Electric Vehicles

I am an entrepreneur From Bangalore , India. There was a statement by the Indian Transport Ministry recently where in it is proposed to make electric cars compulsory in India by 2030 and phasing out current Petrol/Diesel Vehicles. As a total layman, it got me thinking that this was a very...

The Auburn Cord Duesenberg museum has an 1899 Waverley Stanhope Phaeton and I was floored by the building that housed the museum. From their web site: "The former international headquarters administration building of the Auburn Automobile Company". Home - Automobile Museum

On the goal of "accelerating sustainable transport", are we (Tesla included) winning? I think we are. This article from the Christian Science Monitor I think is one of the better yet that sums up the very recent announcements by GM, Ford, MB, BMW, VW Group, and other majors to "electrify" or...

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Don't know about you but I am still riding SpaceX's Mars Mission and More. Digiverse has been lit with opinions discussions and afterglow thoughts. Quantum STEM stuff. An OTD moment brought to us by NASA Astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei @Astro_Sabot who tweeted out, "Happy Anniversary @Spacex Dragon...

Porsche’s Mission E caught testing alongside Tesla vehicles

Hello, i am starting a project on making a range extender on my tesla model S P85 to get an additional 650KM range i am doing this with a hydrogen fuel cell system this will just be a proof of concept first and afterwards i will make it look pretty;) i have done this with other vehicles...

We’ve had 2 Nissan Leafs since 2013 as it was the first affordable EV offered on a grand scale. They are a nice tight, smooth and zippy package for a local cruiser. This experience made the decision to get a Model S ea$ier…. Our Leaf lease is coming due soon so I went shopping for more range...

Munich Oct 10-12, 2017 Israel Oct 18, 2017 Taiwan Oct 26, 2017 DC Nov 1-2, 2017 Japan Dec 12-13, 2017 Silicon Valley March 26-29, 2018 Plz post all vids, slides/pdfs/docs you can get your hands on. I'll kick off with some good Jensen Huang action here (GTC China 2017) - best part is from 1:17:47

A company called EV Controls has stuffed the drivetrain of a Tesla Model S P85 and two battery packs from a Chevy Volt into a sporty kit car capable of a run down the quarter mile in just 9.869 seconds. The company modifies Tesla’s firmware to work with their own T1-C controller, which...

Toshiba Press Release: New battery realizes driving range of electric vehicles boosted to 320km on 6-minute, ultra-rapid recharge, triple that possible with current lithium-ion battery. ・New anode material, titanium niobium oxide achieves double the capacity of the anode of current lithium-ion...

New to the forum - wanted to reach out to Tesla owners that might be interested in participating in research that I'm working on with a group of students at MIT and Harvard. We're working with Thomas Poggio and Vikash Mansinghka on a project to apply Machine Learning / AI techniques to novel...

I was waiting in a terminal yesterday for outbound transportation and got into a conversation with a man from Great Britain. He said he was an electrical engineer with the largest electrical contractor in Great Britain and they are specializing in alternative forms of electric generation. I...

Twenty new electric vehicles are on the way, GM says And 2 new BEVs based off the Bolt will be released in the next 18 months. One of them is probably the Buick-based Bolt, not sure what the other may be. The Volt (and any other EREVs) and plain hybrids are not counted towards the total. A few...

Porsche Mission E May Upset Tesla Model S Sales love the lines and the look.

New Land Rover model line will kick off with an electric-powered XJ-sized luxury vehicle Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will stun the automotive world by launching a new model line, the Road Rover, before the end of the decade, Autocar can reveal. The first production vehicle will be a premium...

Mitsubishi launches, prices 2018 Outlander PHEV for U.S. cheaper than a 3.0 L outlander , more expensive than a 2.4 L outlander In Mitsubishi USA volumes, this should sell very well for much of the USA.

Is Coast to Coast in an Electric Car Currently Viable? The article above is against coast-to-coast EV due to long charging time as it says: "We strenuously note that we would not recommend anyone actually attempt this; to drive this route in an electric car would take a long, long... long time...

Personally I think he's going to be too late to the party. He's trying to do in 2020 what Elon did in 2008 with the roadster. Hopefully I'm wrong and he'll succeed. Dyson plans to launch electric car in 2020

This SATURDAY you are invited to an event that has OVER 60 EV's representing at least 12 different types of EV's. Shrewsbury, MA at Hebert Candy Mansion off RT20. From 10am to 3pm. Live music, vendors, candy mansion, what more do you need?? ALL EV's are welcome. Some surprises for those...

I got into an interesting conversation with some friends this weekend. I know electric motors are quite different from gas powered engines, but wouldn't an electric motor benefit from having a transmission? For example, a gas engine that revs at 2,000 RPMs is more efficient than the engine...

I have seen some businesses creating low emissions vehicle, EV, and Hybrid priority parking spots close to the entrance of the building, usually right next to handicapped spots. I know there are good resources out there for finding charging spots, but is there any place to go find out which...

Pros And Cons Of Electric Cars

Regarding EVs... don't things somehow feel strangely 'different' right now? Like the ground's starting to shift under our feet? But in a good way? The Model 3 is launching to great fanfare and simply enormous order backlogs. The big German automakers, to hear them and the press tell it, are...

