Re: New ADC 11" motor, Citicars, an' Stuff

[billglic@juno.com]

You must have an old worn battery pack, the wrong set of batteries, or
use a lead foot in your Beetle to have less range than a C-car as my
Beetle has only a dozen Trojan T145s and had a max range of 65 miles in
the 1993 Tour de Sol and that included a 150 pound passenger in addition
to my 180 pounds.
Nine years later that same battery pack still has a 55+  mile range and
this is in hilly New England.

On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 22:27:39 -0700 (PDT) gail <gail@dri.edu> writes:
> 
> Bob Rice wrote:
> 
> >
> >      My take on all this. Can't SOMEBODY offer this poor woman a 
> REAL EV?
> > Maybe a clean, turnkey conversion? God, she has paid her dues, to 
> drive EV,
> > for sure. She needs something she can keep up with traffic, and 
> not be in
> > the shop more than she is on the road. She could be happy in a 90 
> volt
> > Rabbit, I'm sure? Don't think she needs a 70 MPH car, like a 120 
> volt Rabbit
> > ,will do. Isn't there a EAA chapter out where she lives? I would 
> help her
> > fix it up, but the distance is a bit far, EVen for a 120 volt 
> car,G>!
> 
> Bob,
> 
> Thank you for trying to help with my EV problems, but I don't think 
> you
> understand.  To me, my Citicars and Comutacars are REAL EVs.  I also 
> have
> some others, a 120 Volt VW Beetle (with less range than my C-Cars), 
> a 96
> Volt Bradley GT II and a 96 Volt Aztec.  I prefer the C-Cars.  I 
> have EVs
> all over the place but only one Comutacar is running right now and 
> it is
> the one I was inquiring about tires for recently.  Since I received
> several responses regarding the tires I am still undecided as to 
> which to
> get, will try to narrow that down before another one goes flat.
> 
> I take my best Comutacar to a golf cart shop and twice spent a
> considerable amount of money for work on the motor, but it was still
> overheating and then something else broke, I think maybe the 
> microswitch
> again, just as I was pulling into the Pets Mart parking lot.  My 
> neighbor
> pushed it home for me and it has been parked since. I am thinking of
> trying a different golf cart shop but haven't had time yet.
> 
> Yes, there is an EAA chapter here and they are a great group of 
> people.
> I was very active in the chapter for many years but we were not 
> getting
> EVs on the road in numbers large enough to make any difference in 
> the air
> quality, less than an EV a year. I am probably one of those referred 
> to in
> a recent post as enviro-wackos.  My main interest in EVs is their 
> lack of
> pollution and I do not care if they go fast or far.  I get by on my 
> E-bike
> for most purposes, always ride it to work and school as it is way 
> more
> convenient than a car at those places.  I work for an environmental
> research institute and am an environmental studies major so can park 
> my
> bike in my office, and in the classroom.  That way I don't need to 
> worry
> that it will be stolen while I am in school, as my first one was.
> 
> I was very excited about the possibility of getting a Th!nk City, 
> until
> the recent decision by Ford to not produce it.  I started looking 
> into
> NEVs, as one of those would serve my transportation needs.  There is 
> a
> very cute one being rented to tourists on the Strip, but my 
> understanding
> is that the manufacturer has gone out of business. The Lido was my
> favorite of those I saw when I looked at the various web sites.  I
> contacted the local dealer and was told (maybe a couple of weeks 
> ago) that
> I should grab one within a few days because they were being 
> discontinued
> and I would have a collector's item.  That is exactly what I DO NOT 
> want.
> It is very seldom that I go anywhere in one of my cars that someone 
> does
> not ask where they can get one.  I want to be able to give them the 
> name
> and address of a local dealer, not tell them to build one themselves 
> or
> see if they can find one on the internet and then do their own
> maintenance.  This does not excite the average person interested in 
> a
> vehicle for transportation.
> 
> So, I am debating as to whether I should keep looking for an NEV and 
> hope
> there will be a company building them that will stay in business and
> support them so I will have a place to which to refer people who 
> want one,
> or keep looking for a way to get the EVs I have repaired and 
> running. I
> have had to rent an ICE a few times this year to get to places out 
> of
> range of my bike when I couldn't take the time to go by bus. That 
> works ok
> except that I have been away from gasoline pumps for so long that I 
> find
> using one an extremely unpleasant experience.
> 
> The following is part of an e-mail ad I received from a local Toyota
> salesperson.  I sent a message back asking to be taken off their 
> mailing
> list until they have a car that CAN be plugged in.
> 
> Gail
> 
> Toyota Prius
> 
> Prius' technical achievements are some of the most advanced on the 
> road
> today, yet the beauty of it all is how seamless its technology is to
> driver and passenger alike. The Toyota Hybrid System (THS) combines 
> a
> highly efficient VVT-i gas engine with an advanced electric motor to 
> not
> only power the Prius, but also recharge the vehicle's batteries 
> thanks to
> an ingenious generator and regenerative braking system. This means 
> the
> Prius never needs to be plugged in for recharging.
> 
> 
> 
> 


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