Comments on: Tesla Motors blog opened my eyes to EVs http://www.notes.xythian.net/2006/09/19/tesla-motors-blog-opened-my-eyes-to-evs/ Links, technical notes, whatnot. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Erik http://www.notes.xythian.net/2006/09/19/tesla-motors-blog-opened-my-eyes-to-evs/comment-page-1/#comment-2478 Erik Sat, 23 Sep 2006 07:05:38 +0000 http://www.notes.xythian.net/2006/09/19/tesla-motors-blog-opened-my-eyes-to-evs/#comment-2478 An alternative that's been getting good PR lately is the plug-in hybrid: Put an extra rack of batteries in a Prius, make them wall-chargeable, and jigger the computer to use the motor more and the engine less. The <a href="http://www.calcars.org/" rel="nofollow">California Cars Initiative</a> has made some prototypes, and apparently now they're looking to develop a business. Not sure how the math works out, but I thought you might find it interesting. An alternative that’s been getting good PR lately is the plug-in hybrid: Put an extra rack of batteries in a Prius, make them wall-chargeable, and jigger the computer to use the motor more and the engine less. The California Cars Initiative has made some prototypes, and apparently now they’re looking to develop a business.

Not sure how the math works out, but I thought you might find it interesting.

]]> By: pj http://www.notes.xythian.net/2006/09/19/tesla-motors-blog-opened-my-eyes-to-evs/comment-page-1/#comment-2476 pj Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:01:58 +0000 http://www.notes.xythian.net/2006/09/19/tesla-motors-blog-opened-my-eyes-to-evs/#comment-2476 Yup. Abstraction is good. Power storage is the problem, with fuel cells and flywheels and battery tech all fighting it out. A related interesting question is: How much is enough? For me personally, I'd like to be able to do ~ 300 miles with myself and a passenger and some luggage. AFAIK this is well outside existing EV tech. Yup. Abstraction is good. Power storage is the problem, with fuel cells and flywheels and battery tech all fighting it out. A related interesting question is: How much is enough? For me personally, I’d like to be able to do ~ 300 miles with myself and a passenger and some luggage. AFAIK this is well outside existing EV tech.

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