Recent Comments:
Ford and Electric Car in the Same Sentence? {Switched.com}
Jul 31st 2007 3:13PM Fed up with gas prices and the Big Three Auto Makers, in 2006 I converted a 1995 Hyundai Elantra to Electric Drive. To answer some questions, it cost $6000 and I did all the work myself. It goes 70 MPH, is street legal (tagged and insured), has power brakes, power steering, and all the comforts one is used to. It is CHEAP to drive! Costs me (no kidding) $6 A MONTH to charge it up every night. Figuring costs per kilowatt-hour of electricity and the miles I get per charge, this vehicles costs me about 2 cents a mile to drive. That means I get the equivalent of about 120 miles per gallon, if gas is $2.40 per gallon. If 85% of Americans drove electric cars TODAY, the country's current electrical infrastructure could handle the charging loads at night WITH NO CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED! I am a firm believer in electric vehicles...everytime I see that little Hyundai waiting out there to silently and efficiently take me somewhere I need to go.
AutoblogGreen Q&A with Firefly Energy co-founder Mil Ovan on new lead-acid battery tech: 3D2 {Autoblog Green}
Jan 15th 2007 3:19PM Mr. Ovan:
I am one of many, many enthusiasts eagerly following your product's development. I have recently converted a 1995 Hyundai Elantra to Electric and have driven it over 1500 trouble-free miles. I am using standard Lead-Acid Deep Cycle Batteries and hope this pack lasts until your product becomes available to the Hobbyist/Consumer. I am worried, however, that your company might fall into the trap of patents being locked up like the Cobasys Nickel-Metal-Hydride batteries. These batteries proved very usable (with a battery management system), but were locked up world-wide by Cobasys/Chevron. (I think I have that right). These are the same batteries as used in the Electric Toyota Rav4, and give around 100 Miles Per Charge. Please Sir, follow through with the development of your battery technology and make it available to EVers around the world. It will make a HUGE difference to the U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
David R.
