Monthly Archives: October 2012
Quimera’s most powerful electric car in the world exhibited at GT Club in Barcelona
Quimera’s AEGT01 (All Electric GT) is being displayed in a window at the GT Club in Barcelona, starting last week. It’s described as “the very first of a high performance electric racing cars family”. Specs are three electric motor of 700CV (525 kW), and a maximum Torque of 1000 Nm,…
NY Gov. Cuomo calls climate change a reality, says everyone is vulnerable
Tesla produces 1000th Model S body as manufacturing rate increases
LED streetlights have bright future of slashing city electricity use
One modern miracle is the common streetlight, making it safer to walk the streets at night for example. But streetlights are costly for cities to maintain, consume a lot of electricity, and because electricity is usually generated by burning fossil fuels, streetlights indirectly cause nasty environmental side effects. According to…
If container ships were fully electric, and zero emissions, would we stop complaining about globalization?
What if international container ships, the cargo ships of the modern globalized age, had zero emissions running on electricity, sunlight and wind power? There are many who look at the current implementation of container ships, and the reliance on extremely dirty bunker fuel (worse than diesel), and complain about the…
Late night update from TTXGP Daytona
I feel okay now reporting the full situation for Catavolt due to them posting details on their Facebook page. Earlier I reported they had some problem and exited the qualifying round after one lap. They reported that in an earlier practice round they’d had a coolant leak (again, their hub…
Post qualifying round TTXGP Daytona
We just had the qualifying round for the TTXGP and as expected Brammo and Muench came in the fastest. Brammo’s two riders came in 1st and 2nd with Eric Bostrom barely edging out Steve Atlas to take the pole. Both looked fabulous on the track and were going so fast…
Walking the TTXGP pit at Orlando
Jeremiah Johnson is in the race by dint of doing major changes to the Zero S owned by his friend Terry Hershner owner of the lifeoffthegrid Facebook page. It’s hard to recognize this is a Zero S. Among the mods is a Sevcon Size 6 controller configured to talk with…
TTXGP World Final at Daytona Raceway this weekend
It’s here, the final race of the 2012 TTXGP with the world final in North America for the first time. As I write this I am on the airplane heading to Daytona to bring you the racing action as it happens. Unfortunately I don’t have an official entry list to…
Electric cars do not have a virtual coal tender that needs uncoupling
SAE DC Fast Charging standard to reduce electric cars charging time to 1/2 hour
The SAE International committee overseeing electric car charging (J1772) has finally released its standard for fast charging electric cars, and the standard promises to simplify the life of future electric car owners by slashing recharging time. One of the long running debates in electric cars is what will be the best method to speed up…
DIY solar charging units let’s you build portable power your way
Why did A123 Systems go to bankruptcy? The naysayers are WRONG
Today A123 Systems announced a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and sale of the company’s automotive business assets to Johnson Control. This is the beginning of the end for the company that was formerly the darling of the green technology hype machine. The company has developed some amazing battery technology, but ran…