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Let’s Hope The Nissan Leaf Never Falls

November 24, 2011

My boss decided to send me up to our San Francisco head office to work for a while and I am glad of the opportunity, since a few of the other engineers working here own Nissan Leafs. Having heard about my own electric car conversion, they were eager to show me their Leafs, three of [...]

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Revenge of the Electric Car

October 31, 2011

In 2009 I created a PowerPoint presentation titled, “Revenge of the Electric Car,” where I discussed the technology involved, the politics, the cowboys, promising enterprises that merely leech the money from the fatter end of town to no end, and a bit of history; but mostly it was tech stuff to prove how easily and [...]

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Will Social Energy Drive Change?

October 6, 2011

<tech digression to rant> Having experienced first-hand working with scumbag bosses, I can understand some of the objections people have to the excessive accumulation of wealth by a small handful of self-serving power-players with big egos and big lies to get them to where they are now; and that includes some of the mongrel electric [...]

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Movin’ On

September 19, 2011

Been off the air for a while, not only with other work but dealing with the death of another loved one. Blech, life, well it leads to death, at least I’ve got an electric car to boast about even if in these rapidly-changing times my car is rapidly becoming somewhat of a Model-T, but heck, [...]

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Would You Prefer An Uncleaner Beamer?

April 28, 2011

BMW have been quoted as saying they don’t think electric vehicles are right for most people. Despite developing the ActiveE coupe and i3 electric vehicles for production later this year, they still believe battery technology and resistance from drivers of large vehicles will keep most people away from owning a fully-electric vehicle. Clean diesel and [...]

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Electric Limo Superbus Arrives in Dubai

April 14, 2011

Great for social occasions. Imagine being picked up in one of these to be taken to the latest ‘we made a lot of money in oil this month’ party. Of course the best way to experience the performance of this vehicle would be on a trip from Dubai to Abu Dhabi in under 30 minutes, [...]

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Electric Vehicle Conversion Update – Just Some Photos

April 3, 2011

I’ve been a bit slack in adding new photos of my electric vehicle. I know I’ve meant to do a gallery of stuff from start of conversion to finish but there’s always been something else to take priority, including tending to my poor sick kitty, so sorry about this, and after all, I’ve been driving [...]

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Google Induction Into The EV World

March 22, 2011

Literally… It’s wireless charging at its best. Simply park your car and watch it charge, fast (with the new batteries soon on the horizon). The Google inductive charging station designed by Evatran will have far reaching consequences. Move over Better Place! Click here for more information. Meanwhile, HaloIPT, a New Zealand startup, is traveling down [...]

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BMW i3 Megacity Electric Vehicle Testing

March 17, 2011

Recently captured, the i3 electric vehicle will be released some time in 2013. Given the testing conditions, it would be interesting to see how the batteries perform in cold climates. Watch here… I agree with the comments; butt-ugly car – maybe the aesthetic imagination will be interwoven with the final result for a more-appealing vehicle [...]

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Electric Vehicle Conversion Guides – Which One Do You Choose?

February 28, 2011

More and more people are asking me how to convert their car to electric, as I have done. While I do the speaker circuit on conversion, I never got around to finishing my ‘Convert Your Gas Guzzler’ manual; you see, time was not on my side, even though I have the knowledge to do an [...]

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Thank You, Better Place

February 17, 2011

It’s nice to know Better Place (BP) are reading posts from other electric car builders; it shows that they are actively aware of what’s happening around them. Following my recent post about their parked domain, it seems that some url forwarding has now been done for http://www.betterplace.com.au. Good stuff. Now about that electric GM Commodore [...]

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True Believers Still Trying For The Better Combustion Engine

February 16, 2011

I recently ran into veteran racing driver, Basil van Rooyen, who has an interesting proposal to perpetuate internal combustion dominance – at least for another twenty years or so. His premise is that electric vehicles still have multiple issues to contend with, along with the obvious expense. Given that internal combustion engines will be around [...]

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