Dear All, Simon Tegg attended the SEF electric vehicles seminar, and has just sent me the following. The paper Simon has listed below is well worth reading, ...
Hi Tim Put the draft paper up in the files section here on the NZEVA group site. Then we can open it directly while here on line. Regards Ted ... sent ... ...
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Dear Ted, Good idea - I keep forgetting about that option. Now done for both NZEVA and SEF-transport-oil. Regards Tim...
... battery ... Hi There's an imported american EV driving around here in Palmerston North - I met the owner at the Sunday market last year and had a brief...
Hi folks I think Jim's point here (in bold) in point 1 is critical to any discussions about anything pertaining to 'sustainable' energy or transport...forget...
I spoke to a guy on north shore, Auckland about 2 years ago who had an EV for sale on trademe that he had converted himself. Also Michael Lawley of Ecoinn had...
Dear Ted, There's a lot here I agree with - the point about industrialised agriculture, for example. But what I'd find really useful is an analysis that took...
If we all go to electric cars this must have interesting ramifications to our electricity generation capacity. It may have load spreading advantages, but...
Yes which is why adapting to post-oil means unpalatable (to many) development of much more hydro and wind and hopefully real progress in solar and marine...
Dear All, Please see the invitation below from the Swiss Embassy. I can't make this event, and have given my apologies. If anyone else on the list would like ...
Nano Hypocrisy One car gets 46 miles per gallon, features fancy accessories, and sports two engines with a combined 145 horsepower. The other car reportedly...
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Jan 17, 2008 9:37 am
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Hi Peter, Yes, NZ will need more electrcity to supply a large fleet of electric cars but not "heaps more". I did some analysis based on a raft of assumptions...
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Jan 17, 2008 10:07 am
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Or my Nissan Avenir, gets 55mpg? (5l/100km)? on a long trip, been doing that for the last 18 years. Cost $1200 3 years ago. RUC kills it though, being the same...
Dear All, I've added Christina to the nzeva list. What do people think of her suggestion re NZEVA having a meeting with the MOT and PM? A good start on getting...
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... Subject: Re: [SEFnews] [Fwd: post for SEFnews - electric vehicles] From: "S. Heubeck" <heubeck@...> Date: Tue, January 22, 2008 12:07 am To:...
I have to say, I see nothing new here. By improving a hybrids battery with a supercapacitor, all that is gained is a drop in price, but maybe not as supercaps...
Hi All, Apologies for the delay in following up on my earlier post. I think we should take up Tim's challenge of putting together a submission to the MOT...
Dear Christina, Thanks for taking up this challenge! I am very happy for you to lead this process, along the lines you suggest. I just want to throw one thing...
Hi, Being a newer member of the group and having already submitted a proposal to the Sustainability paper (which called for strong practical support for EVs...
What do you guys think of this: incentives for promoting fuel efficient and EV's should be done by using the price of fuel as a tool. All charges relating to...
Hi Paul Just a few things here 1. more people are killed though motor vehicle pollution than through motor vehicle crashes - so doesn't that make air pollution...
George I think this is going to be unfair as trolley busses and heavy electric trucks are still going to cause road damage - yet they would pay nothing for...
Hi, I'm pleased to see some really good points being made and discover that people are thinking the same things as I have been for a while. Christina - I...