Yeah, that was kind of what I was thinking. The difficult part for me is that I am in BC, Canada which gets little sun and electricity is cheap: currently 6.8cents/kWhr compared to California @ 11.6cents/kWhr. There are no grants here for installing such devices and if it costs a bundle to...
Dude...thanks for that break down, very informative! That's pretty amazing capture for only 200sq/ft with how low the efficiency rate is of commercially sold panels. Do you mind telling me if you use a battery storage system tied into your 'mini-grid' or if you just feed it back into the utility...
Following up on that battery question; does the battery 'like' being drained as much as possible or near fully charged as much as possible? If I keep my iPhone fully charged all the time then when I work it I only get an hour or so out of it on battery, however, if I drain it to dead and fully...
That's too cool! Still don't like Bieber tho.
They have been sporting up EVs for years to show that they're not wussy cars for only Wal-Mart parking lots, I think that image has been broken. However, it's the distance on a charge that has always hampered their image.
Yep. That's why we'll be going diesel before you see the electric car explosion starts hitting the streets. Diesels can use lower grades of oil, less refined and 2x the mileage. Also, they have virtually none of the emissions common with most gasoline cars. But (and a big butt) the emissions...
I guess I say 'sneaky' because it isn't out there to the general public, you have to dig deeper. I just became aware of the FFE in the last 2 weeks as it's been nothing but Chevy Volt in the media, so I'm very new to this forum and if it wasn't for the forum I would think (like most consumers)...
The big difficulty is getting that crazy gas mileage while keeping the NOX/SO2/CO emissions low, contrary to what some people think they don't very often go hand in hand. While we add catalytic converters and low temp ignition systems to reduce pollutants we actually keep fuel consumption high...
And here is an article discussing how Nissan claims the battery will last the life of the car in a Leaf:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1064332_nissan-leafs-battery-pack-should-last-as-long-as-the-car
What does Ford say??? :?:
I just saw this article online that explains it pretty well:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1076462_2012-ford-focus-electric-overly-timid-or-cleverly-cautious
I was VERY surprised about a sneaky sales pitch that Ford has been employing; they have been advertising that the FFE charges in...