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NDEW 2018 (National Drive Electric Week)
Currently, there are over 280 events on the schedule, so are you planning on heading to any of your local NDEW events this year?
Drive Electric Week celebrations are on September 8-16, 2018 this year, with events planned across the US (and other countries).
Learn how to host an NDEW event in your area, or check out the national event calendar/schedule.
They also have volunteer opportunities on the NDEW website!
Team ChargePoint Aug 26, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 929 Likes: 1 Replies: 2 -
CHAdeMO Stepping up Game
...the Japanese CHAdeMO and Chinese GB/T could be harmonized into a single next-generation ultra-fast charging standard with backward compatibility to older CHAdeMO and GB/T cars.
The Memorandum of Understanding between CHAdeMO Association and the China Electricity Council (CEC) for co-development of a joint standard is to be signed on August 28th in Beijing, China with the green light from governments of both countries.
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Kalashnikov electric supercar
Source: Move over, Musk: Kalashnikov unveils 'electric supercar'
I'm reminded of the old joke, which is better Soviet or Capitalist H*ll? Both have the d*mned shoveling fecal material into the furnaces:
- In Soviet H*ll, sometimes they don't have shovels.
- Sometimes they don't have fecal material.
- Sometimes the flames are out.
bwilson4web Aug 23, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 707 Likes: 3 Replies: 6 -
Model 3 Outsells Prius
Caution, excessive use of percentages can easily mislead. For example, sold 1 car last month and 3 cars this month would be a 300% increase in sales . . . ask the last one out please turn off the lights.
Source: Tesla Deliveries Up 229% In California In Q2: Model 3 Outsells Prius
In the first half of the year, Tesla registrations in California reached 21,629 (up 139.4%)Obviously someone is missing, as of the end of June, YTD: Download File
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Tesla, in comparison with some other brands:
- Mercedes 21,246 (+8.7% y/y)
- BMW 18,347 (+9.4%)
- Lexus 14,580 (-8.7%)
- Tesla 14,099 (+229.1%)
- Audi 10,623 (-3.0%)
- Porsche 3,476 (1.3%)
- Jaguar 1,305 (-44.4%)
- Prius 46,171 (-17.3%)
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bwilson4web Aug 23, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 2,720 Likes: 1 Replies: 40 -
Panasonic to supply batteries for Honda's removeable power pack
"Multiple units of the cell will be combined to make a "replaceable" battery pack, which will be used for Honda's scooter-type electric two-wheeled vehicle (EV motorbike) and compact four-wheeled electric vehicle (EV)."
Panasonic to supply battery cells to Honda - Japan Today
Electric scooters with removeable batteries for charging indoors already exist. The news here is that Honda is planning on having a standard battery pack that will work in multiple vehicles. Like the batteries for power tools now.Trollbait Aug 22, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 3,681 Likes: 1 Replies: 36 -
2019 Hyundai Kona Electric rated at class-leading 258 miles of range by EPA
Wow, it's nice seeing 200+ mile ranged EV's starting to slowly make its way to the market. Just hope they can build enough of them.
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A $25,000 Tesla Around The Corner?
Elon brings it up. In the beginning, actually going for $45,000 to start?
Musk Talks Tesla & Automaker's $25,000 Future Car With MKBHDEl Dobro Aug 19, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 2,772 Likes: 0 Replies: 35 -
Refinery production
Source: EIA: US refineries running at near-record highs - Green Car Congress
US refineries are running at record levels in response to robust domestic and international demand for motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
For the week ending 6 July 2018, the four-week average of US gross refinery inputs surpassed 18 million barrels per day (b/d) for the first time on record.
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California has already shown that when there are insufficient refinery capacity, fuel prices and shortages can spike prices up and lead to gas lines.
Bob Wilsonbwilson4web Aug 19, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 764 Likes: 0 Replies: 12 -
Jeff Cobb excellent analysis
Source: 2017 Has Been The Year Of The Toyota Prius’ Decline
After 17 years of rising to utterly dominate the U.S. “green car” landscape, the Toyota Prius Liftback has hit a plateau and may actually finish 2017 as a second-best seller.
An unthinkable prospect before this year, just one year ago, the car that’s come to symbolize the word “hybrid” still enjoyed two-and-a-half times the sales of the next-nearest hybrid out of around three dozen models available.
