back up to 90-95 MPGe combined for the past couple of weeks. Yeah!...
Scott's post was from 9 months ago. The highest car is now up around 164k miles (just fell off the list probably due to a need to periodically...
They claimed 25-55% and then said they thought it would be easy to increase that to 70% by changing the final gear ratios from their motor to the...
I've seen the 30-35% number before for Prius regenerative braking efficiency but the details behind that figure were ambiguous. My guess is that...
When I googled around for answers to this recently I noticed there was a quite a bit of ambiguity in the sparse information I could find....
Most of that discussion was about the LEAF.
In order to drive down to the last couple of percent at the bottom you have to drive past the Low Battery Warning and the Very Low Battery Warning...
A hit on efficiency using the gas engine vs. a Prius, yes. A hit on sporty acceleration, no. Even though the battery is "empty" it can still put...
Not really. If you read the threads at the LEAF forum the consensus is that charge levels and quick DC charging have only a modest effect. Most...
My impression is that the 2014 LEAF now only understands how to charge to 100% -- they took away the 80% charging choice that was on earlier...
Sure, but I believe the first graph, "Impact of temperature on battery in a parked car", is based on yearly average as well as peak temperatures...
I believe the reference to 3.7v on that slide implies that the cells are being stored at about 50% SOC. The graph shows projected data based on a...
Battery aging can be characterized in different ways including loss in energy capacity (EV range) and ability to output power. I have seen a nice...
Here's what we know: * NCA is generally more tolerant of high temperatures than the LMO-based chemistries in the LEAF and Volt. * all modern...
It would be dumb to only design cars that worked best for average conditions -- unless you lived in a Worker's Paradise where the government gives...
Yup, grid cleanup is real. Coal is now down to 37% in the US from just over 50% a few years ago. Many states, like California, have set renewable...
