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Watt's Happening?
The Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Club News letter |
November 2011 |
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NEWS -by - ELWOOD aka Solar King |
November 17, 2011 |
Well the work shop at Lou's got a late start, Jon & James in attendance. Working on the BRAT E/V, sparks were flying as Lou cut the shaft free.
Well my earthling's our club is moving forward in a positive mode! Just like a huge Run Capacitor!
Here is some interesting info---Modern Energy
The global energy marketplace is going through a period of dynamic transformation
and with that comes opportunity. As with previous energy revolutions – from wood to
coal and coal to petroleum – it is technological innovation that is driving the
change and defining the blueprints for our energy future. Who‘d have thought that
electric vehicle technology would finally hit the mainstream? From a technological
point of view, we live in exciting times.
Well bye 4 now I must return to area 51 before I implode!!! Just Recycle me Please!
God Bless Elwood's Rear View Mirror Report!!!
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NEWS -by - ELWOOD aka Solar King |
November 10, 2011 |
Yes we completed another Saturday Clark County Library on Nov 12, 10 A.M meeting.
I was impressed how calm collected and cool things progressed.
We decided to attend the yearly Xmas parade in Boulder city on Dec 3rd @4 P.M any
one who can help volunteers we need you contact Jon or Bill to sign up. The phone
number's are listed Via Homepage here! Any and all Electric E/V's who desire to
enter the parade you are welcome! The Electric three wheel trike the WINDJAMMER will be there Owner { GARY BUBBLES REID }
Our meetings seem to be getting like fine wine better and better very constructive! We signed up another new member---and took nominations for board member elections that will be held at the next Clark County Library meeting Saturday, December 8, 2011 10AM. Again our meetings are open to the public !
Well my Green Power People and Creation Care Evangelists thanks for reading Elwood's Rear View Mirrow Report. God Bless!
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Five Reasons to Party with the Plug Ins:
this Sunday, November 13th on Treasure Island in San Francisco
5. See the Coda, Mitsubishi MiEV, Tesla Roadster, Nissan Leaf, and Zero
Motorcycle.
Get an Early Adapter ticket and we'll put you in the driver's seat for
a loop around
Treasure Island!
4. Visit the Sungevity Solar Lounge. Get a free solar iQuote on Sungevity.com
and
enter the referral code PLUGIN. When you go solar before December 31st,
you'll
receive $1,000 from Sungevity - no strings attached! (psst, Sungevity
donates
another $1,000 to Plug In America so when you go solar with them, you're
supporting
us too!) Bring your iQuote to the lounge and talk to some of the knowledgeable
Sungevity folks about the benefits of solar.
3. With a photo-booth, road-ready trikkes, barrel-tastings, a cupcake
bar, grape
crushing, organic local fare, an open bar & live music there's plenty
to do even
when you're not checking out one of the cars.
2. Have a chance to win a Zero Motorcycle, Leviton charger, Hawaiian
vacation, a
Prius-EV conversion, and a lot more in our silent auction.
1. Meet Plug In America's founders and current drivers, and toast the
years most
exciting EV innovations. Get you tickets (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/206361)
Our Secretary-Treasurer: Bill Kuehl wrote: This is something that
we should also plan on for our EVent in 2012.
Our Event chairman of the Las Vegas Electric Transportation Convention:
Richard Furniss responded: Your right Bill, this is going to be part of
the convention where the manufactures will offer drives.
Blast from the past, 2008 Poker Run Trophy won by Bill Kuehl
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NEWS -by - ELWOOD aka Solar King |
Nov 5, 2011 |
piece!! A true mechanical Romance.
The usual Fantastic 4 in attendance in orbit: Lloyd, Bill, Jon and Elwood the hanging in there guy.
Working on The ELECTRIC THREE WHEEL TRIKE { THE WINDJAMMER } Fabricated by Gary {Bubbles}Reid.
Gary got it wired with a little help from his friends. It's up and running! The giant muffins helped.
The Las Vegas EV Club is honored to have been a part of Gary's far out fabrication the three wheel Wind Jammer. As I'm writing this report what comes to mind is this, my Earthlings' all of the
effort put forth by everyone on wiring this Beautiful, Artistic Machine is all worth
the effort just too see the Big Smile on GARY'S face as he cruised up and down his street!
