Hi All, Any thoughts on setting up the NZEVA group at www.diyelectriccar.com? On the main page, there's an "EV Clubs" area. We could easily set up a NZEVA...
Dear Gav, This looks like an excellent site on which it would be good for the NZEVA to have a presence, but does the NZEVA want to focus only on DIY ...
Thanks for asking that question for me Tim. Today's announcement of the return of NZ rail system means the real work can start developing mass electrical...
Hi, I finally got round to getting some pictures of the motor at the forklift wrecker here. http://www.tylernz.com/forklift%20motors/Picture%20067.jpg ...
Hi Tim, Don't take too much notice of the DIY part in diyelectriccar.com - there's also a link there for professional conversion companies. I only suggested it...
Hi Gav, Thanks for taking the initiative. Richard Bacon Visionary Health USANA Health Sciences Independent Associate +64 (0)27 2737 855 +64 (0)4 479 5912 ...
Hi Dunedin EV converters (all four of them!) are having a get together in the weekend after Queens Birthday Weekend, Sunday June 8 at 2pm. But, it is also a...
I posted my response to the Radio New Zealand interview on electric cars which was aired today. First off there was an in-depth interview with Dr Mike Duke, a...
How many kWh of electricity will it take to do the same job as a litre of petrol? Mike Duke's national radio interview explained a lot about the reasons for...
... One datapoint: http://www.teslamotors.com/efficiency/well_to_wheel.php quotes the Tesla Roadster vehicle efficiency as 2.18 km / MJ, ie 12.7 kWh / 100 km. ...
Hi Steve, I don't have the energy density of petrol to hand, however, the 6 Litres of petrol per 100km, will probably cost in excess of $30 in 10 years time...
Hi Folks A little bit of gentle education here. Re: "We're just lucky that we don't have an influential national car assembly industry, and renewable energy...
Dear Steve Your question is the guts of my PhD project. Cheers Doug Doug Clover PO Box 5410 Lambton Quay 6145 WELLINGTON Phone 027 239 0533 ...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car#Cost Production and conversion <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_conversion> electric cars typically...
Hey, those are just the kind of figures I need to copy & paste somewhere for future reference. Thanks for posting them George! :) If nothing else, our...
"However, I have an underlying concern about the impact on our ... liquid ... By using ev transport we trying not to rely on liquid fuels so by using...
"However, I have an underlying concern about the impact on our ... liquid ... By using ev transport we trying not to rely on liquid fuels so by using...
Well Id like to think that charging of cars will be overnight and wont be a big drain . There should also be a cheaper power rate for us , like ripple ...
There was a study done in the US that concluded that if 100% of private transport was done using electric cars, NO new power plants would need to be built *if*...
My father was just in Germany and he noticed that the petrol prices were the same ase in NZ - only the currency was Euros... So effectively the petrol prices...
The Electricity Commission analysis (which I think is still on their website) showed that if ALL the light vehicles in NZ were powered by electricity then the...
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Hi Ian Always nice to see your name popping up. Trust you are well and thriving. Do all these EC estimates include the real costs such as the electrical...
I'll take a lazy shot at that last question. First, some assumptions which I have not checked the validity of Globally, transport accounts for maybe about 25%...
Hi Dave, It would be interesting to hear your proposed solutions for the issues you have raised. I cannot 'argue' with any of your observations, but I feel...
Dear Rimu, Dave & friends, It's an excellent idea to analyse the sustainability of different transport options. I think that what would be really useful in...
Hi :) I live in Wellington (Newtown) and own an electric scooter. Are there many other ev owners in Wellington? The idea of a parade of ev's marauding through...