Indeed, two years ago at this time it had even higher sales, has seen “mainstream” volume of up to 147,000 sales in one year, and often during this decade enjoyed 3-4 times the next-best seller’s monthly numbers. What’s more, the “next-best” seller was often another Prius variant but those are down too, and despite being all-new, the Prius Liftback’s sales have been pestered by a car...bwilson4web Aug 18, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,066 Likes: 1 Replies: 13 -
Warning from Toyota President - Akio Toyoda
A good read;
Electric Cars Could Be a Job Killer for Japan’s No. 1 Industry - Bloomberg
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Tesla suing Ontario government over unfair treatment in cancellation of provincial EV incentive
In July, newly elected Premiere Doug Ford canceled the generous EV program in Ontario with a ‘grace period’ for any eligible vehicles in dealer inventory, such that they can still get the rebate as long as it sold and plated by Sept 10. Of course, since Tesla operates differently and does not use a dealer network with inventory, that means rebates ended immediately on July 11 for any customers who had a Model 3 on order - and already paid a deposit - meaning their already-contracted car purchase just increased $14K! . This is completely unfair.
Tesla has allegedly been understanding and graceful in allowing these customers to cancel their order for full refund, now Tesla is suing Ontario for the unfair treatment.
Should be interesting!
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Scientists create battery that refuels electric cars in seconds
Scientists create battery that refuels electric cars in seconds - BBC News
It is a flow battery in which the researchers have developed a system for removing spent electrolyte from the car, and then filling it with charged fluid. They may have also improved upon the flow battery's energy capacity(most are less than Li-ion).
The article is light on details, but if this can be scaled up, it does solve the long distance recharge question. I just hope somebody doesn't decide we don't need home charging any more because of it.Trollbait Aug 15, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,170 Likes: 1 Replies: 7 -
Electrify America (VW) EV Commercial
Looks like VW is really getting into their punishment.
El Dobro Aug 13, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 4,483 Likes: 0 Replies: 47 -
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Prius Maximus Aug 13, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 818 Likes: 1 Replies: 3
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July EV Sales Scorecard
The InsideEV's sales scorecard is out! They recently changed to a quarterly update and just finished updating the report this week.
According to InsideEV's, July marked the 34th month of consecutive year-over-year monthly sales gains for plug-in vehicles.
They estimated a total of 29,514 plug-in electric vehicles were sold in July, and based on automakers’ sales reports and InsideEV's estimates, 153,666 plug-in cars have been delivered through the end of July 2018.
Check out the full report and see the chart snapshot (pictured below), in its entirety, here.
The Prius Prime lands the 2nd spot for the month (1,984)Team ChargePoint Aug 11, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 941 Likes: 0 Replies: 12 -
Flashback Friday: the Elcar
Here's a fun historical EV fact for this Friday
This Italian electric car let people commute for 7 cents during the 1970s oil crisis, hitting speeds of a whopping 28 mph, with a 55-mile range.
Dallas News shared more on the Elcar here.Team ChargePoint Aug 10, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 695 Likes: 0 Replies: 7 -
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The Story Behind the Birth of the Prius
This is basically a Coles' Notes version of "The Prius That Shook The World" (a book that should be read by any Prius enthusiast).
Part 1:
The Story Behind the Birth of the Prius, Part 1 | TOYOTA Global Newsroom
Part 2:
The Story Behind the Birth of the Prius, Part 2 | TOYOTA Global Newsroom
It is not a stretch to say that for many people, the word "Prius" comes to mind when they hear the word "hybrid." The Prius has become so widely known that it is nearly synonymous with hybrid cars.
But what's the story behind the Prius? Just how did this revolution in car-making begin?
We spoke to Satoshi Ogiso, the only person to have worked on the Prius from the project planning stage all the way through to the current fourth generation. He told us about what led to the development of the very first Prius.
G21: It all...Tideland Prius Aug 8, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 31,727 Likes: 14 Replies: 30 -
Prius III On board charging system
I’d like to share with you my future project, which is a portable battery, that connects in parallel with the hybrid system of a Prius HEV and transforms it in a plug-in hybrid without plug.
Here is a list of the parts I believe are the best appropiate:
Battery: 48v 40Ah / 80 Ah. Since I start cheap. I’ll go with 40Ah:
High voltage EV Relay, activated by a switch in the dashboard: Avoids high voltage exposure when unplugging the battery and when the car is powered off.
Inverter 48vDC to 240VAC 2500W: since there are no DC boost converters on the market with this requirements I believe an inverter will do.
5A 288v Charger
Circuit is as follows:
Battery is charged at home, brought to the car and hooked to the inverter. Inverter connected to the 288v charger and charger connected to the terminals of the Prius battery pack through HV relay and controlled through a switch in the dashboard
This project will be applied in a Toyota Prius Gen3 and the purpose of this thread is...aaronsbd Aug 7, 2018 Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications Read More Views: 2,586 Likes: 1 Replies: 7
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