As Terry demonstrated for you - you don't need a big battery pack. You need a drive train powerful enough to climb the mountains - you need a battery pack big enough to go from one charging station to another - and you need an on-board charger fast enough to charge within an hour or two - and you need charging stations that can dish out the power quickly enough.
The last two points are toughest. Terry's advantage is that the motorcycle is light enough it can go a significant distance on a small pack that can be charged in an hour.
So, ford is working to cut ties with Mazda...Sergio loves buying other brands and they dont have any japanese involvment right now. biggest competitor nissan/renault has an obviously strong foothold in the japanese market. I wonder if the Chrysler group might be getting a new adopted sibling?
In a new campaign to educate parents on proper car seat installation and to provide child safety seats to those who cannot afford them, Toyota and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will be giving away 10,000 child safety seats and hosting a live Twitter Chat to explain their proper installation.
going on about how electric cars were just a fad and in 5 years, no one will be able to name an EV. I am as much into V8 powered vehicles as possible but I think that the "EVs are a fad" theory is pretty shortsighted.
I think so too... Reuss in his speech said we're in a transition phase, and that transitions take a long time. The technology needs to improve a bit more but it will.
An example I keep thinking about is the electric motorcycle racing scene - where this year the top results of electric race teams matched or exceeded the lap times of the top gas bikes. Meaning that electric motorcycle racing has reached speed parity with gas bike racing, but not distance parity. It'll take at least one generation of battery energy density, and the electric race bikes will match the top gas bikes on both range and speed. An electric bike could then enter a gas bike race and win. It's just a few years away.
You don't need V8 monsters to get torque and speed. That's already true. Solving the range issue will happen within a few years.
Subaru diesel in Australia
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but not in the U.S.
2013 Scion FR-S
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captured the Best of 2013 award from Cars.com
Electrifying a classic
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to go cross-country
As Terry demonstrated for you
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In reply to Electrifying a classic by Nicolas Zart
As Terry demonstrated for you - you don't need a big battery pack. You need a drive train powerful enough to climb the mountains - you need a battery pack big enough to go from one charging station to another - and you need an on-board charger fast enough to charge within an hour or two - and you need charging stations that can dish out the power quickly enough.
The last two points are toughest. Terry's advantage is that the motorcycle is light enough it can go a significant distance on a small pack that can be charged in an hour.
The more I think about it,
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In reply to As Terry demonstrated for you by David Herron
the more I think EVs will happen via motorcycles and PHEV. You're right in saying able to go form one charger to the next. That's the key.
Fiat and Mazda formalize agreement to build next Miata
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I have been following this all along. Will go deep if I can.
Wow.
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So, ford is working to cut ties with Mazda...Sergio loves buying other brands and they dont have any japanese involvment right now. biggest competitor nissan/renault has an obviously strong foothold in the japanese market. I wonder if the Chrysler group might be getting a new adopted sibling?
Too bad Honda
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Didn't jump in and make it a manage a trois. That would have made that crazy S2000 prototype a possibility.
Barf,
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In reply to Too bad Honda by John Goreham
did I mention Barf?
The NSX at NAIAS
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and a video look at the interior!
Toyota and Cincinnati Children's to donate 10,000 car seats
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In a new campaign to educate parents on proper car seat installation and to provide child safety seats to those who cannot afford them, Toyota and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will be giving away 10,000 child safety seats and hosting a live Twitter Chat to explain their proper installation.
Electric car not dead -
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Electric car not dead - cheaper Volt - Mark Reuss of GM
I heard someone at the show this week...
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going on about how electric cars were just a fad and in 5 years, no one will be able to name an EV. I am as much into V8 powered vehicles as possible but I think that the "EVs are a fad" theory is pretty shortsighted.
I think so too... Reuss in
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In reply to I heard someone at the show this week... by Patrick Rall
I think so too... Reuss in his speech said we're in a transition phase, and that transitions take a long time. The technology needs to improve a bit more but it will.
An example I keep thinking about is the electric motorcycle racing scene - where this year the top results of electric race teams matched or exceeded the lap times of the top gas bikes. Meaning that electric motorcycle racing has reached speed parity with gas bike racing, but not distance parity. It'll take at least one generation of battery energy density, and the electric race bikes will match the top gas bikes on both range and speed. An electric bike could then enter a gas bike race and win. It's just a few years away.
You don't need V8 monsters to get torque and speed. That's already true. Solving the range issue will happen within a few years.
Shebly Focus
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an expensive upgrade package for the sporty compact hatchback.
Mercedes-Benz and BMW finally find front-wheel-drive
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The German brands are no longer exclusively rear wheel drive.
Honda recalls 835k Pilots & Oddysseys
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airbags
Next generation Volt
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Next generation Volt thousands cheaper
Apparently the official transcript published by GM's Media didn't cover everything Ruess said.. but other sources have published enough to go with
CODA slashes prices
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almost half
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