EVzulu --- A NEW WEBSITE BEING CREATED TO SHOW THE STUNNING ADVANTAGES OF USING ELECTRIC VEHICLES ---
EV = Electric Vehicle ICE = Internal Combustion Engine (as in petrol,diesel,ethanol, LPG, CNG and CH car engines)
Robert Llewellyn chats to Carlos Ghosn CEO of Nissan and Renault about electric vehicles in his Nissan Leaf on the way to the airport.
*** DRAMATIC COMPARISON OF THE SIMPLICITY OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR VERSUS THE COMPLEXITY OF AN INTERNAL COMUSTION ENGINE ***
*** VIDEO BELOW, REPLACING THE GAS TANK AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IN THE MITSUBISHI iMiev WITH BATTERIES AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR ***
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009, was hosted by the Government of Denmark. COP15
WHY THE ARITHMETIC OF ETHANOL DOESN'T ADD UP !!!
Lithium is an element unlike coal, oil and gas that are carbon compounds. When we burn these carbon compounds which are the product of plant matter laid down over millions of years
the chemical energy in them is released, used and gone forever. Whereas the metal Lithium is still in the exhausted battery after its many recharges and releases of energy.
The Lithium can be reused, so Lithium batteries absolutely must not end up as landfill.
Because we have used millions of years of plant growth to sustain our energy needs so far, and we will have used up those millions of years of plant growth in less than
200 years, growing plants for a year to sustain the worlds energy needs for a year is patently ridiculous.
WHY HAVING A 10,000-PSI CARBON COMPOSITE HYDROGEN TANK UNDER A CAR IS NOT A SMART IDEA !!!
Acetylene steel tanks seen exploding left are only filled to 250-psi whereas the carbon composite hydrogen tanks under fuel cell or ICE cars currently have a working pressure of around 5,000-psi which can be increased to 10,000-psi to get more range.
Each time the hydrogen tank is filled and used it will expand and contract. Carbon composites suffer explosive fatigue failure when cycled beyond their limit.
Imagine 10 years down the track when one of these very expensive tanks made to exacting specifications of exotic materials is old and uncared for.
If you must use hydrogen to store energy, make it by electrolysis from water using solar power and store it in big underground tanks on the solar farm. Then have large fuel cells at the solar power station out in the desert provide electricity to the grid when the Sun is not shining ...
Electric vehicles can then charge their batteries from the grid at any time of day, and the roads aren't packed with potential hydrogen bombs ...
Or just store the solar energy in batteries.
TESLA MOTORS
See, feel, touch, smell, and barely hear the real deal now on sale at Tesla Motors thanks to their
resident genious Elon Musk who has managed to navigate his way through the minefield of entrenched car manufacturers . . .
President Hu of China has spoken ... Last year, Chinese bought 21 million electric bikes in China = total population of Australia in only 1 year!!!
In China, electric bicycles are leaving cars in the dust. Last year, Chinese bought 21 million e-bikes, compared with 9.4 million autos.
While China now has about 25 million cars on the road, it has four times as many e-bikes.
Thanks to government encouragement and a population well versed in riding two wheels to work, the country has become the world's leading market for the cheap, green vehicles, helping to offset some of the harmful effects of the country's automobile boom. Indeed, as engineers around the world scramble to create eco-friendly, plug-in electric cars, China is already ahead of the game. Says Frank Jamerson, a former GM engineer turned electric-vehicle analyst: "What's happening in China is sort of a clue to what the future will be."
The e-bike boom owes much to Chinese policy. The government made developing e-bikes an official technology goal in 1991. Major Chinese cities have extensive bicycle lanes, which means riders can avoid the worst of rush-hour congestion. In cities such as Shanghai, local governments have drastically raised licensing fees on gas-powered scooters in recent years, effectively driving hoards of consumers to e-bike manufacturers.
The relative simplicity of the machines and their components has encouraged a huge number of e-bike companies to open in China. In 2006 there were 2,700 licensed manufacturers, and countless additional smaller shops. Rising to the top of the heap is not easy. Leading manufacturer Xinri (the name means "new day") was founded in 1999 by Zhang Chongshun, an auto parts factory executive who recognized the potential of the field. In its first year Xinri built less than 1,000 bikes; last year it churned out 1.6 million.
By Austin Ramzy / Beijing Sunday, Jun. 14, 2009 ... click pic below for full article:
1 --- New interview with John "Plasma Boy" Wayland. See him cruise along and destroy some muscle cars!! ---
2 --- Pedal assist BionX electric bike beats hot road bike up long hill ---
GM PRODUCED THE EV1 A SUCCESSFUL FULLY ELECTRIC CAR IN THE 90s . . . AND YET THE NEW 2009 GM VOLT HAS A NOISY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE GENERATOR TO CHARGE THE BATTERIES . . .
COULD THAT BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VERY PROFITABLE ICE SPARE PARTS/SERVICE INDUSTRY AND THE OIL COMPANIES?
Read an article below from revengeoftheelectriccar.com by Chelsea Sexton who was the most successful salesperson for the GM EV1 all alectric car and who featured in the film "Who killed the electric car":
SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC BOAT, TURANOR PLANETSOLAR, IS MOTORING AROUND THE WORLD REFUELING FROM THE SUN.
SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT, SOLARIMPULSE, WILL MOTOR AROUND THE WORLD REFUELING FROM THE SUN.
Unboxing BionX electric bike motor kit:
Hey, if you can't afford an electric car, build an electric bike ... video on YouTube when I get my HelmetCam
