A reader writes in: A lot of acceptable solutions for electric passenger cars (light duty vehicles) were already proposed and I agree that are very viable. Unfortunately for heavy vehicles (interurban buses and trucks) are not so many. I see …
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Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles and Battery Management Systems (BMSs)
Wrapping up with Alex C: Battery cell temperature control over charge cycles and vehicle life is far from trivial with a duty cycle much more severe than any consumer electronics device. That’s for sure. One our clients at EV World …
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The Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
More from Alex C: Consumer research indicates only 5% of American’s are true “greenies.” Remember that most Americans do NOT believe in the global warming scare and that it is a large political war….they don’t care…they will buy EVs if …
Electric Vehicles and Issues with Lithium Ion Batteries
Alex C. goes on: In early 1900’s many cars were EVs and then they lost out to gasoline engines due to better cost and performance. 1970’s a large EV wave came in with the fuel crisis that caused gasoline prices …
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Electric Vehicle Production Curve
Alex C continues: The writers of this article obviously have no experience in what it takes to design, develop, manufacture, and market a new vehicle – especially with new technology. One error and the OEM has one vehicle on the …
Electric Vehicle Investments
Alex C. makes so many wonderful points in his comment on Brass Tack #1 that it’s hard to know where to start. EV’s and related enabling technologies (batteries, charge stations, motors, inverters, converters, etc.) are great areas to invest in. …
Corporate Culture and Electric Vehicles
Bruce Hamilton writes: (I’m) VP of Business Development (with) an MSEE and 40+ years of engineering and marketing management experience in all types of electronics companies. I have found good opportunities for my company to enter the solar PV inverter …
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The Politics of Electric Vehicles
Mark Chapmon writes: After reading an article called “A Confederacy of Dunces,” watching “Who Killed The Electric Car” and giving thought to the grid tied solar array I had designed and installed in my backyard that my local utility will …
To Build Electric Vehicles or Internal Combustion Engines?
An electronics engineer engaged in the manufacturing of automobile parts in India writes: A few years back I designed and manufactured the smallest gasoline powered two wheeler in India and sold around 100 of them. But as you know the …
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What MPG do Plug-in Hybrid Owners Get?
A reader takes issue with my comment that, if driven a certain way, PHEV owners would experience “near infinite MPG,” referring to it as “dishonest and disingenuous.” He goes on, “Energy is still being consumed, that must be produced somewhere …
