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Converting a fossil burner

Photo: Jørn Uldalen

Found it! Found a car for converting to silent electric power! Yesss! I'm on the move!

What kind of car it is? Some think it looks like a Fiat Spider, others say Alfa Romeo, Triumph, Lotus or MG. It's called Ginetta and this model is the British company's most successful road model, the G15. It's made in a number of almost 600 from 1968 to 1974. Mine is one of the… Continue

Added by Tom Roy on May 13, 2011 at 2:22pm — 9 Comments

Ford Transit Connect EV

I took a quick spin in the new Ford Transit Connect EV yesterday, at its UK launch.

This vehicle is significant - it is the first electric vehicle to be launched by Ford and whilst it is currently only going to be available as a van, a five door 'people carrier' version is under…

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Added by Michael Boxwell on April 13, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments

Th!nk holds track record for Europe homologated EVs at Spa Francorchamps

http://www.flickr.com/photos/think_on_tour/4398234206/

Added by Tom Roy on March 11, 2010 at 4:30am — 2 Comments

Improving Vehicle Efficiencies -- A List!

I want to try to list steps that car makers, and drivers could/should take to improve the efficiency of their vehicles, in approximate order of cost:

EcoDriving involves moderation: top speed should be reduced, use only as much throttle as needed (try to not need to use the… Continue

Added by Neil Blanchard on January 27, 2010 at 5:00pm — 17 Comments

Supercapacitors, GPS "smarts", & Regenerative Braking

Greetings,

Here's a really interesting video of a lecture at Carnegie Mellon University, about using GPS to improve EV's and using supercapacitors to greatly improve regenerative braking. Here's the Scion xB they are using for their test platform: