Despite the intense heat, we had a pretty good week this week. Brain installed a new carburetor on the VW THING. We don’t do a lot of carburetors here at EVTV. But were driven to in this case in order to get it running well enough to license it and perhaps send it out for […]
ELESCALADE FIRST ROLL – IT’S ALIVE Read More »
With Brain’s return on Friday, we were able to shoot a quick video and get it up. But despite the lack of preparation, it wound up being somewhat lengthy for a couple of reasons. We had received a request for a shop visit from a couple of guys in Tokyo Japan. Actually one of them
SPEEDSTER DUH FAREWELL DANCE – FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME Read More »
Running a little behind this week. We are kind of swamping with orders on the online store and Brain got a call from his mother that things were not good on the left coast. So he drove out to Californy to the Hills of Beverlee. I’m stepping and fetching like Rochester and kind of ran
Elescalade MAF and MAP Sensor Drama Read More »
It’s cold here in Cape Girardeau for July. Actually, not. It has been over 100 degrees Fahrenheit every day and most of our shop is devoid of air conditioning, making EVTV a pretty miserable place to be, much less pinned to for two hours writing down battery measurements every minute on the minute. But we
APPLE Aquires Tesla Motors – On a Cold Day in July in Cape Girardeau Read More »
This week we begin testing the new CALB gray cell, the CA180FI. As I mentioned in the last post, these new cells sport some interesting improvements. The most minor, and most welcome, is they are labeled with a serial number and a tested Ah capacity. The cells are manufactured on a newer, much larger production line
CALB CA180FI NEW LiFePo4 CELL Read More »
Of all the lithium chemistries available, we’ve found the LiFePo4 based lithium cells to offer the best combination of safety, stability, cycle life, power, and energy density. Though slightly less capable in terms of energy density per kilogram, the trade offs of much more stable and safe operation, and the very much longer life expectancy
BATTERY JUMP SHIFT Read More »
Tesla made their July 2012 delivery date in grand style on June 22. Video of the event HERE. This week, I could not help but comment on both the paramilitary precision with which they are executing this very heartfelt dream, but also the audacity of what they propose. By way of comparison, the Audi A8
If you can’t tell from this week’s video, I’ve become something of an Elon Musk/Tesla fanboy. We kind of stole a largish portion of their video for today’s show. Unfortunately it had some Beat of the Butterfly Wings” music in it that caused us to be banned on YouTube. We have a scant thousand YouTube
A Little Bit of Sunshine and the Tesla Stockholders Meeting. Read More »
My wife informed me last Thursday evening that she was going to Fort Lauderdale to graduate with her Doctorate Degree from Nova Southeast University. She was leaving Friday morning at 11:00. As it turns out, none of her daughters were going to be able to make this celebratory event. Sigh. So she guessed she would
Missing Week And Elescalade Blues Read More »
This week you get a twofer as I didn’t post a blog with last week’s show. I was gonna…. and….see….what happened was…..see…. Actually, it is embarrassing. THe sheet with the data on it for the follow up test still lays next to the motor. Every day I was going to bring it home and do
Hydrogen Gods and the Nieuwe Elektrische Boot Read More »
