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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...

How the questions change once you actually have one, heh!? ;)

I see the last post was a while ago...any new news on the ordering 'online' option?

I hope Ford pumps out more than the planned 4000 units by years end.

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.

They were the 1st of the BIG 3 to post profits after the 2008 crash and repaid they're loans the quickest...I'm surprised that they're that low.

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...

Will have to see what 'Jeggs' starts offering in the way of aftermarket mods for these things in the upcoming years.

What if you suck in a bird?

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...

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2012/05/28/uproar-about-quiet.html This may be an old discussion, but it has resurfaced in light of 100% EVs hitting the road...mandatory minimum noise emissions! I think the silent quiet power of an EV is one of the best parts! So how do we...

Why can't it be flat towed? Doesn't it have a neutral setting?

I'm surprised their not putting transmissions in these things, they'd get better mileage/per charge if they added gearing to reduce the motor load at low speed. No benefit to the motor as a DC motor specifically wound can produce constant torque at a broad range of speeds, but it would...

Probably because those are the proprietary components that they want to keep hidden for as long as possible.

Yeah, but the car is cool. With the scooter you're gonna look like Harry in 'Dumb and Dumber'...that John Denver is full of s*it!