Friday, August 5, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Why Aren’t Black Folks Driving Electric Vehicles? | The Atlanta Post
Why Aren’t Black Folks Driving Electric Vehicles? | The Atlanta Post: "The reason why people are not driving hybrids or electric cars is because of misinformation like this."
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Hillsboro is Wired for EVs
HILLSBORO, OR - Nine new electric vehicle charging stations were recently installed in Hillsboro Oregon. This brings the city's total number of stations to 25.
Hillsboro now has more EV charging stations than any other city in the state. For comparison, the city only has 10 gas stations.
The charging stations can be found at the following locations:
- Civic Center
- InterModal Transit Facility on 8th and Baseline
- Gordon Faber Stadium
- Main Library
- Walters Cultural Arts Center
Drivers with plug-in vehicles can charge up at these Coulomb and Blink units for free. A membership card is needed for access. See blinknetwork.com and chargepoint.net for access cards.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
10 Interesting New Facts about the Nissan Leaf | Electric Car Conversion Blog
10 Interesting New Facts about the Nissan Leaf | Electric Car Conversion Blog: "environmentalists, EV advocates and tech-savvy individuals"
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Charging Station Sharing
In most places, there are few if any charging stations. Plug-in cars like the Leaf and Volt are currently rolling off of assembly lines and into the hands of owners. Inevitably, there will be a case where you want to plug in your vehicle, but someone else is already there. If you really need to charge, is it OK to unplug them? If they have the charging protocol card, then at a glance you know how long they need to charge. If you need them to move their car for access, there might even be a contact phone number.
EV drivers are part of a community. A community that is working together to make the world a little bit better. You can be part of that community by sharing the limited infrastructure that we currently have. The card below helps to facilitate charging station sharing. If you drive a plug-in vehicle, print this out, grab a paperclip to mark the time and drop it on your dash when you are charging in public.
http://www.evchargernews.com/chargeprotocolcard.pdf
Monday, June 27, 2011
My Nissan Leaf Forum • Adapters for Ingineer's L1 to L2 EVSE mod NOW AVAILABLE
My Nissan Leaf Forum • View topic - Adapters for Ingineer's L1 to L2 EVSE mod NOW AVAILABLE: "For those of you who are familiar with Ingineer's Nissan L1 to L2 EVSE mod (discussed in this thread), you are no doubt interested adapters like those discussed in this thread. As I mentioned in that thread, my brother has picked up the gauntlet and is willing to make them for us. We're going to try and keep this simple so we're not making a full time business out of this. Please bear with us and be sure to read the threads listed above first so you know what you're asking for up front...
The following adapters are available for sale:
A5*: $50, fits NEMA 5-15 & 5-20 (120v - household)
A6**: $60, fits NEMA 6-30 & 6-50 (240v - industrial parks, welders, hotel A/C units, etc.)
A10: $60, fits NEMA 10-30 & 10-50 (240v - 'old style' appliances)
A14: $60, fits NEMA 14-30, 14-50 & 14-60 (240v - 'new style' appliances, campground, rv parks, etc.)
ACS: $90***, fits CS6365 (240v - public parks, stadiums, heavy duty portable generators, etc.)"
The following adapters are available for sale:
A5*: $50, fits NEMA 5-15 & 5-20 (120v - household)
A6**: $60, fits NEMA 6-30 & 6-50 (240v - industrial parks, welders, hotel A/C units, etc.)
A10: $60, fits NEMA 10-30 & 10-50 (240v - 'old style' appliances)
A14: $60, fits NEMA 14-30, 14-50 & 14-60 (240v - 'new style' appliances, campground, rv parks, etc.)
ACS: $90***, fits CS6365 (240v - public parks, stadiums, heavy duty portable generators, etc.)"
Sunday, June 26, 2011
StayOnline.com Custom Power Cords (NEMA, IEC-320 or IEC-309) - Cable Assembly & Pricing
StayOnline.com Custom Power Cords (NEMA, IEC-320 or IEC-309) - Cable Assembly & Pricing
professional built plug adapters
Keywords: pigtails, plug kit, charging kit, 240V anywhere, gender benders,
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Q&A: Renault-Nissan CEO Pledges $5.6 Billion for EVs | Autopia | Wired.com
Q&A: Renault-Nissan CEO Pledges $5.6 Billion for EVs | Autopia | Wired.com: "The CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance is easily the auto industry’s biggest advocate of electric vehicles, possessed of an enthusiasm bordering on fanaticism. Others may speak with louder voices, but no one is placing a bigger bet on cars with cords."
Friday, June 17, 2011
Kilowatts for Gallons
Gasoline and Oil: "How much electricity does it take to make a gallon of gasoline? We don't know - but here's one stab at it. Ballpark figures only, and NOT a supportable conclusion. The most important message to take away is that it is not trivial! This part of gasoline is ignored by the folks who are concerned about the big impact on our electrical grid if we were to suddenly shift all transportation from gasoline to electricity.
To extract one gallon of gasoline (or equivalent distillate): 9.66 kWh (maybe not all in the form of electricity*)
To refine that gallon: 2.73 kWh additional energy (maybe not all in the form of electricity*)
Total: 12.39 kWh per gallon.
*Roughly one-third of the energy content of a gallon of gasoline produced from California wells is input from natural gas. Less than 2/3's is net energy (probably a lot less!).
So I can get 24 miles in my ICE on a gallon of gasoline, or I can get 41 miles (at 300wh/mile) in my RAV4EV just using the energy to refine that gallon. Alternatively - energy use (electricity and natural gas) state wide goes DOWN if a mile in a RAV4EV is substituted for a mile in an ICE!
Assumptions (sorry, lots of apples and oranges comparisons here):
Data from these sources:
petro industry numbers Word HTML
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/state/ca.html"
To extract one gallon of gasoline (or equivalent distillate): 9.66 kWh (maybe not all in the form of electricity*)
To refine that gallon: 2.73 kWh additional energy (maybe not all in the form of electricity*)
Total: 12.39 kWh per gallon.
*Roughly one-third of the energy content of a gallon of gasoline produced from California wells is input from natural gas. Less than 2/3's is net energy (probably a lot less!).
So I can get 24 miles in my ICE on a gallon of gasoline, or I can get 41 miles (at 300wh/mile) in my RAV4EV just using the energy to refine that gallon. Alternatively - energy use (electricity and natural gas) state wide goes DOWN if a mile in a RAV4EV is substituted for a mile in an ICE!
Assumptions (sorry, lots of apples and oranges comparisons here):
Data from these sources:
petro industry numbers Word HTML
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/state/ca.html"
Saturday, June 4, 2011
EV Route Mapping with Physics models
Celadon Applications - About Us: "Road2TM is the world's first electric vehicle range calculator which relies on a physics simulator instead of approximations or other 'tricks'. This allows us to have much greater accuracy then other techniques. Our users can pick a route and calculate how much of a charge it will take to reach their destination, with everything from terrain to weather forecasts taken into account. Places to charge at are plotted along the route
A traditional electric vehicle charger map will show only electric vehicle-specific chargers. However, these chargers are few and far between. Rather than leaving our drivers stranded, we show them EV chargers, places that rent spaces with high power sockets (such as RV parks), places that commonly provide power to EV owners in emergencies (such as fire departments), et cetera."
A traditional electric vehicle charger map will show only electric vehicle-specific chargers. However, these chargers are few and far between. Rather than leaving our drivers stranded, we show them EV chargers, places that rent spaces with high power sockets (such as RV parks), places that commonly provide power to EV owners in emergencies (such as fire departments), et cetera."
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