TEAM EFFORT!! It's a blessfull thing when people come together to work as a team, get along,
learn together become one with a goal to do something constructive.
Maybe congress should build an EV and learn how to be a team from us. So all of you DIY people in Las Vegas you are welcome to participate in any of our future EV work shops.
Well bye for now I must return to Area 51 before dark God Bless, This is ELWOOD'S REAR VIEW
MIRROR REPORT signing off!!
New Battery Technologies:
When can we buy them and how much will they cost?
compiled by Jon Hallquist
German Researchers Developed a Fluoride-Based Battery ten fold greater
than current lithium-ion 2011
Source: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
researchers created a fluoride battery that may replace lithium-ion technology,
lithium-free fluoride battery concept claiming that they would
allow for energy densities up to
ten fold greater than current lithium-ion chemistries.
The concept was presented in the Journal of Materials Chemistry by Dr.
Maximilian Fichtner and Dr. Munnangi Anji Reddy.
When can we buy them and how much will they cost?
We heard some thing like this before in 2007:
Silicon nanowires battery can hold 10 times the charge
of existing lithium-ion battery 2007
Stanford researchers use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable
lithium-ion batteries. The new technology, developed through research
led by Yi Cui, assistant professor of materials science and engineering,
hold 10 times the amount of electricity of existing lithium-ion, known
as Li-ion, batteries.
When can we buy them and how much will they cost?
Very Promising! Zinc-Air Battery Could Hold 300% More
Energy Than Lithium-Ion 2009
ReVolt Technology, a company based in Staefa, Switzerland,
proves that its Zinc-air battery can "store three times the energy
of lithium ion batteries, by volume, while costing only half as much,"
and unlike other existing air batteries, they're rechargeable.
The Swiss company ReVolt said they would
release the new batteries in 2010 as small batteries for use in hearing
aids and they did.
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Energizer Zinc Air Hearing Aid Batteries, Size 675 Battery 16 Pack only $8 |
If all goes as planned next will come cell phone and laptop batteries. Eventually much larger batteries are planned for electric vehicles. When can we buy them and how much will they cost?
Fluence Z.E, thinking it might be contagious. by
Jon Hallquist
I am a member of the Linked In Official Better Place Group.
It seems they are not very active. So I posted: "My landlord just
got back from Isreal and said Shai Agasi is not getting very good revues.
Guess the oil industry has power over the media in Isreal as well."
and got this reply from David Rose: "What your landlord saw was not
a review concerning the benefits or
disadvantages of the Better Place model, but what seems to be an Israeli
trait (being one myself I can say this with impunity) of us finding it
difficult to give proper credit where it is due. The Better Place model
is a new, massive undertaking and there will be bumps in the road, just as
there are in any new undertaking, but just like mobile phones, people
will sooner than they believe begin to ask how come the Better Place EV
model did not come along sooner! I just ordered my Fluence ZE this week
and can't wait until the beginning of Q1/2012 to receive it and have everyone
on the street staring at this new fangled contraption :-). Shai will just
have to work harder at proving his concept is correct and I plan to help
him do it in my own small way."
I wasn't very familiar with the Fluence Z.E, thinking it might be contagious
I looked it up and found this video: Better Place Denmark
drive Renault Fluence Z.E, March 2011
WHAT WILL the car thieves think OF NEXT? by Carl Clark
You know your vehicle's VIN number is usually visable on the drivers side
in the lower corner of your windshield. Car thieves can easily write down
the VIN # from the label on the dash, go to the local car dealership and
request a duplicate key based on the VIN #.
I didn't believe it, so I called my dealer and pretended I had lost my keys. They told me to just bring in the VIN #, and they would cut me one on the spot, and I could order the keyless device if I wanted.
The Car Dealer's Parts Department will make a duplicate key from the
VIN # without checking ID, and the thief doesn't have to break into your
car or do any damage to the vehicle, or draw attention to himself.
All he has to do is walk up to your car, insert the key and off he goes
to a local chop shop with your vehicle. It really is that EASY. To avoid
this from happening to you, simply put some dark tape (electrical tape,
duct tape or medical tape) across the VIN Number Metal Label located on
the dashboard.
By law, you cannot remove the VIN, but you CAN cover it so it can't be
viewed through the windshield by a car thief.