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- Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:00 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Battery longevity, general prices and recharging costs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29985
The Honda Insight goes back even further but they were never sold here so are hard to come by. Not quite right, they were sold here between 1999-2006 approx but hardly advertised or promoted at all. :( They are hard to come by, there are only about 250 registered in UK. I checked with DVLA. 8) My w...
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:39 am
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Tempting fate
- Replies: 16
- Views: 31303
I agree 'Kokam' look nice but are very expensive. I would love a 20ah boost set for my Insight. Other Li-Po flat cell manufacturers may also be worth looking at. I would also consider buying further cells from TS, the newer models give much better performance at low temps. I am still using my origin...
- Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:31 am
- Forum: Hot off the press....
- Topic: The EV1 lives again!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 30396
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, God be praised! GM might even come to their senses eventually and revive this project I hope.
A great car, probably the most practical ev developed to date.
A great car, probably the most practical ev developed to date.
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:30 am
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Electric vehicles on Top Gear this Sunday
- Replies: 26
- Views: 53433
Filming
Interesting, a woman from some production company rang me up a couple of months ago and tried to persuade me to bring my van down to some filming down south! I never thought it might be Top Gear, so after several discussions re expenses and dates it got binned. I could not get time off on date they ...
- Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:30 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Social event in't north
- Replies: 34
- Views: 77116
Can't make it due to work
Sadly I'm working Sat 8th Early shift So can't make it this time.
- Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:43 pm
- Forum: Hot off the press....
- Topic: MPG challenge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12318
Good Idea
Perhaps have to go down next year and give them all a good thrashing
The website is rubbish though, no indication of rules/fees etc. I hate the two hands passing the paper up and down.
The website is rubbish though, no indication of rules/fees etc. I hate the two hands passing the paper up and down.
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:37 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Warm battery
- Replies: 9
- Views: 23644
Li-Ion
I have my batts in a temp controlled foam sandwich at a constant 25C when in use as some of you know. They still work better once they warm up to 40C after 25 miles or so :) Low temp means longer chemical life, higher temp = faster chemical reactions = better performance but shorter life :( I will e...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:55 am
- Forum: Hybrid's Corner
- Topic: An Insight into a Honda Insight.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 112650
Update Seven weeks on.
Update 30/09/07 seven weeks after MIMA computer upgrade and 2500+ miles driven, mpg now hovering at 101.6 :) an improvement of about 5% over my previous best on that sort of distance/time in regular day to day use. :D Pushed mpg over the magic 100mpg mark which is very nice and a great talking point...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:55 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: US EVer on business trip to York Oct 14-Nov 4
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22057
Invite
Hi
I live near Thirsk about 30 minutes north of York, you are welcome to pop up for a cuppa and a trip in my van and or Insight if we can find a suitable date/time. There is a good rail link from York to Thirsk, takes 20 minutes.
PM Me
Peter
I live near Thirsk about 30 minutes north of York, you are welcome to pop up for a cuppa and a trip in my van and or Insight if we can find a suitable date/time. There is a good rail link from York to Thirsk, takes 20 minutes.
PM Me
Peter
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:06 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: City- El Batteries
- Replies: 12
- Views: 29459
Re: batteries
Peter Eggleston wrote:I had a set of Elecsols before I got the lead gels and they were OK at first but soon went off and barely lasted a year. I would not buy them again.
Peter
Ditto! They were cra*p