I am pretty sure I know the answer to this but I just want to hear someone else confirm my beliefs. If you have 2 electric motors, both with a very similar power curve and the following specs are: Motor one: 400hp and geared at 2:1 and rpm redline at 10000 Motor two: 200hp and geared at 4:1 and...

The terms "jerk", "whiplash", and "black-out" come to mind... What the Hell Is an Aspark Owl and Why Do We Want One? | Automobile Magazine But it can't go 300 miles on a charge, carry 5 adults, and all the stuff we bring home from Costco, so I guess I'll stick with my MS...at least until the...

German automakers have been thriving on diesel. That is changing due to VW scandal and coming bans on diesel worldwide. However, they are resisting. This story from the Frankfurt auto show describes their weak effort in EVs and their belief that diesel won't go away. Electric cars take centre...

Electric Cars May Rule the World’s Roads by 2040

Behold the mighty competitive force that is VW 2017 Volkswagen e-Golf finally goes on sale with $31,315 base price - Roadshow 125 miles for only $32,000 Take that Elon!

BMW introduces the Tesla fighter - BMW i Vision Dynamics What do you think? I'm already biased, as I made my mind to order Model S and I'm locked in. However, the looks of that car is not greatly appealing. Designers are still obliged to make EVs look like dustbusters to not really compromise...

We were coming back from Houston on Saturday evening, and stopped in Lake Charles. I don't know what was going on, but my wife asked, "Are they trying to make a statement"? Here is the picture. My only thought is that there was a Buffalo Wild Wings across the parking lot (also filled with BIG...

$2.5M hypercar from Mercedes AMG: Mercedes-AMG Project ONE Revealed: AMG’s $2.5 Million Halo Hypercar | Automobile Magazine Slower 0-60 than a Model S. 13 mile electric range. That's very helpful, since the gas engine has to be rebuilt every 30k miles... just drive it to the store and back, no...

BMW is planning to reveal the next chapter of its 'i' electrified sub-brand with the i5 concept. After confirming the debut, a promotional video has revealed the possible design of the electric saloon. While the image may just be a mock-up for marketing purposes, the design is clearly inspired...

Thanks to @DaveT for bringing this article to my attention in his weekly email newsletter: Toyota chairman: Battery technology must evolve before widespread electric vehicle adoption QUOTE: "I must say up front that we're not against electric vehicles. But in order for electric vehicles to...

The House has unanimously given a GO to measure which could see fully autonomous vehicles on U.S. roads without restrictions. Obvious regulations on licensing registration will vary state to state but there will be far fewer limits, if any, on the number of driverless cars a manufacturer can...

The Electrocet – Eddy Motorworks These guys are putting Tesla drive units into exocet frames. Not a lot of details as far as where the drive units are coming from or what batteries they are using. Not sure if they wrote the control software for it or had someone else do it. It's short a lot...

Found this article today. We still have a long way to go . . . Middle class bearing Tesla subsidy

hey guys, I tried logging into my TeslaFi account to see some of my recent driving stats and am having trouble logging in. I keep getting a password error. I reset my password and it still doesn't work. can someone help me troubleshoot please? Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Significantly less range than all 3, yet substantially more cost. Arguably, the ugliest of the lot also.

Are there any rebates or any incentives that I am missing out on from buying a Tesla?

When I first saw the pictures of this concept (only exists as a 1/3rd scale model) I thought it was a Lucid product. Anyway, yet another start-up looking for investment. Though they do have some well known names, such as Charles Morgan. Britain's made a 600bhp electric shooting brake

Hi all! My name is Francisco and I work in the automotive industry since I finished my studies. In my first job I was one of the Nissan Leaf quality engineers from the Nissan offices in the UK and this quickly made me interested in the technology, the first problems that users were encountering...

I just came across this calculator and did not find it mentioned here yet so here it is Alternative Fuels Data Center: Vehicle Cost Calculator If you have the kWh/100mi value for an electric car you can create your own entry. According to Tesla accidentally reveals Model 3 efficiency hinting at...

Official Images: Der neue BMW i3, der neue BMW i3s. 2018 BMW i3 LCI Facelift (bmwblog.com) The First-Ever BMW i3S -- An even sportier EV (bmwblog.com)

Early Chevrolet Bolt Owners Being Notified By GM For Potential Battery Failure

SeaBubbles Fast Taxi The Bubble Zero wave – Zero noise – Zero CO2 emission Powered by a battery system that uses clean energy 5 seats including a pilot in the current version The Dock Solar tiles Underwater generators Wind turbines SEABUBBLES

I noticed on the Leaf owner's forum that members are claiming a rise in used Leaf prices. It's amazingly true, even here in southern California the used Leaf prices are headed up. Only last December, I and two friends of mine all bought 2013 Leaf's all with less than 25,000 miles at $6200 to...

Ariel Hypercar - Ariel Developing Electric Supercar

Please post your pictures of superchargers in or near the path of totality, before/during/after the eclipse. Feel free to post any relevant eclipse photos as well. I'd like to see some evidence of the concern that other forums have discussed: that events such as this could put a severe strain...