The Tesla Model S P100D is supposedly the best electric vehicle, offering luxury and capabilities competitive with gasoline cars. It’s such a good car that Tesla has a large market share in the luxury car segment. You’d think nobody but Tesla can equal what Tesla has done. Especially not someone…
While electric vehicle adoption in Europe is strong, it’s not evenly spread across the continent or even just among the EU countries. Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Germany, they (and some other countries) all have strong stories of electric vehicle adoption. A look at charging station maps (see my list of smartphone…
This fellow has designed his own AC controller, with which he was able to control a Model S Inverter and Motor. The video is a walk-through of the Model S drive train and how to reverse engineer control of the system. He claims his universal motor control board allows use of…
Like several others on the VisForVoltage forum, Ben Nelson decided to install Nissan Leaf battery modules into his Vectrix electric scooter. These videos show all the details.
Surely every electric car driver has had this idea – why not carry a portable gasoline powered generator so you can charge your car in a pinch? I’ve spent quite a bit of time weighing this idea back and forth, because it’s so simple. The BMW i3 even gets ever…
Is the best way to regain control over charging electric cars the DIY charging station? The do-it-yourself is about individuals exercising skills to do things ourselves, rather than surrender all power to the megacorporations. For better or for worse, the powers-that-be decided electric cars must be charged through a charging…
