July 2011

This week we feature Richard Rodriguez’s excellent Porsche 914 Targa build. Richard shot an excellent video walk around of this car, which does 100 mph and of course over 100 miles range using somewhat unusual Voltronix batteries from Flux Power. Flux Power was started by the ex-CEO of Aptera Motors. [jwplayer file=”news072211 – iPhone.mov” hd.file=”news072211-1280.mov” […]

They say that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man would be named King…. I guess I’m not convinced… This week we ran our longest show ever, and had to cut much of that. It’s feast or famine here, depending on what parts come in or are available. Right now we’re buried. We

After a week off, we did get a video out this week. It’s a little hosed up. I have the new Final Cut Pro X editing software and it has a few problems I’m struggling with. We had some news on the J1772 front. Clipper Creek actually made some sort of internal error and SHIPPED

Despite my last post regarding the miniscule number of actual electric cars on the road, and admonition that we are firmly at the BEGINNING of the tinkerer/innovator market stage, the wider press frenzy and flurry of OEM press releases has had an effect of urgency. Although remaining largely unobtanium, the blizzard has certainly spurred the

I have no video for you this week. I’ve been working on my recently moved battery test bench and some new battery tests. Not without some glitches in equipment and process. But more to the point, it was the Holiday Weekend and it was important that we show up in Nashville Tennessee on the occasion