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- Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:14 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: EVS Conference Stavanger 2009
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13851
Hi I just spent last weekend in Stavanger on the ferry from North Shields. I would have been able to bring my electric truck Electrocute over for the ev conference next year, but unfortunately the service is to be discontinued in August. What a pitty. I did manage to spot a Th!nk while I was there. ...
- Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:07 pm
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Importing from the US
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11877
I just saw an episode of Top Gear with the Ferrari Enzo, named after the founder of the company. Clarkson stated that if Lotus did the same thing their new model would be a Lotus Colin. If you consider though that Lotus models always begin with an 'E' then I think they should introduce an electric v...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:17 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: 220ah Leisure Battery
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25205
- Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:04 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: My project to build an electric boat
- Replies: 23
- Views: 53190
I don't know how well this would work, but you could try using an old style car dynamo as an electric motor, as unlike the starter motor, it is designed to run all the time. It is worth watching out on ebay regularly for the stuff you need as things crop up all the time. I bought a brand new Advance...
- Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:17 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: 220ah Leisure Battery
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25205
They do have a tube vent on top which would have to be routed up and not leak. I prefer to keep them upright. The 10 batteries were 200 amphr and the 20 replacements are 100 amphr. I have the 100 amhrs doubled up in parallel to make 200 amphrs. With these, if you go for a bigger heavier car, or a pi...
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Electrical Vehicle Campaign
- Replies: 30
- Views: 57501
As qdos says, the general public have loads of money and love spending it on big expensive cars that drink gallons of expensive fuel. They must, otherwise they would use smaller economical cars which transport them from A to B just the same. This is not the case with commercial vehicles, where the b...
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:52 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Electrical Vehicle Campaign
- Replies: 30
- Views: 57501
- Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:25 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: 220ah Leisure Battery
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25205
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:01 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: 220ah Leisure Battery
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25205