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    Republican Congressman Calls for Cancellation of $7,500 Plug-in Vehicle Tax Credit

    I've never heard an explanation of how the coal fired power plants can run clean and pollution free when they power our refrigerators, air conditioners and big screen TVs, but then they start spewing all sorts of nasty pollution into the air when you plug in an electric car. How does the power...
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    Power of DC 2010 June 5th and 6th

    Could be the battery temperature was lower. That would cause it to put out just a smidge less power. If I remember correctly, it was a warmer day last year. We're you in performance mode, which allows a higher battery temp?
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    Charging Infrastructure

    Charger App I downloaded the EV Charger app for my iphone. It works great, the only problem being that my closest charger is 550 miles away, in Atlanta.
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    Tesla drifting

    Yes Drifting I was most certainly drifting in the Power of DC autocross event last summer! It worked great, and cut another second or two off my time.
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    Paint color discussion

    I had to check with my Style Consultant (aka girlfriend) several times before deciding. I had Electric Blue for many months, but as the deadline approached I switched to Twilight Blue. Then, in a last minute twist worthy of a Twilight Zone episode, I went with my custom color. Each color change...
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    How much electricity to produce gasoline?

    In many places production of crude oil involves flaring off natural gas. I'm fairly sure that's not included in the calculation of energy loss, since it is purely byproduct. But if you want to know the total CO2 emissions, then it's got to be included. Production of crude from bitumen requires...
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    How much electricity to produce gasoline?

    Of course with my solar panels, I have the ultimate long tailpipe. It's 93 million miles long!
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    How much electricity to produce gasoline?

    Of course it isn't, but I continue to see it come up, over and over, with just about every article on the enviro benefits of EV's. It's wrong and I'm tired of seeing it, want it to just go away!
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    How much electricity to produce gasoline?

    Maybe so, but for me the importance of the article is that it provides further evidence of the vast amount of electric power needed to make gasoline. While it's not exactly secret, it's far, far from being common knowledge. If the power consumption of refineries was well known, we would never...
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    How much electricity to produce gasoline?

    Wall St Journal article about Valero building solar and wind farms to meet the 50MW (!) power needs of their Sunray, TX refinery. Valero Harnesses Wind Energy to Fuel Its Oil-Refining Process - WSJ.com
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    Bike vs. Roadster

    Unless you have a bicycle built for two!
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    New Spam - Tesla motors Electric car goes 220 miles on a single charge. That sucks?

    Thanks for the compliments all!! I'm working on a novel, so even it's for nothing at all, I like to hone my writing skills.
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    New Spam - Tesla motors Electric car goes 220 miles on a single charge. That sucks?

    Before getting the Tesla Roadster, I had a Honda S2000. I didn't like to drive that on long trips. A couple times I went up to 250 miles, but never further than that. It was too small to carry enough luggage, and not too comfortable for such a long ride. Back then, if I wanted to drive 400...
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    NHTSA Complaint wrt Regen and TC

    I believe I have experienced this effect. I was slowing down using regen on a wet road and and suddenly felt a sharp surge forward exactly like the car was hit from behind. I quickly looked in the rear view mirror, and the car behind me was too far away to have caused it. I was on a level road...
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    Roadster #1 on its way plus more

    It's interesting how different people see things. I'm not at all concerned about how the PRNDL switch looks. I remember before I bought my S2000, I went looking at various sports cars, many of them much more expensive. I could not believe how many so-called sports cars didn't even have the...