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Hi folks, As you know, I run Transportevolved.com and we do a weekly news show called TEN (If you haven't yet seen it, you can do so at our website or on our your YouTube channel). With version 7.0 and auto steer being the big news item this week, we're opening the show with it, but because...

I've kept my nose out of this one to be honest, but I find it curious that it appears Kevin is using EPA figures when stating original range (245 miles) That's based on an economy figure of 21.7 kWh per 100 miles. Regardless of whether you believe EPA range figures are indicative of real-world...

Live blog now in full swing at: Transport Evolved Live Blog: New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Votes on Anti-Tesla Rules

Folks, Transport Evolved is setting up a LiveBlog at LiveBlog.com | 404 for the event, protest etc. Please contact me directly (Nikki at Transport evolved dot com) if you want to offer your help in live-blogging it. The accounts are free, but we'll need to add you to the event I've created to...

Folks, If you're down in the Bristol area (Just before the M4 Bridges into Wales) please do drop by. I have 2x 32A Type 2 at my house, Maybe I can treat you to a coffee :) Nikki. (BS34, Bristol) PM me for contact info. ----------- Transport Evolved – Powering the Electric Car Revolution

All I can say is that you're in for a treat! I nabbed some time in a Model S at Millbrook a few weeks back, and it was COMPLETELY awesome. :)

Would one of the original road-trip drivers (or passengers) like to be a guest on Transport Evolved tomorrow? We record at 3pm Eastern... and the show will record for about 80 minutes on Skype. Ping me an email if you'd like to be involved... nikki at littlecollie dot com. :)

Not sure, but the times usually appear on the AEracing website :) Alternative Energy Racing I'm gutted I couldn't go this year. I'd planned to race my leaf, but after arriving back from Israel on the Thursday, and with another event booked for the family over the weekend we decided it was...

Got it in one, although VW only paid me what I paid to buy it in the first place. And let me tell you, that wasn't anywhere near the deposit for my Leaf ;)

Wow. Managed to cause some sore folks this week! Eberhard - Yes, I was referring to him. Excellent engineer, did a lot to get Tesla off the ground, shouldn't have ever left Tesla the way he was forced to... but not an auto-insider. No, don't have it in for Tesla. I think the Roadster is...

Ouch. Do you not like the bookcase, or the tiny studio we record in? ;) Would love a larger room, but that isn't going to happen. Sorry.

It was U.S. -- and that equates to 75 Imperial MPG... :) When writing on U.S. sites, I use U.S . MPG. Also David, I think you'll find on several occasions that I've pointed out that the trip wasn't the best possible for myself or anyone else. But I needed to get home, there was heavy...

Ack! We've finally got our itteneray -- and Tesla has something planned for the International press that afternoon, so I won't be coming, sadly. Although it would be nice perhaps to do breakfast on the Sunday morning if anyone's interested -- ping me Nikki at littlecollie dot com if you're...

I'm going to be flying into SFO on the Thursday and back on the Monday to England inorder to cover the events for GreenCarReports and TransportEvolved. I'd love to come along. -- but may need some more help finding it etc. I'm also going to be hiring a Prius for the week, so might be able to...

Chad, Thanks for airing your views here, because I think you've inadvertedly expressed mine better than I can...

David, Multiple cases? As far as I can recall, it's only been one person...

Hey folks, Thanks for the feedback to the show. I think perhaps it's a good idea to put my two pence into this. Yes, part of my role in the show was a devil's advocate, however, while I do my own long-distance EV trips I do them knowing full well what could happen if my own calculations...

Just to jump in here and let you all know MY side of the fast charger fiasco. I've used rapid level 3 chargers now 11 times since getting my Leaf (which now has 2,100 miles on it after 3 weeks) But when doing a long distance trip last week I found two of the fast chargers didn't want to work...

Sorry for the out-of sync video with last week's expisode, and Michael's poor audio. We had several technical glitches during the show last week which prevented it from being a 'one'take - so part of the audio had to be recaptured from our video stream. This is hardly perfect and required a...

Andrew, What I mean is - will the Tesla RFMC-J work with a Nissan LEAF to charge it at 16A? : ) I know Tom says it SHOULD - but has anyone tested it? Perhaps Tom or someone else could check? If so, I want one....... Nikki.

Insane! David, do let me know where you saw all these because I'd like to know. I'm also really interested in the cable: does this mean I could get something similar knocked up for my LEAf, I wonder? Of course, that would require spoofing the EVSE...

I was lucky enough to be the first person to interview David after the trip up. Thanks for joining me on Transport Evolved, David! Here's the show, in case anyone is interested. Nikki.

Here's an update to the story, over at allcarselectric.com Hopefully, David is joining me tonight on TransportEvolved. We'll be live at 8pm GMT with myself, Kevin Sharpe and (hopefully) David. Nikki.

Here's my story on David's fantastic trip over at Allcarselectric. I wish I had been able to go (Rachel Konrad asked me to drive it earlier this week after I hinted someone should) but sadly I wasn't free due to my wife's work commitments :( Well done David! I can't wait to see this...

Hi Andrew, Sadly I haven't been getting the emails. (Looking into why now) - and I'm also listening to a show now to see if I can replicate the issues. No-one else has complained, but that doesn't mean the problem isn't presenting elsewhere. Can you give me some episode numbers and times...

Thanks for the support everyone. I know the show isn't to everyone's tastes. We do try hard though, and keep the technology fairly light (for consumers more than anything else) As for the three-phase AC motor start? Yes, I could have explained it... Regards N

About ten months ago I was lucky enough to be given a Smart ED for a half day. It was fairly fun around town but dismal everywhere else. We've actually got a Smart CDI which gets 88 mpg on a small 700 cc engine, so I'm used to the Smart feel. Sadly, the electric version felt woefully...

I'm selling my 1985 Volkswagen VW CityStromer. It was built by VW as one of only two right hand drive versions of the CityStromer ever made and imported to the UK. About 500 left-hand drive versions were sold, I believe. Five seats, three door hatchback. Great Mk II VW Golf body and still on...

Hmmmm... Looks to me like the lithium ion batteries went into thermal runaway. I had a City El which was converted to run on Lithium ion and it was just fine - but I did have to install a complex battery management system to get it to behave. Looking at the pictures of the battery box...

Great Evening! It was great to see everyone at the launch, and slightly funny to be treated by quite a few people as a minor celebrity! We're going to be discussing the Tesla launch on EVcast tomorrow at 6pm BST. Anyone fancy joining us in the chatroom is welcome! Head to EVcast: The Podcast...