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Since the oil crisis of the 1970’s there has been very little movement away from petroleum fuels. Electric has been around for decades but the logistics just haven’t panned out. This needs to change. Current electric cars & hybrids suffer from range limitations and high battery costs. Here’s an idea how to overcome that. Instead of an expensive semipermanent battery, have lots of rechargeable interchangeable batteries in a national pool. You’d have home overnight charging on a standard outlet, or use a service station swap out for long road trips. The idea is to make it so cheap that people will buy into it eagerly and abandon petroleum. AMERICAN MADE CARS AND BATTERIES ! Good for jobs and the economy and energy independence.

SUBSCRIBE to stay current on EV news ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com Worlds fastest street legal ELECTRIC CAR 1972 Datsun 1200 Whtie Zombie. Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and driveline inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it costs just $1.00 per 100kms with MUCH more performance than with petrol at $20.00 per 100kms. This car is based in Oregon… there are something like 18 hydro electric power plants in that state! Datsun 1200 EV Specs: Motor - Hi Torque Electric ‘Siamese 8′ Series Wound DC Dual Armature 8 inch Controller - Zilla Z2K EHV 2000 Amp Battery - 60x 16 Ah Hawker Enersys ‘Genesis’ Lead-Acid 360 Volts Final Drive ratio - 4.11 : 1 Weight - 2450 Pounds (1113 Kilograms)

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Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO, Nissan-Renault Alliance, has the distinction of running two major global automakers, Nissan and Renault, with headquarters on two continents. He is no stranger to the global lifestyle, having been born to Lebanese parents, but growing up in Brazil, before spending much of his early career in the United States. In this talk, he discusses the different challenges each company faces, and how he adapts his leadership to the strategic and cultural contexts. He also discusses trends in the global auto market, and his vision for zero emission vehicles (electric), which he believes will represent an important (and profitable) market segment in the coming decade. Recorded: Jan. 11, 2010 Related News Article: gsb.stanford.edu Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Leadership Development and Research: www.gsb.stanford.edu Nissan: www.nissan.com Renault www.renault.com

SUBSCRIBE to stay current on EV news ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com Ferdinand Porsche put wheel motors on a battery electric car in 1897. They built about 300 of them and there were 4WD & FWD versions. He also made a hybrid version. Amazing that 112 years later Wheel motors still aren’t in mass production. Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and driveline inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it costs just $1.00 per 100kms with MUCH more performance than with petrol at $20.00 per 100kms. Electric Car in-wheel motor Siemens eCorner

This year’s Tokyo motorshow was as low-key an affair as motor shows can be, and was all but deserted by foreign carmakers. But while the industry is reeling from the economic downturn, Japanese manufacturers appear to be looking to the future. Harry Fawcett reports from the Tokyo show where electric cars are sparking hopes for the future.

www.ted.com Forget about the hybrid auto — Shai Agassi says it’s electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http

Sep 2006 Did General Motors deliberately sabotage the marketing of electric cars because they threatened the motor industry? That’s the allegation made in a controversial new documentary. Ten years ago, GM unveiled the EV1 — the first electric car for the mass market. “The EV1 was really special because it was cool and fast and fun to drive,” states former GM marketer Chelsea Sexton. “These cars were so good, they would challenge the status quo of the oil industry.” But despite their popularity among owners, GM quickly pulled the plug on its new product. It claims there was simply no mass market. “You could only go 100 miles before you had to recharge it so had to adapt your lifestyle to meet the needs of the vehicle,” states spokesman Dave Barthmuss. But other workers believe GM never intended the EV1s to work and were more interested in promoting Hummers. “We got indications along the way that they weren’t as sincere as they would have people believe,” states Sexton. All the EV1s had been leased, instead of sold, to their owners. When the leases expired, GM refused to renew them and sent the cars to be crushed. But demand for electric cars keeps on growing. Some enthusiasts have converted their own cars to run on electricity and claim they have invented a battery that will last for 500km. Produced by SBS/Dateline Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

Documentary about GM killing of the electric car. It has been here since ‘96 but they killed it off. If you believe in conspiracy theories: here’s one for ya.

Just showing off some of the cool new electric cars and putting to rest some of the myths out there. When people think of electric cars, typically they think of older ugly slower models, lead-acid batterys, and BS propaganda they’ve read slamming the “electric cars”(as though they all carried the exact same attributes) The battery technology has changed(and will change even more when nanowire battery becomes common), the speeds have changed, the climate versatility has changed, the prices are changing, the car companies are changing… everything is changing for the better. I expect to see a lot more support for EV’s during and after 2010.